Prompt: Write a well organized essay in which you discuss how the poem’s controlling metaphor expresses the complex attitude of the speaker. (1996) As if attesting to the legacy of centuries of amalgamation, the[…]
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Poetry Seminar: Lord Byron and Desire(Tim and Abhay)
AP Rhetorical Analysis: Desire and Identity Read the poem carefully. Then write a well-developed essay in which you analyze how poetic devices help to convey the speaker’s complex attitude toward desire. Darkness is simply the[…]
Into the Woods (Jieo & Ibukun)
Love and Other Magic Tricks 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. (January 2011) Quotation: “A good persuasion.[…]
For Every Lost Soldier
PROMPT: A recurring theme is the classic war between a passion and responsibility. For instance, a personal cause, a love, a desire for revenge, a determination to redress a wrong, or some other emotion or[…]
To Feel & See
“You see, some things I can teach you. Some you learn from books. But there are things that, well, you just have to see and feel.” (pg.149) Babi from A Thousand Splendid Suns The beautiful moments[…]
Restless Heart
It’s the song, they said. No, the sea. The luxury. The ship. It’s the sex, they whispered. Leo, said Aziza sheepishly. It’s all about Leo. “Everybody wants Jack,” Laila said to Mariam. “That’s what it[…]
“p r e s e n t a t i o n”
“‘In those days she could have prayed the angels themselves right down from heaven, if she’d been so inclined, and when she lay down on the moss and spread those great white thighs of hers,[…]
Greyscale
What do these texts suggest about the ways in which individuals take responsibility for themselves or others? (Polished Personal) Responding to William Klein’s 1955 photograph with connections based on creating a story for the child[…]
Ophelia–The Deluge (A Character Perspective)
NOTE: Due to aesthetic purposes, and what I personally believe would disrupt the flow of the piece, I have not titled my sections. While each section should still be clear without a title, I have[…]
To Watch Them Thrive
Below is a piece I would consider to accurately represent my experience of my first three years of high school. I feel like it depicts my comfort in the safety of watching very well, as[…]