From the first settlement to present day, our country has seen numerous wars, reformations, religious and social movements. ... Bands of Indians would invade towns, killing, burning, and capturing the settlers. ... France, Germany, and Italy were big influences, but this became a literature of our own. ... This passage shows Rip's confusion upon entering a town that is familiar to him, though quite different. ... There was a busy, bustleing, disputatious tone about it, instead of the accustomed phlegm and drowsy tranquillity. ...

• Word Count: 1778
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

From the first settlement to present day, our country has seen numerous wars, reformations, religious and social movements. ... Bands of Indians would invade towns, killing, burning, and capturing the settlers. ... France, Germany, and Italy were big influences, but this became a literature of our own. ... This passage shows Rip's confusion upon entering a town that is familiar to him, though quite different. ... There was a busy, bustleing, disputatious tone about it, instead of the accustomed phlegm and drowsy tranquillity. ...

• Word Count: 1835
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

This led her to become "a professional lecturer for the abolitionist movement and was supported by various anti-slavery societies as she traveled from town to town, lecturing and reading her poems" (Bloom, 66). ... His lightest words has been a tone Of music round her heart, Their lives a streamlet blent in one-- Oh, Father! ... "Jamie's Puzzle" There was grief within our household Because of a vacant chair. Our mother, so loved and precious, No longer was sitting there. Our hearts grew heavy with sorrow, Our eyes with tears were blind, And little Jamie was wondering, W...

• Word Count: 2134
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School