The Passage

Truman Capote’s “Nancy’s Bedroom” In the passage, “Nancy’s Bedroom” from the novel, In Cold Blood, the author, Truman Capote, creates a vivid description of Nancy’s bedroom to help the reader connect with Nancy. Capote portrays a descriptive view of her bedroom to convey her personality. He uses many rhetorical strategies to create a feeling of sorrow and reveals the femininity and innocence of young Nancy Clutter. He uses figurative language throughout the passage to represent Nancy’s…

In the passage from The Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe, it is evident that carefully chosen language helps to convey specific tones in the passage. One tone common in this passage is that of stillness, loneliness, even that of silence. One way that the author conveys tone is through the way the main character proceeds about his work. Taken from the passage Poe writes, “And every night, about midnight, I turned the latch of his door and opened it --oh so gently” (4-5)! In this line, the…

During the rule of the caliph Abd-al-Malik in the tumultuous period of the 690’s, Shi’ite rebellions against the caliph were occurring in Iraq, especially in places such as, Kufa and Basra. After winning a battle or two, the rebellious Iraqis seemed to gain even more momentum. It was at this time that the caliph chose Hajjaj ibn Yusuf to become governor of Iraq and put an end to the revolts. History portrays that Hajjaj was a tyrannical, grim and evil man who ordered the execution of more than…

that the description provided about Ansel Adams is true, the lecturer claims that are contradicting conclusions based on the information provided on the reading passage. Therefore, the speaker casts doubts on the evidences provided to support that the negatives found pertains to Ansel Adams' collection. Firstly, while in reading passage it is stated that it was found a negative of leaning pine trees in a cliff, the speaker states that this landscape is very common and many photographers used…

was dark curly. And his features strongly marked" This passage characterizes Helmholtz Watson to the reader. Based on this passage, it seems that Watson is the opposite of Bernard Marx. Bernard is short and scrawny, and Helmholtz is tall and extremely well built. Important Lines – pg. 68 - "Bernard hypocritically agreed, wishing, as he spoke the words, that he could have as many girls as Helmholtz did, and with as little trouble." In this passage, it is evident that Bernard is envious of…

compare and contrast themes from passages that have been read. Direct instruction is one way this skill can be taught. One of the first goals of direct teaching is to keep the students interested in the topic being taught. Because focusing on assignments can be difficult for these students, this technique will assist these learners in paying attention in class, which will help them in obtaining much needed instruction. A way to accomplish this goal is to read passages to them and discuss…

The article I chose is called “The Arctic has lost so much ice that now people want to race yachts through it.” This article relates to the 5 themes of geography because it uses and is involved in location, place, human-environment interaction, movement and regions. The article has an overall discussion about how the sea ice covering the top of the world reached the lowest maximum extent yet observed in winter, when ice is at its peak. This means that in the last four years, Arctic sea ice has…

This is how i feel on the topic about whether cursive is important or not. Both passages talk about some very interesting points and i agree with a few ideas from both passages. They also have some science behind them to prove they are true, so let's just say both passages bring up some very interesting points. So basically I'm going to tell you which choice i agree with more. Only once while i was in elementary and middle school did i learn how to write in cursive, and i can tell you right…

860 CE). The passage is written Abu Uthman who was scholar. However the reason he wrote this passage because the grandson of a Zanj (East African) slave. He wanted to show the people that the Muslims beliefs that allows them to enslave his ancestors is wrong. In fact, he is countering the “curse of ham,” which…

Two passages are provided by two anonymous authors, each of the author give a different outlook on the Okefenokee Swamp. To elaborate, in passage one the author only uses facts and evidence about the Okefenokee Swamp in order to get infor his/her readers about the swamp avoiding and sense of a personal opinion. In contrast however, passage two the author uses his/her own personal opinion about the swamp doing so it can cause many of the readers to become persuaded by the authors opinion thus…