As a junior in high school, I enrolled in an AP History course that challenged my mental capacity and exercised my writing abilities. ... This was the pace traveled at for three weeks until a two- three chapter test was promptly administered. The test was simple in nature, but especially challenging to an essay-writing amateur. ... I sat motionless for a minute, not expecting to write an essay on the first test in one and one half hours. ... I sat down, looked at the top of my paper and was surprised to see two numbers that did not appear to be at all frightening. ...

• Word Count: 852
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

This thus prompted Jane being mean with Mrs. ... For example, the magnificence in her eyes is not ascribed to their shading or long eyelashes, but rather to importance and brilliance; "her spirit sat on her lips, and language streamed...... Indeed, the complexity of Helen's comprehension of life and writing are bewildering for a fourteen-year-old. ... Regardless of the fact that Miss Temple and Helen's gentle tempers never rub off totally on Jane, their incredible learning of writing motivates her quest for education. ...

• Word Count: 847
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

I am lucky to have been a literate person since the first few years of my education, learning to read and express myself through writing and speech. ... Although the importance of being a literate person seems so obvious, reading and writing are essential to be a functioning member of society. ... As my seven-year-old self sat around a bright blue table amongst other first graders racing to solve simple math problems of addition and subtraction in order to win pieces of candy, literacy was being instilled in my unaware brain. ... Both my sophomore and junior year I developed not only a good ...

• Word Count: 1640
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In the summer of 1606, Shakespeare sat contented as King James I, rapt with awe, watched Macbeth. ... In fact, his very purpose for writing Macbeth was to honor his new King from Scotland. ... Some believe that this was done in the queen's sight to prompt a miscarriage. ...

• Word Count: 1823
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

In literature, one of the most commonly identified roles is the tragic hero. Whether it is in classic Elizabethan works or in modern twentieth century works, the traits of the tragic hero abound. How did this role become a force in literature? The credit goes to none other than Shakespeare and his classic work Othello. Othello embodies the very essence of what has come to be known as the tragic hero. ...

• Word Count: 2635
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

He started writing before the war and his first story, "Three Generations," has been hailed as a masterpiece. ... If they seated him on the back seat while they sat together in front, be raged and glowered. ... They didn't have to talk at all; he would do all the talking himself, so long as they sat there in the sala before his eyes. So, his compact family group sat around him at night, silent, while Cabading talked and talked. ...

• Word Count: 5098
• Approx Pages: 20
• Grade Level: High School

John Lennon had a profound affect on American society, young to old; 1964 to present day; and his death now 20 years gone and solve still have controversies that neither his wife nor the FBI will admit. John Lennon's music, art and writings touched the world. Lennon was placed "as the leader of a revolution in which the center of creative conscious shifted to young people-. Through this role he changed the way pop music was conceived, he made it something that mattered, could take a stand, and "insinuated rock and roll into the realm of art."" John Lennon was born on Oct...

• Word Count: 2791
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School

Begun on the margins of the newspaper in which the statement appeared while I was in jail, the letter was continued on scraps of writing paper supplied by a friendly Negro trusty, and concluded on a pad my attorneys were eventually permitted to leave me. ... After his conversion, he spent his life as a missionary, traveling, writing, and preaching the Gospel. ...

• Word Count: 6336
• Approx Pages: 25