The book I'm writing this book report on is "The Last Rite" by Lisa Desrochers, published by Tom Doherty Associates, LLC, and is the last book in the "Personal Demons" Series. It is a fiction book that includes some of the main characters from "Original Sin": Luc, Frannie, and Gabe. Also this book report will probably be only five paragraphs as I'm trying to remember everything that happened, because the book was due back to the library. This book begins with all of the main characters in a car
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“Never judge a book by its cover.” This was written by Edwin Rolfe in 1946. This quote is still used to this day and is one of the most insightful sayings to exist. By saying this, you are saying that you can see what's on the outside. But you won't get the full experience until you see what's on the inside. This quote has a deeper meaning than what it conveys. All of these stories have a deeper meaning in them and they express them in many different ways. You can fully understand the meanings by
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One thing that confused me about this chapter is that on page 320, Burroway suggests that statements such as “I don’t like this” count as constructive criticism, but on the very next page, she says that “the more specific the criticism you offer—or receive—the more useful it proves”, leading me to think that specific statements are constructive. “I don’t like this” is not specific at all, so her ideas seemed contradictory to me. Then again, I never saw constructive criticism as “positive suggestions”
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Literary devices is about words or sentence that author use when they trying to say something in other way, sometimes it sounds sarcastic, but it’s really important part of the line that they bring out for the whole thing. Those lines sometimes got us carried away and hooked us up till we read or listen to what they were trying to prove. On this essay, I’ll talk about the 3 literary devices I used on my project or presentation that I have about the song “Hurt Me Tomorrow” by K’naan, and explain how
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However, it was the past two years in Honors English Eleven and AP Literature in which I believed I learned the most about writing and grown as a writer. Both teachers delved into the deeper aspects of writing and made sure my peers and I were great enough writers to do well in any classes after. As aforementioned, most
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Whether you’ve read his stories or not, you’ve probably heard of Shakespeare. He’s constantly discussed by historians and authors. You may have had to read on of his plays or sonnets before in school, and wondered why you were reading a story by someone who spoke so differently with wit, confused by most conversations. But how do we know if Shakespeare is finally too out of touch for kids to read today? The truth is, William Shakespeare, author, playwright, poet, and actor, a man from the 16th Century
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In the eighteen-hundreds, Thomas Carlyle wrote some letters about Ralph Waldo Emerson. Two of these letters describe him in vastly different ways. One letter was written to John Stuart Mill, and the other to a Mrs. Baring. Carlyle’s point of view and respect for Emerson remains in both, however due to the different audience, his tone and use of language is incredibly different. The difference in audience was the main reason the letters were so different. In the first letter, Carlyle wrote to another
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A.S. King is the author of the ALA best books for young adults, “The Dust of 100 Dogs”, and “Monica Never Shuts Up”. A.S. has also written “Glory O'Brien's History of the Future”. A.S. King lived in Ireland for a decade, teaching adults about literacy, she now lives in Pennsylvania with her husband and children. In the book, “ Dust of 100 Dogs”, Emer Morrisey is a pirate that is cursed to 100 years as a dog, She is then born as Saffron Adams. Saffron and her family are poor. Saffron wants to find
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As much as I like to think that I am a good writer, words almost fail me in describing Kristi Parker-Johnson, but I’ll try. The Miracle Worker, the Help, the Iron lady and the Giver scratch the surface of her multiple abilities and talents. For the last two years, Kristi has was my editor and mentor and the one who gave me a chance to write professionally. First, at the Killeen Daily Herald (KPD) and Texas Appeal magazine in Central Texas, and later at Out & About magazine and the Gilroy Dispatch
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The target age group for our children’s story, Fergus Builds a Sandcastle is students in grade one. The poetic devices we used in our children’s story, Fergus Builds a Sandcastle are hyperbole, repetition, and alliteration. We used the device, hyperbole when we explained that the castle was so big that they could not reach the top to put on the flag. This is an example of hyperbole because they would be unable to make the castle that high if we were not exaggerating. Hyperbole is a very effective
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