In this section of reading, I enjoyed the section on poetry; I forgot that cinquain poems existed since second grade which is interesting. I also still do not know what iambic pentameter is though it did mention it and I have absolutely no idea how to define it. How can one find iambic pentameter? I think its about the emphasis one puts on a syllable but that was one thing I really didn't understand from poetry. Also, the section on analyzing fiction is not helpful because the kind you do in middle school and early high school is entirely different than what you do in AP or in college; I genuinely had no idea how to correctly interpret fiction in any kind of helpful analysis until my junior year of college. Also I just read that a German guy wrote Siddhartha which I find frustrating; it only adds to the point that the canon is stupid because its determined by white men for white men honestly---how can this guy accurately depict that story?
In total opposition to this, there is also a section about the different periods of writing which is only something I have specifically encountered in college but also Dana said it was on the NES test and it was the one thing she didn't know so I am glad it is in here.
I also liked the section about the legends (otherwise known as American Folktale) which is something we spent nearly all of fourth grade reading on and had to write our own "tall tales".
Also there is a section about The Crucible which is one of my favorite things we ever read in school because it is honestly so silly but so insanely relevant both in politics, "cancel culture", and in relationships youth have growing up and the innate scheme of popularity and the claims people can make when they have power.
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