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| About the Authors |
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2 | (3) |
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5 | (23) |
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5 | (1) |
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6 | (9) |
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Death Has an Appointment in Samarra |
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A student tries to flee from Death in this brief, sardonic fable. |
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The North Wind and the Sun |
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The North Wind and the Sun argue who is stronger and decide to try their powers on an unsuspecting traveler. |
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The Tortoise and the Geese |
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A fable that gives another dimension to Andrew Lang's quip, "He missed an invaluable opportunity to hold his tongue." |
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The Prince of Ch'u asks the philosopher Chuang Tzu to become his advisor and gets a surprising reply in this classic Chinese fable. |
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Neither God nor the Devil came to the christening. In this stark folktale, a young man receives magical powers with a string attached. |
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15 | (2) |
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17 | (7) |
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18 | (1) |
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In walk three girls in nothing but bathing suits, and Sammy finds himself no longer an aproned checkout clerk but an armored knight. |
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24 | (1) |
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24 | (1) |
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Checklist: Writing About Plot |
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25 | (1) |
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Topics For Writing On Plot |
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25 | (1) |
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26 | (2) |
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28 | (33) |
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Identifying Point Of View |
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28 | (1) |
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29 | (1) |
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How Much Does A Narrator Know? |
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29 | (2) |
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31 | (27) |
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32 | (1) |
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Proud, imperious Emily Grierson defied the town from the fortress of her mansion. Who could have guessed the secret that lay within? |
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40 | (1) |
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The smoldering eye at last extinguished, a murderer finds that, despite all his attempts at a cover-up, his victim will be heard. |
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45 | (1) |
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Since no one appreciates Sister, she decides to live at the Post Office. After meeting her family, you won't blame her. |
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56 | (1) |
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"Try to walk like a lady, and not like the slut you are so bent on becoming." An old-fashioned mother tells her daughter how to live. |
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58 | (1) |
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Thinking About Point Of View |
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58 | (1) |
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Checklist: Writing About Point Of View |
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58 | (1) |
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Topics For Writing On Point Of View |
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59 | (1) |
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59 | (2) |
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61 | (40) |
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62 | (1) |
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63 | (35) |
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The Jilting of Granny Weatherall |
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64 | (1) |
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For sixty years Ellen Weatherall has fought back the memory of that terrible day, but now once more the priest waits in the house. |
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72 | (1) |
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Anders is in line when armed robbers enter the bank, and he can't help but get involved. |
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77 | (1) |
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When successful Dee visits from the city, she has changed her name to reflect her African roots. Her mother and sister notice other things have changed, too. |
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85 | (1) |
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He had never expected to find himself trying to describe a cathedral to a blind man. He hadn't even wanted to meet this odd, old friend of his wife. |
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98 | (1) |
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98 | (1) |
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Checklist: Writing About Character |
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99 | (1) |
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Topics For Writing On Character |
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99 | (1) |
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100 | (1) |
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101 | (46) |
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101 | (1) |
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102 | (1) |
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103 | (1) |
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103 | (42) |
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104 | (1) |
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Even with her husband away, Calixta feels happily, securely married. Why then should she not shelter an old admirer front the rain? |
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Seventy-five degrees below zero. Alone except for one mistrustful wolf dog, a man finds himself battling a relentless force. |
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The Gospel According to. Mark |
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A young man from Buenos Aires is trapped by a flood on an isolated ranch. To pass the time, he reads the Gospel to a family with unforeseen results. |
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128 | (1) |
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A young woman flies with her father to China to meet two half sisters she never knew existed. |
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145 | (1) |
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145 | (1) |
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Checklist: Writing About Setting |
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145 | (1) |
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Topics For Writing On Setting |
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146 | (1) |
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146 | (1) |
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147 | (37) |
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148 | (1) |
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148 | (1) |
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149 | (21) |
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A Clean, Well-Lighted Place |
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151 | (1) |
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All by himself each night, the old man lingers in the bright cafe. What does he need more than brandy? |
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155 | (1) |
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This time when Ab Snopes wields his blazing torch, his son Sarty faces a dilemma: whether to obey or defy the vengeful old man. |
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170 | (11) |
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172 | (1) |
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A woman enjoys one night of luxury-and then spends years of her life paying for it. |
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179 | (1) |
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"There was something coming to her and she was waiting for it, fearfully. What was it? She did not know; it was too subtle and elusive to name." |
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181 | (1) |
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Thinking About Tone And Style |
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181 | (1) |
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Checklist: Writing About Tone And Style |
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182 | (1) |
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Topics For Writing On Tone And Style |
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182 | (1) |
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183 | (1) |
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184 | (19) |
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184 | (1) |
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185 | (1) |
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186 | (14) |
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187 | (1) |
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The new headmaster of the village school was determined to fight superstition, but the villagers did not agree. |
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The House on Mango Street |
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190 | (1) |
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Does where we live tell what we are? A little girl dreams of a new house, but things don't always turn out the way we want them to. |
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The Parable of the Prodigal Son |
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192 | (1) |
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A father has two sons. One demands his inheritance now and leaves to spend it with ruinous results. |
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194 | (1) |
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Are you handsome? Off with your eyebrows) Are you brainy? Let a transmitter sound thought-shattering beeps inside your ear. |
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200 | (1) |
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200 | (1) |
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Checklist: Writing About Theme |
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201 | (1) |
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Topics For Writing On Theme |
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202 | (1) |
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202 | (1) |
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203 | (43) |
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203 | (1) |
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204 | (1) |
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205 | (39) |
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206 | (1) |
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Fenced-in Elisa feels emotionally starved-then her life promises to blossom with the arrival of the scissors-grinding man. |
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A doctor prescribes a "rest cure" for his wife after the birth of their child. The new mother tries to settle in to life in the isolated and mysterious country house they have rented for the summer. The cure proves worse than the disease in this Gothic classic. |
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The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas |
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229 | (1) |
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Omelas is the perfect city. All of its inhabitants are happy. But everyone's prosperity depends on a hidden evil. |
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235 | (1) |
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Splintered and faded, the sinister black box had worked its annual terror for longer than anyone in town could remember. |
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244 | (1) |
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244 | (1) |
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Checklist: Writing About Symbols |
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244 | (1) |
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Topics For Writing On Symbols |
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245 | (1) |
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245 | (1) |
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8 Stories For Further Reading |
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246 | (114) |
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This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona |
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246 | (10) |
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The only one who can help Victor when his father dies is a childhood friend he's been avoiding for years. |
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256 | (4) |
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John and Mary meet. What happens next? This witty experimental story offers five different outcomes. |
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260 | (11) |
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Urged on through deepening woods, a young Puritan sees-or dreams he sees-good villagers hasten toward a diabolic rite. |
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271 | (5) |
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A young husband and wife find ingenious ways to buy each other Christmas presents, in the classic story that defines the word "irony." |
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276 | (11) |
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Delia's hard work paid for her small house. Now her drunken husband Sykes has promised it to another woman. |
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287 | (9) |
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When the police unfairly arrest Mr. Chiu, he hopes for justice. After witnessing their brutality, he quietly plans revenge. |
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296 | (5) |
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If only he can find her a token, she might love him in return. As night falls, a Dublin boy hurries to make his dream come true. |
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301 | (2) |
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A man from the country comes in search of the Law. He never guesses what will prevent him from finding it in this modern parable. |
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303 | (4) |
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Sundays had long brought joy to solitary Miss Brill, until one fateful day when she happened to share a bench with two lovers in the park. |
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Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? |
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307 | (14) |
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Alone in the house, Connie finds herself helpless before the advances of Arnold Friend, a spellbinding imitation teenager. |
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321 | (15) |
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What each soldier carried into the combat zone was largely determined by necessity, but each man's necessities differed. |
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A Good Man Is Hard to Find |
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336 | (13) |
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Wanted: The Misfit, a cold-blooded killer. An ordinary family vacation leads to horror-and one moment of redeeming grace. |
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Tell Them Not to Kill Me! |
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349 | (6) |
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A violent episode from decades past catches up with an old man. Will he be saved from the firing squad? |
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355 | (9) |
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Whatever hour you woke, a door was shutting. From room to room the ghostly couple walked, hand in hand. |
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360 | (3) |
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363 | (16) |
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363 | (1) |
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364 | (1) |
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364 | (3) |
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The Lake Isle of Innisfree |
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365 | (2) |
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367 | (2) |
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368 | (1) |
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369 | (1) |
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369 | (3) |
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370 | (1) |
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371 | (1) |
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372 | (3) |
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373 | (2) |
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375 | (1) |
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376 | (1) |
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Thinking About Paraphrasing |
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376 | (1) |
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376 | (1) |
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376 | (1) |
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Checklist: Writing A Paraphrase |
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377 | (1) |
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Topics For Writing On Paraphrasing |
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377 | (1) |
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378 | (1) |
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379 | (23) |
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379 | (6) |
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380 | (1) |
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381 | (1) |
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382 | (1) |
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To a Locomotive in Winter |
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382 | (1) |
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I like to see it lap the Miles |
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383 | (1) |
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384 | (1) |
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385 | (7) |
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385 | (2) |
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387 | (1) |
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388 | (1) |
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389 | (1) |
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390 | (1) |
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391 | (1) |
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392 | (5) |
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392 | (2) |
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394 | (1) |
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395 | (1) |
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396 | (1) |
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396 | (1) |
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For Review And Further Study |
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397 | (2) |
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397 | (1) |
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398 | (1) |
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398 | (1) |
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399 | (1) |
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399 | (1) |
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Checklist: Writing About Tone |
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400 | (1) |
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Topics For Writing On Tone |
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400 | (1) |
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400 | (2) |
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402 | (19) |
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Literal Meaning: What A Poem Says First |
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402 | (1) |
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403 | (1) |
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403 | (2) |
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404 | (1) |
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Batter my heart, three-personed God, for You |
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405 | (1) |
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The Value Of A Dictionary |
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405 | (4) |
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
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406 | (1) |
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407 | (1) |
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Friend on this scaffold Thomas More lies dead |
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408 | (1) |
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408 | (1) |
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409 | (1) |
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Word Choice And Word Order |
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409 | (5) |
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411 | (1) |
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412 | (1) |
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413 | (1) |
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For Review And Further Study |
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414 | (4) |
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Anyone Lived In A Pretty How Town |
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414 | (1) |
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415 | (1) |
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415 | (1) |
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My heart leaps up when I behold |
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416 | (1) |
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416 | (1) |
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417 | (1) |
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418 | (1) |
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418 | (1) |
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Checklist: Writing About Diction |
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419 | (1) |
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Topics For Writing On Word Choice |
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419 | (1) |
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420 | (1) |
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421 | (11) |
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Denotation And Connotation |
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421 | (8) |
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422 | (2) |
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Disillusionment of Ten O'Clock |
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424 | (1) |
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425 | (1) |
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425 | (1) |
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426 | (1) |
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427 | (1) |
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Love Calls Us to the Things of This World |
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427 | (2) |
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429 | (1) |
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Thinking About Denotation And Connotation |
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429 | (1) |
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Checklist: Writing About What A Poem Says And Suggests |
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430 | (1) |
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Topics For Writing On Denotation And Connotation |
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430 | (1) |
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431 | (1) |
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432 | (15) |
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In a Station of the Metro |
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432 | (1) |
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The piercing chill I feel |
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432 | (1) |
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433 | (5) |
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The winter evening settles down |
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433 | (1) |
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434 | (1) |
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434 | (2) |
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436 | (1) |
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437 | (1) |
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437 | (1) |
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438 | (2) |
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438 | (1) |
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439 | (1) |
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439 | (1) |
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On the one-ton temple bell |
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439 | (1) |
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439 | (1) |
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439 | (1) |
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439 | (1) |
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Haiku From Japanese Internment Camps |
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440 | (1) |
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Rain shower from mountain |
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440 | (1) |
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440 | (1) |
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Even the croaking of frogs |
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440 | (1) |
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440 | (1) |
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440 | (1) |
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440 | (1) |
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440 | (1) |
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441 | (1) |
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441 | (1) |
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For Review And Further Study |
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441 | (2) |
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Bright star, would I were steadfast as thou art |
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441 | (1) |
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441 | (1) |
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442 | (1) |
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Translated by Arthur Waley |
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Drinking Alone by Moonlight |
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442 | (1) |
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443 | (1) |
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Driving to Town Late to Mail a Letter |
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443 | (1) |
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443 | (1) |
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443 | (2) |
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Checklist: Writing About Imagery |
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445 | (1) |
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Topics For Writing On Imagery |
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445 | (1) |
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446 | (1) |
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447 | (17) |
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447 | (2) |
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447 | (1) |
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Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? |
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448 | (1) |
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Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day? |
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449 | (1) |
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449 | (6) |
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My Life had stood - a Loaded Gun |
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451 | (1) |
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Flower in the Crannied Wall |
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452 | (1) |
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To see a world in a grain of sand |
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452 | (1) |
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452 | (1) |
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453 | (1) |
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A Martian Sends a Postcard Home |
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453 | (2) |
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455 | (4) |
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456 | (1) |
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457 | (1) |
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458 | (1) |
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458 | (1) |
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459 | (1) |
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For Review And Further Study |
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459 | (2) |
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459 | (1) |
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459 | (1) |
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460 | (1) |
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461 | (1) |
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461 | (1) |
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Checklist: Writing About Metaphors |
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462 | (1) |
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Topics For Writing On Figures Of Speech |
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462 | (1) |
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463 | (1) |
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464 | (14) |
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464 | (3) |
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466 | (1) |
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467 | (1) |
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A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal |
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467 | (1) |
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Alliteration And Assonance |
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467 | (2) |
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468 | (1) |
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The splendor falls on castle walls |
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468 | (1) |
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469 | (5) |
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471 | (1) |
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472 | (1) |
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472 | (1) |
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473 | (1) |
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474 | (1) |
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In Memoriam John Coltrane |
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475 | (1) |
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475 | (1) |
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Thinking About A Poem's Sound |
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475 | (1) |
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Checklist: Writing About A Poem's Sound |
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476 | (1) |
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Topics For Writing On Sound |
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476 | (1) |
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477 | (1) |
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478 | (15) |
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478 | (1) |
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479 | (2) |
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481 | (3) |
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482 | (1) |
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483 | (1) |
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483 | (1) |
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484 | (6) |
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488 | (1) |
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When I was one-and-twenty |
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488 | (1) |
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489 | (1) |
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490 | (1) |
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490 | (1) |
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Checklist: Scanning A Poem |
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491 | (1) |
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Topics For Writing On Rhythm |
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491 | (1) |
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492 | (1) |
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493 | (19) |
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494 | (1) |
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494 | (3) |
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496 | (1) |
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Song ("Go and catch a falling star") |
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496 | (1) |
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497 | (4) |
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497 | (3) |
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500 | (1) |
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501 | (4) |
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Let me not to the marriage of true minds |
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501 | (1) |
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What lips my lips have kissed, and where, and why |
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502 | (1) |
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Acquainted with the Night |
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503 | (1) |
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504 | (1) |
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504 | (1) |
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505 | (1) |
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505 | (1) |
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Two Somewhat Different Epigrams |
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505 | (1) |
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505 | (4) |
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Do not go gentle into that good night |
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506 | (1) |
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507 | (1) |
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507 | (2) |
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509 | (1) |
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509 | (1) |
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Checklist: Writing About A Sonnet |
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509 | (1) |
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Topics For Writing On Closed Form |
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509 | (1) |
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510 | (2) |
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512 | (14) |
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512 | (1) |
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513 | (8) |
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515 | (1) |
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516 | (1) |
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517 | (1) |
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517 | (1) |
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Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird |
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518 | (3) |
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521 | (1) |
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The Magic Study of Happiness |
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521 | (1) |
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For Review And Further Study |
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521 | (3) |
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522 | (1) |
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I Shall Paint My Nails Red |
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522 | (1) |
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523 | (1) |
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524 | (1) |
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Thinking About Free Verse |
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524 | (1) |
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Checklist: Writing About Line Breaks |
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524 | (1) |
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Topics For Writing On Open Form |
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524 | (1) |
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525 | (1) |
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526 | (13) |
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526 | (2) |
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The Boston Evening Transcript |
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527 | (1) |
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The Lightning is a yellow Fork |
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528 | (1) |
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528 | (3) |
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530 | (1) |
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530 | (1) |
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531 | (4) |
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The Parable of the Good Seed |
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532 | (1) |
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532 | (1) |
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Proverbios y Cantares (XXIX) |
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533 | (1) |
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Thanslated by Michael Ortiz |
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533 | (1) |
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534 | (1) |
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534 | (1) |
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For Review And Further Study |
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535 | (2) |
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535 | (1) |
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536 | (1) |
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536 | (1) |
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537 | (1) |
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537 | (1) |
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Checklist: Writing About Symbols |
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537 | (1) |
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Topics For Writing On Symbolism |
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538 | (1) |
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538 | (1) |
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539 | (19) |
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The Subjects And Uses Of Myth |
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539 | (1) |
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540 | (2) |
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541 | (1) |
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The world is too much with us |
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541 | (1) |
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542 | (3) |
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543 | (1) |
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544 | (1) |
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545 | (6) |
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546 | (1) |
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Memento Mori in Middle School |
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547 | (2) |
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549 | (2) |
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551 | (5) |
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553 | (3) |
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556 | (1) |
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556 | (1) |
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Checklist: Writing About Myth |
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556 | (1) |
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Topics For Writing On Myth |
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556 | (1) |
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557 | (1) |
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558 | (2) |
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Dante, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Wordsworth, Thomas Hardy, Robert Frost, Wallace Stevens, Mina Loy, W.H. Auden, Jose Garcia Villa, Christopher Fry, Elizabeth Bishop, Joy Harjo, Octavio Paz, Lucille Clifton, Charles Simic, Some Definitions of Poetry |
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558 | (2) |
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22 Poems For Further Reading |
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560 | (68) |
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Thirteen Ways Of Looking At A Tortilla |
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560 | (2) |
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562 | (1) |
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The Powwow at the End of the World |
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562 | (1) |
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Last Words of the Prophet |
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563 | (1) |
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563 | (1) |
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564 | (2) |
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566 | (1) |
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566 | (2) |
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568 | (1) |
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Elizabeth Barrett Browning |
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How Do I Love Thee? Let Me Count the Ways |
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569 | (1) |
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Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister |
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569 | (2) |
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571 | (1) |
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572 | (1) |
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573 | (2) |
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575 | (1) |
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Wild Nights - Wild Nights! |
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576 | (1) |
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I felt a Funeral in my Brain |
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576 | (1) |
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Because I could not stop for Death |
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577 | (1) |
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578 | (1) |
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578 | (1) |
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The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock |
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579 | (4) |
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583 | (2) |
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585 | (1) |
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Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening |
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586 | (1) |
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A Supermarket in California |
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587 | (1) |
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The Convergence of the Twain |
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588 | (1) |
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589 | (1) |
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590 | (1) |
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To the Virgins to Make Much of Time |
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591 | (1) |
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591 | (1) |
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592 | (1) |
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Loveliest of trees the cherry now |
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592 | (1) |
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593 | (1) |
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The Negro Speaks of Rivers |
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594 | (1) |
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594 | (1) |
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The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner |
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595 | (1) |
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595 | (1) |
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596 | (1) |
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596 | (1) |
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On the Death of Friends in Childhood |
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596 | (1) |
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597 | (2) |
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599 | (1) |
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600 | (1) |
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600 | (1) |
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601 | (1) |
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602 | (1) |
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603 | (1) |
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When I consider how my light is spent |
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604 | (1) |
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Translated by Alastair Reid |
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604 | (1) |
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605 | (1) |
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606 | (3) |
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609 | (1) |
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The River-Merchant's Wife: A Letter |
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610 | (1) |
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611 | (1) |
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612 | (1) |
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Song ("When I am dead, my dearest") |
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613 | (1) |
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When in disgrace with Fortune and men's eyes |
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613 | (1) |
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My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun |
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614 | (1) |
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614 | (1) |
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615 | (1) |
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615 | (2) |
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617 | (2) |
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When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer |
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619 | (1) |
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619 | (1) |
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620 | (1) |
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621 | (1) |
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Composed upon Westminster Bridge |
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622 | (1) |
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Autumn Begins in Martins Ferry Ohio |
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622 | (1) |
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In this strange labyrinth |
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622 | (1) |
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He wishes for the Cloths of Heaven |
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623 | (1) |
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623 | (2) |
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625 | (3) |
| Drama |
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628 | (3) |
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631 | (23) |
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631 | (1) |
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632 | (1) |
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632 | (14) |
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633 | (1) |
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Was Minnie Wright to blame for the death of her husband? While the menfolk try to unravel a mystery, two women in the kitchen turn up revealing clues. |
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646 | (5) |
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651 | (1) |
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651 | (1) |
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Checklist: Writing About A Play |
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652 | (1) |
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Topics For Writing On Trifles |
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652 | (1) |
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653 | (1) |
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654 | (29) |
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654 | (9) |
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Scene from Doctor Faustus |
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657 | (1) |
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In this scene from the classic drama, a brilliant scholar sells his soul to the devil. How smart is that? |
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663 | (17) |
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Scene from The Importance of Being Earnest |
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665 | (1) |
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Lady Bracknell is no softie when interviewing a potential future son-in-law. |
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669 | (1) |
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Should a man choose a mere human lover instead of pure perfection? The world turns on the answer. |
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680 | (1) |
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680 | (1) |
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Checklist: Writing About Comedy |
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681 | (1) |
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Topics For Writing About Tragedy |
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681 | (1) |
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Topics For Writing About Comedy |
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681 | (1) |
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682 | (1) |
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25 The Theater Of Sophocles |
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683 | (53) |
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Theater In Ancient Greece |
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683 | (2) |
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The Civic Role Of Greek Drama |
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685 | (1) |
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Aristotle's Concept Of Tragedy |
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686 | (2) |
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688 | (1) |
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The Origins Of Oedipus The King |
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688 | (45) |
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Oedipus the King (Translated by David Grene) |
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690 | (1) |
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The dark story of Oedipus is considered by many to be the greatest example of classical Greek tragedy. |
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733 | (1) |
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Thinking About Greek Tragedy |
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733 | (1) |
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Checklist: Writing About Greek Drama |
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734 | (1) |
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Topics For Writing On Sophocles |
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734 | (1) |
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735 | (1) |
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26 The Theater Of Shakespeare |
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736 | (121) |
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738 | (1) |
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738 | (2) |
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740 | (114) |
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Othello, the Moor of Venice |
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742 | (1) |
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Here is a story of jealousy, that "green-eyed monster which loth mock/The meat it feeds on"-of a passionate, suspicious man and his blameless wife, of a serpent masked as a friend. |
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854 | (1) |
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Understanding Shakespeare |
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854 | (1) |
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Checklist: Writing About Shakespeare |
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855 | (1) |
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Topics For Writing On Shakespeare |
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855 | (2) |
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857 | (144) |
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857 | (115) |
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A Doll's House (Translated by R. Farquharson Sharp, revised by Viktoria Michelsen) |
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858 | (1) |
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The founder of modern drama portrays a troubled marriage. Helmer, the bank manager, regards his wife Nora as a "little featherbrain"-not knowing the truth may shatter his smug world. |
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918 | (1) |
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Painfully shy and retiring, shunning love, Laura dwells in a world as fragile as her collection of tiny figurines-until one memorable night a gentleman comes to call. |
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972 | (16) |
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973 | (1) |
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Nineteen-year-old Margarita Suarez wants to win a Southern California distance swimming race. Is her family behind her? Quite literally! |
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988 | (9) |
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Scenes from Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 |
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988 | (1) |
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The violence that tore apart a city, in the words of those who were there. |
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997 | (1) |
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Thinking About Dramatic Realism |
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997 | (1) |
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Checklist: Writing About A Realist Play |
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998 | (1) |
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Topics For Writing On Realism |
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999 | (1) |
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1000 | (1) |
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28 Plays For Further Reading |
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1001 | (86) |
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1001 | (16) |
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A strange man arrives at a solitary woman's home in the remote countryside. As they fall in love, they discover disturbing secrets about one another's past. |
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1017 | (9) |
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A wrestler and his unhappy wife drive through the desert to a surprising conclusion. |
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1026 | (3) |
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A long-distance phone call leads to darkly comic misunderstandings between a man and woman. |
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1029 | (60) |
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A proud man's love for his family is choked by his rigidity and self-righteousness, in this powerful drama by one of the great American playwrights of our time. |
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| Writing |
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1087 | (74) |
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29 Writing About Literature |
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1089 | (54) |
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1089 | (3) |
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1090 | (2) |
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1092 | (1) |
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1093 | (1) |
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Prewriting: Generate Ideas And Issues |
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1094 | (4) |
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Sample Student Prewriting Exercises |
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1094 | (4) |
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1098 | (1) |
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Strengthen Your Argument: Rhetorical Appeals |
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1099 | (3) |
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Logical Argumentation: Evidence and Organization |
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1099 | (1) |
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1100 | (1) |
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Credibility: Tone and Balance |
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1101 | (1) |
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Checklist: Developing An Argument |
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1102 | (1) |
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1102 | (3) |
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Sample Student Paper, Rough Draft |
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1103 | (2) |
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1105 | (4) |
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Checklist: Revising Your Argument |
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1109 | (1) |
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Some Final Advice On Rewriting |
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1109 | (5) |
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Sample Student Paper, Revised Draft |
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1111 | (3) |
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What's Your Purpose? Common Approaches To Writing About Literature |
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1114 | (23) |
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1114 | (4) |
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Sample Student Paper, Fiction Explication |
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1115 | (3) |
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1118 | (4) |
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Sample Student Paper, Poetry Explication |
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1119 | (3) |
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1122 | (8) |
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Sample Student Paper, Poetry Analysis |
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1122 | (4) |
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Sample Student Paper, Drama Analysis |
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1126 | (4) |
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1130 | (4) |
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Sample Student Paper, Fiction Comparison and Contrast |
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1132 | (2) |
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1134 | (10) |
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Sample Student Paper, Fiction Response |
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1135 | (2) |
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The Form Of Your Finished Paper |
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1137 | (1) |
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1138 | (5) |
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30 Writing A Research Paper |
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1143 | (18) |
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1143 | (1) |
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Choose A Topic: Formulate Your Argument |
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1144 | (1) |
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1144 | (3) |
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1144 | (1) |
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1145 | (1) |
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1146 | (1) |
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Checklist: Finding Reliable Sources |
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1147 | (1) |
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1147 | (1) |
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Checklist: Using Visual Images |
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1148 | (1) |
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1149 | (1) |
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Checklist: Evaluating Your Sources |
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1150 | (1) |
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1150 | (2) |
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1152 | (1) |
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Maintain Academic Integrity |
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1152 | (1) |
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1153 | (2) |
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1153 | (1) |
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1154 | (1) |
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Document Sources Using MLA Style |
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1155 | (5) |
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1155 | (1) |
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|
1155 | (1) |
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|
1156 | (1) |
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Citing Print Sources In MLA Style |
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|
1157 | (1) |
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Citing Web Sources In MLA Style |
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|
1158 | (2) |
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|
1160 | (1) |
| Reference Guide For MLA Citations |
|
1161 | (8) |
| Literary Credits |
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1169 | (9) |
| Photo Credits |
|
1178 | (1) |
| Index of Authors and Tides |
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1179 | (9) |
| Index of Literary Terms |
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1188 | |
