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The Keystone XL Pipeline is a pipeline that has run through the United States since 2010. It was owned by TC energy until 2020, when the ownership went to the government of Alberta in Canada. The argument of this pipeline being placed has been going on for over several years now and still a decisionContinue reading “That pipeline”

In 1992, Toni Morrison wrote a book called Jazz which tells the story of mostly four characters. These characters are all being connected in some way to each other by either blood or relationships to each other. The whole story is told from different points of view, but mostly by a single narrator who weContinue reading “Jazz by Toni Morrison analysis”

Hello my name is Briana Mackie and I am a student at the Ann Richards school for young women leaders. In this paper I will be talking about in more detail a brag sheet that we’re told to fill out so here is my version of it. A bit about me is that I loveContinue reading “Brag sheet”

Dear Ms. Langley, This six weeks has been an interesting six weeks in terms of the stress over midterms and other important tests and projects for different classes. As an English student, these weeks have been a little easier than the other class work. This is due to the writings and readings. I believe IContinue reading “semester letter”

John Lewis was an african american man who sadly died on July 17th, 2020. Before his death though, he wrote an essay called ‘Together, you can redeem the soul of our nation.’ In this essay Lewis wrote a lot about what he observed in our world and country but also gave instruction to following generations.Continue reading “Fight but stay safe”

History has been written by different people throughout the years and with these writing we learn what went on during these times. A lot of people don’t realize that not everything is written down but instead the information is lost for no one to know. That or history is written from the winning side andContinue reading “History is not always written in full”

I love animating my characters. I love the pencil as it glides across the paper as it slowly creates life. With the papers stacking up on top of each other and the light underneath it all my creations seem to come alive. It takes a long time but it is always worth it. I giveContinue reading “sentence variation paragraph, My creations”

The first few weeks of this school year have been confusing at first but now I think it’s all starting to make sense. I think I earned a 75 or an 80 this six weeks. The reason I believe I earn this grade is because I have been reading for an hour every day, writingContinue reading “first six weeks reflection”

In the poem, The Bookstall by Linda Pastan is a poem about bibliography. The author shares a message how books can be an open passage to a new world. A quote from the poem to prove this is “ these inked paths opening into the future, page after page, every book its own receding horizon.”Continue reading “assertion”

June 27, 2020 Pulitzer prize judging board Columbia University, 709 Pulitzer Hall, 2950 Broadway, New York, NY 10027 Dear Pulitzer prize judges, I am writing to you about a certain book that I believe should earn the Pulitzer prize. For a book to earn the Pulitzer prize it needs to inform us, challenge our conventionalContinue reading “letter to Pulitzer prize”