Remember to avoid simply identifying what techniques or approaches the poets use. You will be expected to compare and contrast the poets’ use of features such as theme, form, structure, rhythm, language and figures of speech. You MUST refer to the key term or terms in your introduction. Make sure you use the key term or terms frequently throughout your essay.īegin by introducing both poems, giving a brief overview of their main subject or message. In the sample question the key term you must think about is ‘death in conflict’. Essay-writing tipsĪ good approach to begin with is to highlight any key terms which stand out for you. When writing an essay comparing your two poems you should consider the points below. The key thing to do when comparing poems is to note the points where they are similar and the points where they differ. When you have settled on a suitable poem, you should note down a variety of links between the poems.
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They are sisters, after all.Raina uses her signature humor and charm in both present-day narrative and perfectly placed flashbacks to tell the story of her relationship with her sister, which unfolds during the course of a road trip from their home in San Francisco to a family reunion in Colorado. Their relationship doesn't improve much over the years, but when a baby brother enters the picture and later, something doesn't seem right between their parents, they realize they must figure out how to get along. Amara is cute, but she's also a cranky, grouchy baby, and mostly prefers to play by herself. But once Amara is born, things aren't quite how she expected them to be. Sisters Raina can't wait to be a big sister. And on top of all that, there's still more to deal with: a major earthquake, boy confusion and friends who turn out to not be so friendly. What follows is a long and frustrating journey with on-again, off-again braces, surgery, embarrassing headgear and even a retainer with fake teeth attached. Three laugh-out-loud graphic novels from the New York Times Bestselling author Raina Telgemeier Smile Raina just wanted to be a normal girl, but one night after Girl Scouts she trips and falls severely injuring her two front teeth. The owners, Roz Allerdyce and her brother, Arnold, immediately take a liking to Marian. The home is in poor, but serviceable repair. When they arrive, they are astounded to find, not a cabin or small house, but a huge mansion on a sprawling beachfront lot. She finds an ad for an upstate rental at a reasonable price “for the right kind of people.” Ben, eying their finances, is reluctant to rent anything but agrees to accompany her to look at the place. Marian longs for a little space and quiet over the summer break from school. The neighbors are noisy, the streets are noisy, and their quarters cramped. They and their son, David, reside in a small apartment in Queens. He is a teacher and she a housewife who makes it her business to keep a meticulous home. Marian and Ben Rolfe are New York City dwellers. intersect with horror, I'm at my happiest, but combining magic and horror is awesome and I'm here for it! Let's face it, any time scifi, fantasy, thrillers, etc. I tried to stay pretty blind about the plot since I was already sold based on genre/author.Īt the apex of fantasy and horror sits Ninth House. Ninth House was a preorder based on it being an adult horror from Leigh Bardugo. But their occult activities are revealed to be more sinister and more extraordinary than any paranoid imagination might conceive. These eight windowless “tombs” are well-known to be haunts of the future rich and powerful, from high-ranking politicos to Wall Street and Hollywood’s biggest players. Still searching for answers to this herself, Alex arrives in New Haven tasked by her mysterious benefactors with monitoring the activities of Yale’s secret societies. But at her hospital bed, Alex is offered a second chance: to attend one of the world’s most elite universities on a full ride. Some might say she’s thrown her life away. By age twenty, in fact, she is the sole survivor of a horrific, unsolved multiple homicide. Raised in the Los Angeles hinterlands by a hippie mom, Alex dropped out of school early and into a world of shady drug dealer boyfriends, dead-end jobs, and much, much worse. Galaxy “Alex” Stern is the most unlikely member of Yale’s freshman class. Ninth House is a horror/fantasy by Leigh Bardugo. These opening scenes are difficult to read, reminiscent of Jordan Peele’s horror/thriller, GET OUT. What ensues is an actual nightmare beginning with Mira’s discovery that the plantation is now operating as a tourist attraction complete with White tour guides and black laborers reenacting the power dynamic of enslavement. What they encountered eventually caused Jesse to be accused by racists of homicide considered guilty by public opinion.Īfter at least a decade, Mira returns to her hometown when a mutual friend, Celine, invites her to attend her wedding at the newly renovated Woodsman plantation. Mira had a troubling experience at the Woodsman plantation as a teenager when she and her friend Jesse explored the abandoned grounds together. Less obscene but as audacious was Seth Grahame-Smith's Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2009).Īnd now Eligible, the fourth instalment in HarperCollins' Austen Project, a modern reworking by established contemporary authors of Jane's six beloved novels. Apart from Miranda Pillow's Pride and Prejudice: The Wild and Wanton Edition, there is Arielle Eckstut and Dennis Ashton's Pride and Promiscuity, which has Charlotte Lucas dressing in one of Lady Catherine's gowns to excite Mr Collins. Most recently, Jo Baker produced Longbourn, a quite superb account from downstairs, through the eyes of the Bennets' housemaid, Sarah. James' Death Comes to Pemberley appeared. In 2008 Colleen McCullough wrote The Independence of Miss Mary Bennet and three years later the venerable P. There was Dorothea Bonavia-Hunt's creditable Pemberley Shades in 1949 and Emma Tennant's Pemberley in 1994. In Celebrating Pride and Prejudice (2013), Susannah Fullerton, the best of Janeites, listed the mutating sequels, retellings and travesties. Yet she has endured two centuries of obsession, exploitation and abuse. So any author needs to show great care when taking on Lizzie. But if they have any hope of discovering who is coming after their family, they’ll have to find a way to trust each other and their family’s magic, all while solving the decades-old murder that sparked the still-rising tensions between the city’s magical and non-magical communities. Even better than the random guys he hooks up with.Ĭristina and Clement used to be each other’s most trusted confidant and friend, now they barely speak. An ancient spell is what killed their father and she was the one who cast it. Someone who will come for them next.Ĭristina, once a talented and dedicated practitioner of Generational magic, has given up magic for good. Cursed by someone on the very magic council their family used to rule. Until, by chance, they discover their mother isn’t sick-she’s cursed. On the anniversary of these brutal events, Clement and Cristina Trudeau-the sixteen-year-old twin heirs to the powerful, magical, dethroned family-are mourning their father and caring for their sick mother. In the days that followed, a throne was stolen from a queen. Thirty years ago, a young woman was murdered, a family was lynched, and New Orleans saw the greatest magical massacre in its history. Normally I have a very strict reading schedule, but this had me breaking that! Keep reading this book review for my full thoughts. But this is one of those books which I found excuses to come back to. I had such high hopes for it based on the synopsis, cover, and announcement. Though largely out of print, many of his books have been made available in the collections Amphigorey (1972), Amphigorey Too (1975), and Amphigorey Also (1983).īorn in Chicago, Gorey attended the Art Institute of Chicago, served a short time in the U.S. Gorey’s unique character is most pervasive in the works of which he is both author and illustrator. Somewhat Gothic and ostensibly grim, these images are usually accompanied by macabre stories of death, dread, and gore or by humorous verses detailing situations of horror. As an illustrator of books for adults, Edward Gorey has a distinctive, instantly recognizable style: intricately detailed pen-and-ink drawings capture characters, fur- coated, turtle-necked, or dressed in 1920s or Edwardian garb, frozen in moments of stoicism. When Annie returns from an extended stay in Canada, she discovers that her friend John has killed himself. In a crackingly paced, hard hitting, real life thriller that deals with drugs and crime, this book also describes the summer of one boy who must grow up super fast from hormonal to responsible in one huge leap of faith. He’s humbled by his grandparents, how little they have, but how much wisdom and love they offer him. He’s surprised and confused to find he’s falling in love with the intriguing Jade even though she’s already pregnant after a fling with one of the bad lads who hangs out on the estate. He’s shattered to discover his real father is a gangland drugs dealer recently released from prison and out to regain his scrap of turf whatever it takes. But it does teach Aidan a thing or two about real life and friendships, trust, loyalty, and survival. So a trip up North with Mum to visit his dying grandfather doesn’t go down well. He’s top of the class, captain of the swimming team, and has teh gorgeous Emily hanging on his every word. The Lost Boys’ Appreciation Society (2004)Īidan has it all a happy home in leafy suburbia with two cars parked on the drive, and all a boy could ask for in terms of designer labels and gadgets. In Forward, Abby recounts her own decisions, wins, losses, and the pivotal moments that helped her become the world class athlete and leader she is today. She has become a heavily requested speaker to a wide a range of audiences, from college students to executives at Fortune 500 companies. Admired for her fearlessness and passion, Abby is a vocal advocate for women’s rights and equal opportunity, pushing to translate the success of her team to the real world. Named by Time magazine as one of the most influential people of 2015, the iconic soccer player captured the nation’s heart when she led her team to its recent World Cup Championship. “This is the best memoir I’ve read by an athlete since Andre Agassi’s Open.” -Adam Grant, Wharton professor and New York Times bestselling author of Originals and Give and TakeĪbby Wambach has always pushed the limits of what is possible. 'Forward is the powerful story of an athlete who has inspired girls all over the world to believe in themselves.' -Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook COO, New York Times Bestselling author of Lean In 'Lucid and wrenching.Forward puts achievement in context with painful and beautiful candor.' -NPR |