The Narrative of The Life of Fredrick Douglass

Is a story of an American slave who went to live with Mr. Covey. He use to live with his master and later on to Mr Covey but Mr. Covey is a very wicked man who one day whip Fredrick, and beat him when he was sick. and he ran to tell Mr Thomas that he can't stay with Mr Covey anymore, but Mr Thomas insisted on his way He met Sandy who gave him some root to prevent him from Mr Covey's whip and it worked for him which bring about his fight and Mr Covey which gave him freedom even though he is a slave. Style in writing include
Objectives: Mr Covey gave us enough to eat but scarce time to eat.
Figurative Language: Glorious resurrection from the tomb of slavery to the heaven of freedom.
Subjective: I was called to go and rub, curry and feed the horses, I obeyed and was glad to obey.
Tone: Mr Covey said "Take hold of him, take hold of him"
Use of Dialogue: conversation between Mr Thomas and Fredrick.

A Murder, A Mystery, and A Marriage

Is a story about John Gray, a poor a farmer who lived in a village called Deer League, with about a population of 600 to 700 habitats. Gray has a daughter, called Mary, he wants her to get married to a rich man called Hugh Gregory, for that is his only chance of becoming rich, Sarah(Sali) also wants it that way, but Mary's Uncle David doesn't like Hugh, because he tried to cheat Hugh father in a farmland and Hugh stop it and from then he doesn't like him
One day Rev. John Huley came to Mr. Gray's house and told him that his brother David wants Mary to marry the man he likes and this will settle the issue between them so, gray agree with that, that she is going to marry George Wayne( count Herbert dee Fountonblow) At the end it was that Hue is in jail for the murder of David Gray. Mary is going to get married the same day that Hugh is to be hanged. Last chapter Mark Twain show his anger over what happened between him and Jules Verne.

Mark Twain

The name Mark Twain means mark number two.
His real name is Samuel Langhorne Clemens.
His books are controversial because he uses a lot of ironic languages.
Some interesting things about him, American writer, Journalist, Humorist, won a worldwide audience.
Irony means the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of it literal meaning. example, how nice when I said I had to work all weekend.

Jules Verne was a french author who helped pioneer the science fiction genre. He wrote " the journey to the center of the earth, from the earth to the moon, around the world in eight days" His connection with Twain is he also use ironic languages in his writings.

Extra Credit

2. The girl should show that there were two black pebbles in the bag and expose the money-lender as a cheat.

The Fall of The House of Usher

Was a Gothic story about Philip who went to the house of Usher to see Madeline (Usher's sister). The house was a very scary place which is far away from where Mr Philip is. he went to the house but Mr Usher doesn't want him to stay because he said there family tree can never produce branches, but Philip insisted. Usher bury Madeline alive when she seems to be death, and Usher could not allow Philip to touch her and he put her into the coffin which has her name on it, But later on Philip realize that she is not death and such for her but could not find her, at the end Roderick (Usher) also die and the house fall. The story is a fantastic and psychological terror, use of figurative languages.

The Raven Reputation

The story is about a bird of prophesy, it is in a kind of poem because and in a stanza with rhyming word the bird in the story are associated with mystery evil, omens, and death. prophesying about the future, saying the same answer to every question. There are three types of rhyme
End Rhyme Similar or Identical sound at the end of stories.
Internal Rhyme rhyme within a line.
Rhyme Scheme the basis pattern of the end rhyme.
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Danse Macabre

Is a story that has a lot of allegory( a work with two layers of meaning) meaning most of the persons, object, and events stand for abstract qualities or ideas. for example in the story there is a place that talk about seven room with different colors represents stages of death. and the clock represent the time for the death to occur or to come. The lesson from the story is death will get one wherever the person may be or what he has.