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A Spear of Golden Grass

Short Stories by Norwalk High School Honors English Students

By: Deborah Kopple

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A Spear of Golden Grass

Short Stories by Norwalk High School Honors English Students

By: Deborah Kopple

A Spear of Golden Grass is a collection of original short stories by Norwalk High School students in Norwalk, CT. Each writer featured in this book is an Honors student in English at Norwalk High School. This unique collection symbolizes the creativity and emotional inspiration of today's younger generation. The themes of this collection range from teenage/family relationships to social commentaries. Each writer in this book of short stories also represents Norwalk High School's diversity in education. Mrs. Kopple is extremely proud of her students and hopes this book will inspire other young writers.

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217

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iUniverse

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1450218970

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9781450218979

Voices at Midnight

Short Stories by Norwalk High School Honors English Students

By: Deborah Kopple

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Voices at Midnight

Short Stories by Norwalk High School Honors English Students

By: Deborah Kopple

Voices at Midnight is a collection of original short stories written by Norwalk High School honors English students in Norwalk, CT. The themes of this unique collection range from teenage-family relationships to social-political commentaries as well as mythological tales of adventure. Each writer featured in this collection represents Norwalk High School's desire to provide authentic opportunities for students to nurture their creative spirit and unlock the writer within. We are hoping that this book will also inspire other young writers to head to their computers and experience the joy and freedom of writing.

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201

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iUniverse

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1462026141

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9781462026142

Literacy as Involvement

The Acts of Writers, Readers, and Texts

By: Deborah Brandt

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Literacy as Involvement

The Acts of Writers, Readers, and Texts

By: Deborah Brandt

In Literacy as Involvement, Deborah Brandt examines the cultural and social roots of the acts of reading and writing. The book asks, for example, whether literacy is a natural growth of or a radical shift from orality. It questions the contrary views that literacy is either the learning of the conventions of language or is better understood as heightened social ability. Finally, it raises the possibility that knowing how to read and write is actually understanding how we respond during the acts of reading and writing. This examination of literacy as process is also offered as a critique of prevailing theories of literacy advanced by such scholars as Walter J. Ong, S.J., David Olson, and E. D. Hirsch. They depict literacy as a textual experience that is socially and linguistically detached. Brandt critically examines the underlying assumptions from research on writing processes and argues that they call for a major reformation of prevailing conceptions of literacy. Specifically, she analyzes several expository texts from a process perspective to establish the interaction of reader and writer in even the most seemingly formal and detached writing. In her conclusion, Brandt brings together the major findings of her study to address pressing literacy issues, including the problem of illiteracy in our schools.

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174

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SIU Press

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0809387859

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9780809387854

At War with Metaphor

Media, Propaganda, and Racism in the War on Terror

By: Erin Steuter,Deborah Wills

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At War with Metaphor

Media, Propaganda, and Racism in the War on Terror

By: Erin Steuter,Deborah Wills

When photographs documenting the torture and humiliation of prisoners at Abu Ghraib came to the attention of a horrified public, national and international voices were raised in shock, asking how this happened. At War with Metaphor offers an answer, arguing that the abuses of Abu Ghraib were part of a systemic continuum of dehumanization. This continuum has its roots in our public discussions of the war on terror and the metaphors through which they are repeatedly framed. Arguing earnestly and incisively that these metaphors, if left unexamined, bind us into a cycle of violence that will only be intensified by a responsive violence of metaphor, Steuter and Wills examine compelling examples of the images of animal, insect, and disease that inform, shape, and limit our understanding of the war on terror. Tying these images to historical and contemporary uses of propaganda through a readable, accessible analysis of media filters, At War with Metaphor vividly explores how news media, including political cartoons and talk radio, are enmeshed in these damaging, dehumanizing metaphors. Analyzing media through the lenses of race and Orientalism, it invites us to hold our media and ourselves accountable for the choices we make in talking war and making enemies.

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267

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Lexington Books

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0739130315

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9780739130315

Guidebook to Academic Writing

Communicating in the Disciplines

By: Cornelia C. Paraskevas,Deborah F. Rossen-Knill

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Guidebook to Academic Writing

Communicating in the Disciplines

By: Cornelia C. Paraskevas,Deborah F. Rossen-Knill

This innovative guidebook is an accessible and concise introduction to discipline-specific academic language. Using authentic texts written by both novice and expert writers and ‘translating’ current, corpus-based research of academic language into a practical guide, the book gives students the tools to navigate the linguistic features of various disciplines, emphasizing the humanities and sciences, but also discussing example texts from the social sciences. Organised as 11 self-contained questions that are critical to any discussion of academic language, this guide: provides specific information and detail regarding the language ‘demands’ of each discipline explains the principles underlying punctuation, the range of choices writers have and the effects of these choices on readers includes detailed linguistic guidance on how to construct effective paragraphs discusses the multiple ways attitude is expressed in academic texts includes information on citation practices With exercises and additional online resources, this guidebook provides students with a range of tools they can choose from in order to create effective texts that meet discipline and reader expectations. Accessibly written, it is an essential guide for all students in humanities and sciences writing academic texts in English.

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234

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Taylor & Francis

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1040031579

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9781040031575

Book's by Deborah Kopple

A Spear of Golden Grass

A Spear of Golden Grass

Voices at Midnight

Voices at Midnight

Literacy as Involvement

Literacy as Involvement

At War with Metaphor

At War with Metaphor

Guidebook to Academic Writing

Guidebook to Academic Writing

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