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"That Part in the Music" - Carl Phillips
Poetry, Carl Phillips, Poets.org
"That Part in the Music" - Carl Phillips
Poetry, Carl Phillips, Poets.org

Once loyal to a cruel master,
the dog moves like a man who
not so long ago weighed a lot less

Poetry, Carl Phillips, Poets.org
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CoralCast 0404 - Speech Regulation in Games
CoralCast 0404 - Speech Regulation in Games
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The Garden Path Sentence
Reading
The Garden Path Sentence
Reading

Sometimes a sentence leads you to a dead end. You are confused, and that's ok. This time you can blame the sentence.

Reading
Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo, You Know?
What Lydon is Thinking
Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo, You Know?
What Lydon is Thinking

Students are talking about Buffalo. Word is they buffalo Buffalo buffalo, which is weird for Buffalo buffalo to do, when you consider that Buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.

What Lydon is Thinking
The Death of Juan Reyoaso
Writing
The Death of Juan Reyoaso
Writing

A short story written by me about a decade ago. 

Writing
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Reading Log 12/2 - 1/7
Acts IV & V Finished
Staging Notebook Due
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The Commercial

How Would Lydon Do It?

An English, Teachy Blog
Analysis of "Sweat" (How I...)

This is how I would analyze how Hurston's "Sweat" is a tribute to ordinary African Americans and a departure from some of the ideal of the Harlem Renaissance.

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Writing a Theme and Passage Analysis Essay (How I...)

This is how I would write the your final written assessment (in arguably too much detail).

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