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Entry 1

        Item 1: Poem

I will tell you how the sun rose

I'll tell you how the sun rose,--
A ribbon at a time.
The steeples swam in amethyst,
The news like squirrels ran.
The hills untied their bonnets,
The bobolinks begun.
Then I said softly to myself,
"That must have been the sun!"

But how he set, I know not.
There seemed a purple stile
Which little yellow boys and girls
Were climbing all the while
Till when they reached the other side,
A dominie in gray
Put gently up the evening bars,
And led the flock away.
           By Emily Dickinson
Rhetorical devices:

Symbol:  Ribbons and yellow boys and girls could represent innocence, or the ribbons might also portray vanity. The frantic squirrels could symbolize the frantic pace of life we lead.Obviously, steeples and a dominie symbolize religion. But if you want to dig deeper, you might even say that the dominie symbolizes the call of God
Metaphor: Sunrays regarded as ribbons, dominic in grey put the evening bars
The second stanza is an extended metaphor of life and death regarded as children climbing over the stile and gettig herded by the dominic.
Simile: the news like squirrels ran . The news is compared to squirrels running, in speed.
Rhyme: part free verse only last four lines follow meter and rhyme scheme.

Message: A stile is a staircase that lets someone get in or out of a fenced yard without a gate, as it has stairs on both sides of the fence. Dickinson is saying that the sun's ascent and descent over the earth is like bright children going over a stile. A dominie in gray that led the flock away is like the gray clouds that seem so drab after the light stops touching them.

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-ll-tell-you-how-the-sun-rose/

                                          

      Item 2: Short story

A little bird was flying south for the Winter. It was so cold the bird froze and fell to the ground into a large field.While he was lying there, a cow came by and dropped some dung on him.
As the frozen bird lay there in the pile of cow dung, he began to realize how warm he was.The dung was actually thawing him out!
He lay there all warm and happy, and soon began to sing for joy.A passing cat heard the bird singing and came to investigate. Following the sound, the cat discovered the bird under the pile of cow dung, and promptly dug him out and ate him.

Rhetorical devices:

 Metonymy: use bird, cow and cat images to talk about people in the world

Morals of the story:
Not everyone who shits on you is your enemy,  gets you out of shit is your friend. And when you're in deep shit, it's best to keep your mouth shut!

http://www.tensionnot.com/jokes/short_stories_moral_lessons

  Item 3: Political cartoon 

"liberty is not anarchy"

Message: Anarchy means the lack of a government and therefore a lack of law. Some people may believe that, in the absence of government, people would treat each other well and act chaiitably, the liberal view is that absence of government would lead to chaos, disorder and oppression.

Liberty accepts that we need a government in order to protect our rights and freedoms. Liberty clearly does not mean that people may do as they wish, since any right imposes an obligation on someone else. For example, if I have a right to property, it necessarily means that others must be prevented from taking my property

http://www.chicagohistory.org/dramas/act3/courtOfPublicOpinion/libertyIsNotAnarchy_f.htm