METAPHOR AND SIMILE
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This 5 page paper gives an indepth explanation of the figures of speech, metaphor and simile. Examples are used from Wordsworth, Shakespeare and John Crowe Ransom. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: MBlit2.rtf

St. Paddy's at the Sundown Bar & Grill
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A 9 page short story about sex versus love. The narrator, Davie, describes an evening spent in an Irish bar with a friend, Jimmy, who is only interested in using women for sex, and Jimmy's unnamed girlfriend, who wants a more committed relationship. No sources.
Filename: KBpaddy.wps

'I Don't Have Time To Read Novels!': The Businessperson's Lament
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A 4 page essay on why it is important for businesspeople to read creative literature. The essay argues that an appreciation for literature expands cultural horizons, deepens understanding of human behavior, allows the reader to engage in creative problem-solving, and helps organize one's thoughts. Bibliography lists two sources.
Filename: Notime.wps

'The Day I Learned to Recognize People Of The Opposite Sex As Equals'
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This 5 page essay recounts the fictional story of a boy discovering that girls could be 'real' people, too. He even discovers that they can do some things as well as he can . . . and better.
Filename: Equalsex.wps

'Words of Light' and the Wreckage of the Hibernia Bank
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5 pages. This paper compares the wreckage of the Hibernia Bank in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake to Eduardo Cadava's 'Words of Light', a series of theses on photography. Comparing photographs as ghosts of history or of dead things somehow that keep on living, Cadava's words remind us that the photo of the Hibernia Bank keeps us reminded of the bank as it was before it's fall in the Earthquake of 1906.
Filename: JGAhiber.rtf

“Catch Me if You Can” by Frank Abagnale
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A 3 page book report on Frank Abagnale’s “Catch Me if You Can.” Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: RAabagn.rtf

“Catcher in the Rye”: Foundation for Writing
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A 3 page tutorial which presents a possible story written in the same style as J.D. Salinger’s “Catcher in the Rye.” Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: RAryeme.rtf

“Fenimore Cooper’s Literary Offenses” by Mark Twain
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A 5 page paper which examines Mark Twain’s claims against the work of Fenimore Cooper in “Fenimore Cooper’s Literary Offenses. No additional sources cited.
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“How Not to Use the Fax Machine and Cellular Phone”
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A 3 page paper discussing Umberto Eco’s essay, “How Not to Use the Fax Machine and Cellular Phone.” Eco holds up technological advances as evidence both for and against class distinction as defined by technology. In each case, he promotes a reasonable argument and then contradicts himself. No sources listed.
Filename: KSecoFaxCell.rtf

“Human Built World”
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This 10 page paper reviews and discusses the book “Human Built World” by Thomas P. Hughes. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: HVHughes.rtf

“The Great Gatsby”: Rewrite of Student Essay
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A 4 page paper which rewrites some of a student’s essay on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby.” 1 source cited.
Filename: RAgatre.rtf

“The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas”
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A 3 page paper identifying and discussing three social concepts from a short story. Omelas is a non-Utopian society fully at peace with itself in what it has become. It is to be praised because it has found a way to require sacrifice from only one of its members. No sources listed.
Filename: KSomelas.rtf

‘Sports Night’: An Exciting and Memorable Experience
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In three pages this speech features the writer’s personal reflections on attending a local community sporting event known as ‘Sports Night,’ an exciting experience during which throughout the course of the evening past legends from the world of sports gathered to sign autographs, tell stories, and make a lasting impression on young fans. There are no bibliographic sources listed.
Filename: TGintexp.rtf

"Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera"
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This 3 page paper explains why the recent film of the "Phantom of the Opera" has had such a powerful impact. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: HVPhantm