...The time I got my first dog was when my sisters and I were getting ready for school and we happened to find that dog walking around the neighborhood. I felt miserable that I had to leave the dog and go to school. After school, I drove home and as I pulled up to my house I realized that the dog was sit right in front of our door. I cognition that this dog would be the reason for us to bring the family closer together. So my sisters and I begged and complained to our mom to let us keep the dog if we could not find his owner. Mother agreed to our terms but father was………. Father warned us that taking care of a dog was a big responsibility and that we could keep him only if he stays in the garage. He also advised us that if we didn’t take of him,...
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...To use the newspapers spread on the kitchen floor And to win, wetting there, the words, "Good dog! Good dog!" 5 We thought her shy malaise was a shot reaction. The autopsy disclosed a rupture in her liver. As we teased her with play, blood was filling her skin And her heart was learning to lie down forever. 9 Monday morning, as the children were noisily fed And sent to school, she crawled beneath the youngest's bed. We found her twisted and limp but still alive. In the car to the vet's, on my lap, she tried 13 To bite my hand and died. I stroked her warm fur And my wife called in a voice imperious with tears. Though surrounded by love that would have upheld her, Nevertheless she sank and, stiffening, disappeared. 17 Back home, we found that in the night her frame, Drawing near to dissolution, had endured the shame Of diarrhea and had dragged across the floor To a newspaper carelessly left there. Good dog. Dog’s Death The death of a family pet is a traumatic event, leaving questions of our abilities as a pet owner. Personally, I could relate to “Dog’s Death” because as a person who lost a dog to a similar fashion as stated in this poem. John Updike’s poem “Dog’s Death” is about the loss of the family dog and the inability of being able to control the outcome. My essay will show three elements (elegy, imagery, and rhythm) that draw me to Updike’s poem and why these elements contribute to the attraction of his poem. The haunting phrase “good dog”, is that hole in the heart that feeds the hurt....
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...Apple L. English 101 9:00 am. - 10:15 a.m. Narrative September 12, 2012 “Chiqui” Right now, as I’m sitting in front of my computer, I glanced at a familiar face seemingly staring back at me. It’s a photo of my beloved pet dog, Chiqui, and memories of the past just came rushing to my mind. I remember a year ago, when my Mom and Dad came to visit me. I was so excited to finally see them since I moved from New York. On that day, before I pick up my parents from airport. I got a call from my close friend who takes care of our house and my little Chiqui in Cebu, Philippines. He’s hesitant to say on how he would say the news for me. The first line he told me, Apple it’s about Chiqui. When I felt from his voice that there is something wrong. He said to me, I’m sorry Chiqui is gone. I stop and my mind was blocked that I don’t know what to do. My mind sinks a lot of questions. My friend told me, Chiqui did not suffer. She died because of old age. I cried so much that I want to go back to my country and be with her. Until the time that I need to pick up my parents from the airport, when they saw me tears rolling down my cheeks, they taught it was tears of joy…. Then, I delivered the news, “Mom, Chiqui is gone just a while ago.” We both cried together. Our beloved pet and faithful companion passed away without us at her side.. It was so heartbreaking! It came as no surprise for me, however, because before we left a year ago from...
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...August 12, 2013 The theme I have chosen to write about is death and impermanence, and the two literary works I have chosen to compare and contrast are Dog’s Death by John Updike and Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night by Dylan Thomas. How we are affected by death, and how we accept that it is inevitable seems to be a theme for many short stories and poems. Death brings a struggle between the dying and the family and friends of the dying. All the loved ones of the dying want them to do is fight, to encourage them to stay positive, even when there is no chance of survival. We want to be selfish and want to spend as much time as we can with them before they die. Just as the two poets in these poems do. In Dog’s Death by John Updike, the dog wants to lie down, to hide so she can die peacefully but the family rushes her to the vet to try and save her. And in Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night by Dylan Thomas the father is being begged to fight against the inevitable death. I am going to show how loved ones want the dying to fight death, whereas the dying would like to come to peace with death and rest. Both Dog’s Death and Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night are poems, however they are structured differently. Dog’s Death is not a set structure, meaning to say it is not a certain type of poem. It has five stanzas with four lines in each stanza. There is not a constant rhyme to the line endings, nor is there a consistent rhythm. However, “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good...
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...Personal Narrative I enjoy partaking in various activities including sports and clubs, as well as doing much community service. I am on the school swim team, in the Health Occupations of Students of America club, in and serve as the Public Relations Officer in the Business Professionals of America club, and in Student Congress. I volunteer for Volunteer North Dallas monthly by helping to make sandwiches for the homeless, for Special Olympics swimming training over the summer and track during the fall, for Lost Paws Rescue of Texas in the summer by helping rescued dogs get adopted in local areas. In addition, I help teach and tutor kids in math and reading. I will continue to participate in these for the remainder of high school, also. To...
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...N I N G O B J E C T I V E S 10 1. Identify the purpose and structure of narrative writing. 2. Recognize how to write a narrative essay. Rhetorical modes simply mean the ways in which we can effectively communicate through language. This chapter covers nine common rhetorical modes. As you read about these nine modes, keep in mind that the rhetorical mode a writer chooses depends on his or her purpose for writing. Sometimes writers incorporate a variety of modes in one essay. In covering the nine rhetorical modes, this chapter also emphasizes these as a set of tools that will allow you greater flexibility and effectiveness in communicating with your audience and expressing your ideas. rhetorical modes The ways in which we effectively communicate through language. 1.1 The Purpose of Narrative Writing Narration means the art of storytelling, and the purpose of narrative writing is to tell stories. Any time you tell a story to a friend or family member about an event or incident in your day, you engage in a form of narration. In addition, a narrative can be factual or fictional. A factual story is one that is based on, and tries to be faithful to, actual events as they unfolded in real life. A fictional story is a made-up, or imagined, story; the writer of a fictional story can create characters and events as he or she sees fit. However, the big distinction between factual and fictional narratives is based on a writer’s purpose. The writers of factual stories try to recount...
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...Rainy Mountain Name Institution Project Write Up On Play of the Way to Rainy Mountain The Way to Rainy Mountain follows a short story that describes the loss of Momaday’s grandmother. Momaday is the author of the book and it takes one on his journey to his ancestral lands. It is the death of his grandmother that brings about a deeper and a personal need for the exploration of his family background. In an attempt to get close to his heritage, he decides to return to the land of his people to experience his roots first hand as he aims at mourning the loss of a loved one. It offers a thrilling account of the Kiowa people spirit core that is told through the author. Summary of the literary style The way to Rainy Mountain is the journey that is told in three voices. The first voice is told through the ancestral voice. The second voice involves a historical commentary that helps in guiding one on the historical background of the Kiowa people. The third voice as depicted in the Way to Rainy Mountain, involves the use of Momaday’s poetic memoir found from his experiences. It forms the personal reminiscence as told by Momaday’s own voice. However, the most important aspect is that all the three voices together help to teach on the Kiowa’s traditions, morals, beliefs and their origin (Momaday, 1991). Characterization The book presents a hint of non-fiction that allows one to surmise that Momaday is the author and also the narrator. For this reason...
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...1. Which sentence uses verbs correctly? Choose 1 answer - ANSWER D – A. Angry cats are wanting to be let outside. –WRONG TENSE should be “want” B. The hungry dogs have ate their breakfast. - WRONG TENSE should be “eaten” C. Yesterday, the teacher prepares the assignment. - WRONG TENSE should be “prepared” D. The children are ready to go to school. 2. Which sentence has the correct subject-verb agreement? Choose 1 answer ANSWER A – ignore the stuff between the commas A. The children, hushed by their teacher, try to keep quiet. B. The books, read by the student, is returned to their shelf. INCORRECT – plural “books” doesn’t match singular “is returned” C. The librarian, anxious to find the books, browse the stacks. Singular “librarian” does not match plural “browse” D. The student, bothered by the uproar, request less noise. Singular “student” does not match plural “request” 3. Which sentence has the underlined word spelled correctly? Choose 1 answer ANSWER A – B is spelled correctly but it’s the wrong use. A. The principal sent the student a letter of congratulations. B. The principle ate lunch with the students. INCORRECT – wrong version of word for sentence C. The prinsipal signs the final grade reports. INCORRECT – no ‘s’ D. The princepal earned minimal interest. INCORRECT – no ‘e’ 4. Classify each sentence according to whether it exhibits or does not exhibit parallelism. Select your...
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..."The Victorian elements in Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontё" The Victorian Era, in which Brontё composed Wuthering Heights, receives its name from the reign of Queen Victoria of England. The era was a great age of the English novel, which was the ideal form to descibe contemporary life and to entertain the middle class. Emily, born in 1818, lived in a household in the countryside in Yorkshire, locates her fiction in the worlds she knows personally. In addition, she makes the novel even more personal by reflecting her own life and experiences in both characters and action of Wuthering Heights. In fact, many characters in the novel grow up motherless, reflecting Emily’s own childhood, as her mother died when Emily was three years old. Similarly, the vast majority of the novel takes place in two households, which probably is a reflection of author’s own comfort at home as whenever she was away from home she grew homesick. Emily Brontё’s single novel is a unique masterpiece propelled by a vision of elemental passions but controlled by an uncompromising artistic sense. However, despite the relative invisibility of Victorian influence in the plot and content, the attitudes of the Victorian Era make some impact on the story, and the novel is considered not only a form of entertainment but also a means of analyzing and offering solutions to social and political problems. Brontё may not highlight the social aspects in the novel, nevertheless the indications of Victorian society’s...
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...English - Final Exam Terms to Know The following link is very helpful: Examples Glossary from Your Dictionary Alliteration In alliteration, the first consonant sound is repeated in several words. A good example is “wide-eyed and wondering while we wait for others to waken”. Alliteration can be fun, as in tongue twisters like: “Kindly kittens knitting mittens keep kazooing in the king's kitchen 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Alice’s aunt ate apples and acorns around August. Becky’s beagle barked and bayed, becoming bothersome for Billy. Carries cat clawed her couch, creating chaos. Dan’s dog dove deep in the dam, drinking dirty water as he dove. Eric’s eagle eats eggs, enjoying each episode of eating. Examples of Alliteration Allusion “I was surprised his nose was not growing like Pinocchio’s.” This refers to the story of Pinocchio, where his nose grew whenever he told a lie. It is from The Adventures of Pinocchio, written by Carlo Collodi. “When she lost her job, she acted like a Scrooge, and refused to buy anything that wasn’t necessary.” Scrooge was an extremely stingy character from Charles Dickens’, A Christmas Carol. “I thought the software would be useful, but it was a Trojan Horse.” This refers to the horse that the Greeks built that contained all the soldiers. It was given as a gift to the enemy during the Trojan War and, once inside the enemy's walls, the soldiers broke out. By using trickery, the Greeks won the war. “He was a real Romeo with the ladies.” Romeo was a character...
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...1952, is acclaimed for her lyrically written tales of sensibility and conflicts in Chinese-American mother-daughter relationship, in which generational and cultural divergence is highlighted. Themes of loss and reconciliation, hope and failure, friendship and familial conflict, added with mystic oriental flavor and healing power, have made Tan’s writing emblematic and well-received. Following the publication of The Joy Luck Club (1989), The Kitchen God's Wife (1991), Amy Tan’s third novel The Hundred Secret Senses (1995) again enjoys a high popularity and evokes strong responses from both readers and critics. Despite the fact that The Hundred Secret Senses still exhibits Tan’s trademarks of “a strong sense of place, a many-layered narrative, family secrets, generational conflict, Chinese lore and history”, unlike the previous two that are generally praised, this novel gets mixed opinions. Most reviewers receive the characterization of Kwan as “the most original and best one” among Tan’s works (Huntley 113). Some other critics, Michiko Katukani et al, criticize Kwan’s over-imaginary, sensational and superstitious beliefs in ghosts, reincarnation and fantasies (qtd. in Chen 120). Frank Chin asserts that Tan has made both Kwan and Changmian appear inferior for the purpose of "perpetuating and...
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...Personal Narrative: The First Time I Rode “The Zipper” After our wrists were badged with all access to any ride in the fair we pranced down the rickety wooden stairs. They groaned at us in protest after every step we took. Once we both touched the ground, we looked at each other, sharing a mischievous gleam in our eyes, today was going to be great. As we curved around the shack of registration I felt a small breeze on my sunscreen-soaked skin, which was so thick, it felt like a translucent armor enraptured my exposed flesh. I felt a small tingle of heat radiated off of the burning ball of hydrogen in the sky. The screams of pre-pubescent do-gooders and adolescent-hoodlums emanated in the atmosphere along with a constant hum of side conversations....
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...written and spoken by Shane Koyczan. The purpose of the poem is to bitterly contradict the statement: “sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me.” Because of the overwhelming popular response, and hauntingly beautiful message: Koyczan was chosen to read the poem and show the film at the 2013 March TED conference in California. Koyczan’s purpose is to inform individuals of the countless hurdles bullying and simple words can create for an individual in their present and future. He uses Pathos to create a dramatic and heartfelt tone in order to convey to his audience the lasting effect words can have. Koyczan opens his poem by exhibiting the claim that role models actively push children to make decisions about their future,...
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...clear themes in the text. In the essay there will be analyzes of the setting, the narration and point of view, the language, make a characterization of the main character, and write about the structure. I will focus on the narrative techniques and the narrator’s language. At lasts an interpretation in the conclusion. The setting of the story is happy, but still with a scary atmosphere. The kids love to play at the surroundings of the house, but can’t get dirty because of the mother. The narrator finds it exciting to be up at the attic, but she has to be careful. If her mother finds out she is there, she will be very angry. “If I was a boy like my big cousin Wilf or like my babby brother George William, I could get filthy dirty. But I don’t want Mammy to shout at me again today –and when I get mucky, she rubs me red raw in the bath...” (p. 1 lin. 28-30). It is cold in the rooms, maybe because they are poor. The narrator in the text is a first person narrator. The narrator is the little girl, Elizabeth, and she is the “I” in the story. This makes the story personal, but also subjective, because we only hear the story from her point of view. We also hear her thoughts. “I think I’ll leave the door open. The lacy collar of my frog is too tight around my neck and it scratches and I can’t reach the undo button. I’m all blowed up like an old frog.” (p. 1 lin. 10-12) The events are not presented in a logical order, which makes the story seem random and disorganized. The language...
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...SECRET LANGUAGE of • HOW LEADERS INSPIRE ACTION THROUGH NARRATIVE The LEADERSHIP STEPHEN DENNING John Wiley & Sons, Inc. More Praise for The Secret Language of Leadership “Out of the morass of strategies leaders are given to transform organizations, Denning plucks a powerful one—storytelling— and shows how and why it works.” —Dorothy Leonard, William J. Abernathy Professor of Business, Emerita, Harvard Business School, and author, Deep Smarts: How to Cultivate and Transfer Enduring Business Wisdom “The Secret Language of Leadership shows why narrative intelligence is central to transformational leadership and how to harness its power.” —Carol Pearson, director, James MacGregor Burns Academy of Leadership, University of Maryland, and coauthor, The Hero and the Outlaw “The Secret Language of Leadership is not only the best analysis I have seen of how and why leaders succeed or fail, it’s highly readable, as well as downright practical. It should be mandatory reading for anyone interested in engaging a company with big ideas who understands that leaders live and die by the quality of what they say.” —Richard Stone, story analytics master, i.d.e.a.s “A primary role of leaders is to create and maintain meaning for their organizations. Denning clearly demonstrates that meaningmaking comes from stories well told.” —Thomas Davenport, President’s Distinguished Professor of I.T. and Management, Babson College, and author, The Attention Economy “Steve...
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