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Continue reading →: I Will “Have It All” Someday.When I read the phrase, “having it all”, that means that the person has everything that could possibly make them happy. To me that means having a house with my wife and having multiple children preferably three(2 boys and 1 girl), as well as, a stable income from my career…
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Continue reading →: What is Plot?Plot is not something students use often once they get into Junior year (11th grade) of high school. Normally the focus turns to informative, argumentative, and analytical writing once students reach this age and “plot” gets forgotten. Plot is used in creative writing to help a person make a story…
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Continue reading →: Changing The ParadigmA term very often used in today’s society is the word Paradigm. In this blog I will go over what a paradigm is and how do we as a society go about changing it. A paradigm according to the Oxford dictionary is a typical example or pattern of something; a…
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Continue reading →: Exploring ParadoxLearning about paradox can be confusing and complicated but also very fascinating once you have a good grasp on how it works. My favorite example when explaining a paradox goes like this, you have a keyboard that won’t connect to your computer and the computer tells you that to reconnect…
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Continue reading →: Poetic Analysis Presentationhttps://docs.google.com/presentation/d/151hv262wXowX_xtf07qvJRbKjWbMPA7hOD3I720Z4oI
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Continue reading →: The Power of SatireThis post will be a little different as I will be straying from Analyzing Literature and simply talking about a literary device called Satire. Satire has been around for centuries and used in different ways to persuade people to a certain opinion, to make fun of an event that took…
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Continue reading →: Lesson #5: Illuminating the Broader ContextDirect your focus to the word Context. When one hears this word as referred to analyzing a text one should consider background information. What historical references could have influenced the author, what prior knowledge do you have of the time period in which the text was written that might help…
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Continue reading →: Lesson #4: Exploring and Identifying while AnalyzingWhen analyzing a text one should be exploring and identifying three key things to help interpret the author’s intention for the text to the reader. One should be searching for the following: paradox, juxtaposition, and irony. These three things can help one find the deeper meanings of the author and…
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Continue reading →: Become PresidentSomething I would attempt if I was guaranteed not to fail would be to become the President of the United States. I believe I could be a good role model, leader, and protector for the nation I live in. I believe I could create a healthier economy, a more efficient…
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Continue reading →: Lesson #4 Analyzing: What is Tone and Mood?Two essential parts of analyzing literature is being able to identify the tone and mood within a text. Not only is this important to learn how to identify in written work but by doing so a person also increases their ability to see it in others that they converse with.…
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Continue reading →: Lesson #3 Analyzing: Everything Is Stated As FactWhen writing a literary analysis of a text you should never use first or second person words in your analysis. These words include the following: First person: 1. I2.Me3. My4. We5. Us6. Our Second person: 1. You2. Your3. Yours A writer’s goal should be to steer away from these words…
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