APLAC Final Essay Info – Flashcards
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The Joy of Reading and Writing: Superman and Me (Author)
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Sherman Alexie
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The Joy of Reading and Writing: Superman and Me (Audience)
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all those who doubt the intellectual capabilities of Indians
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The Joy of Reading and Writing: Superman and Me (Purpose)
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to show the audience what it is like to be an Indian in today's America
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The Joy of Reading and Writing: Superman and Me (Rhetorical Strategies)
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imagery- when talking about the stacks of books contrast of Indians and white education repetition: open the door parallelism repetition
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The Joy of Reading and Writing: Superman and Me (tone)
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embarrassed when talking about poverty admiring of his father's love of reading nostalgic determined
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The Joy of Reading and Writing: Superman and Me (topic)
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growing up as a young Indian boy
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A Hanging (author)
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George Orwell
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A Hanging (audience)
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the essay is in first person from a Burmese soldier about to hang a prisoner & is intended for all to understand the wrongs of imperialism, violence, and hatred
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A Hanging (purpose)
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shows the darkness of hanging for those committing the act, "It is curious, but till that moment I had never realized what it means to destroy a healthy, conscious man."
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A Hanging (Topic)
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Prison guard feels somewhat guilty about the whole incident because a dog jumps up on the prisoner, and the prisoner steps around the puddle humanizing him. Killing to kill is an empty thing. Disrespect and disregard of human life.
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A Hanging (Rhetorical Devices)
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imagery- use of the color grey to make things dull and sad simile- like men handling a fish- talking about men getting dragged through crowd and crowd putting their hands on them
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Turkeys in the Kitchen (author)
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Dave Barry
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Turkeys in the Kitchen (audience)
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Essay told in first person as a narrative from Dave Barry. audience- intended for anyone making fun of men's inabilities in the kitchen and conforming to typical stereotypes
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Turkeys in the Kitchen (purpose)
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uses humorous tone to make story funny uplifting, funny story appreciating women's kitchen abilities embarrassment, schadenfreude (humor in other's pain), recognition, incongruity, wisdom
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Turkeys in the Kitchen (purpose cont.)
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lighthearted feel, sarcastic, narrator mocks himself, purpose: humorous and lighthearted
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Turkeys in the Kitchen (topic)
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the fact that men can't do anything in the kitchen
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How it Feels to be Colored Me (author)
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Zola Neale Hurston
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How it Feels to be Colored Me (audience)
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addressed to all African Americans
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How it Feels to be Colored Me (topic)
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how the world view of a black person contrasts world view of whites
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How it Feels to be Colored Me (Purpose)
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to stop the negative association with oppression and slavery
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Once more to the Lake (author)
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E.B. White
