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Which style of writing is the story "Bombs Bursting in Air" written in?
What is exemplification
100
This author was raped at age 8 and had a child at age 16. She has written many well loved pieces of poetry and delivered at the 1993 presidential inauguration. She wrote "Sister Flowers."
What is Maya Angelou
100
"Iv'e never lost my fierce grudge against poverty. It is the most savage of all human afflictions, claiming victims who can't mobilize their efforts against it, who often lack strength to digest what little food the scrounge up to survive."
What is "Flavio's Home"
100
“For nearly a year [after I was raped], I sopped around the house, the Store, the school and the church, like an old biscuit, dirty and inedible”
What is a simile
100
What do you put in the top right corner of every page in your paper?
What is your last name and the page number
200
What style of writing does "The Ways We Lie" fall under?
What is division-classification
200
This author has written many books, mostly about his "diverse life experiences." He served in Burma with the Indian imperial police, worked in London and Paris, and fought in the Spanish Civil War. He wrote "Shooting an Elephant."
What is George Orwell
200
"The clearest evidence of tweendom's darker side concerns crime. Although children under 15 still represent a minority of juvenile arrests, their numbers grew disproportionately in the past 20 years."
What is "Tweens: Ten Going On Sixteen"
200
“I’ve never lost my fierce grudge against poverty. It is the most savage of all human afflictions, claiming victims who can’t mobilize their efforts against it, who often lack strength to digest what little food they can scrounge up to survive. It keeps growing, multiplying, spreading, like a cancer.”
What is a simile
200
What should the order of your heading be in the top left corner?
What is your name, your professors name, the class section, and the date
300
Which style of writing is "Beauty and the Beast" written in?
What is Compare and Contrast
300
This author writes inspirational novels about real-life accounts. Her books boost motivation for college students around the world. She writes about the "complexities and wonders of life." She wrote "Bombs Bursting in Air."
What is Beth Johnson
300
"I listened, rapt, as professional trainers explained how they taught dolphins to flip and elephants to paint. Eventually it hit me that the same techniques might work on that stubborn but lovable species, the American husband."
What is "What Shamu Taught Me About a Happy Marriage"
300
“But I can; the bomb that exploded in Shannon’s home has sent splinters of shrapnel into ours as well, and they cannot be ignored or lied away”
What is a metaphor
300
Can the title be in any way different from the rest of the paper? for example: bolded or italicized
What is no
400
Which style of writing does the story "Salvation" fall under?
What is narration
400
This author is an environmental activist and a journalist. He writes mostly about marine life, politics, and AIDS. He lobbies on environmental issues because of his experiences covering war, marine biology, and political conflict. He wrote "The Storm This Time."
What is David Helvarg
400
"The white lie assumes that the truth will cause more damage than a simple, harmless untruth."
What is "The Ways We Lie"
400
"But Maria seemed impervious to it all, carrying her basket of pasteles like a grotesque Little Red Riding Hood through the forest."
What is a simile
400
What is the last page of your paper called that lists all your sources used?
What is Work(s) Cited Page
500
Which style of writing is "The Storm This Time" written in?
What is description
500
This author is an activist for women's rights, health care, peace, and economic justice. She concentrates heavily on social issues. She writes articles and books including one about her experiences as a worker in a blue collar, low-wage job. She wrote "Serving in Florida."
What is Barbara Ehrenreich
500
"Already I was seeing my own mother, who's 90. A few years ago, she was living in her house on Long Island, surrounded by her neighbors, her bird feeders, her azaleas. Then one morning she phoned my brother to say she didn't remember how to get dressed anymore."
What is "Someone's Mother"
500
"He was miserably thin, naked but for filthy denim shorts. His legs resembled sticks covered with skin and screwed into his feet. Death was all over him, in his sunken eyes, cheeks and jaundiced coloring.”
What is imagery
500
If you have more than one source used in your paper, how do you know what order to list them in on your works cited page? (assume you know the authors names of all your sources)
What is alphabetically by the last name of the author