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memories and magic (final thoughts)

January 17, 2019January 17, 2019 lizamkvLiza

Below is the letter I wrote for Ms. Hunnisett when I was in Grade 9, creating a portfolio for Grade 10 AP ELA. Throughout my entire life, I knew I was going to go into[…]

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lucid (polished personal)

January 17, 2019 lizamkvLiza

Prompt: What do these texts suggest about the conflict between pursuing a personal desire and choosing to conform? Based off the image, Diogéne Ou La Lucidité by Gilbert Garcin     We are all born in darkness,[…]

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mirror, mirror (polished critical on The Stone Angel)

January 17, 2019 lizamkvLiza

  Prompt: The role self-perception plays when individuals attempt to determine their own destiny    Self-perception is a product of identity, yet can only be truly determined when influences of society are considered. For instance, women[…]

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“Kaddish” Allen Ginsberg Personal Response

December 6, 2018December 9, 2018 lizamkvLiza

  “Kaddish” by Allen Ginsberg Strange now to think of you, gone without corsets & eyes, while I walk on the sunny pavement of Greenwich Village. downtown Manhattan, clear winter noon, and I’ve been up[…]

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Allen Ginsberg’s “Kaddish” AP Rhetorical Analysis

December 2, 2018December 2, 2018 claire351Claire P

AP Poetry Analysis of Allen Ginsberg’s Poem “Kaddish” Read the following poem carefully. Then, write a well-organized essay in which you analyze the techniques the poet uses to convey his attitude toward the places he[…]

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Desires of Love – A Helena Character Perspective

November 20, 2018December 2, 2018 elissabwClaire P

Discuss the idea(s) developed by the text creator in your chosen text about the conflict between pursuing a personal desire and choosing to conform. (Jan 2011)   “Your wrongs do set a scandal on my[…]

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there’s no place like home

October 30, 2018 lizamkvLiza

Choose a novel or play in which a central character leaves home yet finds that home remains significant. Write a well-developed essay in which you analyze the importance of “home” to this character and the[…]

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eating pears in cold weather (part one)

October 21, 2018 lizamkvLiza

I have begun writing a short story series that will become a novella. This is part 1.  I have to tell her she can’t smoke on the fifth floor. Although-  I don’t think it would[…]

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a curious love affair (a quotation presentation)

September 16, 2018September 16, 2018 lizamkvLiza

“I must admit to a lifelong love affair with curiosity.”  -Timothy Findley as Juliet d’Orsey  ( Part 4, pg. 147) Say:  Juliet d’ Orsey is telling her accounts of Robert Ross through reading out her childhood[…]

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Feral- Chapters 1-2

January 17, 2018 lizamkvLiza

The following is the first two chapters of a novel I started writing over the summer, that I’ve recently edited. It’s a little rough and probably a little confusing but either way I hope that[…]

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