Mr. B's AP English 3

In Shakespeare play “Much Ado About Nothing” the theme lie and deception is a major role in getting a couple together but it also was a role to tear a couple apart. The theme deception can be used both good and bad if the intentions are good then the role is good and fair however when the role is negative and causes harm the role is bad. Deception in Much ado about nothing has both importance and relevance to today's society with a slight switch than it did in the 16th century. Each of the main characters in Much Ado About Nothing is the victim of deception, and it is because they are deceived that they act in the ways that they do. Although the central deception is directed against Claudio in an attempt to destroy his relationship with Hero, it is the deceptions involving Beatrice and Benedick which provides the play's dramatic focus. In Much Ado About Nothing, Deception is relevant to today because like in the play is plays both good and evil. When Don Pedro wanted to use...

Martin Luther King Jr. civil rights activist was imprisoned in the spring of 1963 after him and his organization, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), targeted Birmingham, Alabama, with a series of peaceful demonstrations aimed at ending segregation. There was a letter published calling his action "unwise and untimely" and Luther responded with his own letter using irony, tone, and pathos to justify his actions. In the second paragraph of the “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” Mr. King shows irony when describing why he was in Birmingham in the first place. Not only was Birmingham Alabama a place where segregation was at large and the main cause of any non-violent demonstration needed to be held but also Mr. King Relays some not so public information about how the SCLC has eighty-five affiliated organization across the south the Alabama conference invited Mr. King to come and help with the demonstrations. Now the Irony here if you haven't already caught i...

Each essay brought something different to the table in essay one however it should receive a 5 because even though the author did develop a position on the side of preserving everyday writing he lacked the amount of reasons to support why it is important. The author simply stuck with one reason throughout the essay about it needing to be preserved because of the "history would be lost" if it was not preserved. While only using one reason he took at least sources to back up this one reason. I enjoyed the sources they used however in the second paragraph there was not a clear transition of ideas. The author felt lost in there writing in part of it and was unclear on how they wanted the essay to go. Even though the author does still have but one simple reason both his intro and conclusion lacked clarity and depth it was not a captivity ways to start nor to end the essay. This essay was not awarding a 6 because the sources were there they were mixed and unclear of the main purpo...