"Don't Judge a Book by Its Cover"

By Eric L. (AKA This is a Review, Not a Critical Essay)

Click is a novel written by ten writers, who describe what happens when two children inherit their recently deceased grandfather's camera memorabilia. The novel proceeds to take the reader through ten different chapters (I assume each author wrote), in perspective of multiple different people their grandfather met during his famous photography career.

A dash for the finish

A dash for the finish

An Analysis of Dashes in Patry Francis' The Orphans of Race Point

By Samantha M.

    A dash, by definition, is a mark of punctuation  (—), technically known as an em dash, used to set off a word or phrase after an independent clause or to set off a parenthetical remark (Nordquist). The use of this mark of punctuation can be observed in many popular works of literature. In the novel, The Orphans of Race Point by Patry Francis, the dash appears repetitively throughout the dialogue.

The Strained Brain

By Alyssa G.

Med Head is a narrative nonfiction by James Patterson. The book focuses on Cory Friedman's struggle with Tourette's Syndrome, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, depression, anxiety, and alcohol addiction. It focuses on his bravery and triumph as his personal story becomes public. Friedman was just a teenager when he started to struggle with these mental illnesses.

How to Be Understood

By Jacob O.

The Art of Plain Talk is an old book. You should keep that closer to the front of your mind than any other fact about it. Its copyright date is 1951, and it is a rewrite of the author's even older Ph.D. dissertation. An outdated book on style is usually about as useful as a glass phone case, but time has been unusually kind to this one.

This Student Could Not Be Bothered with a Clever Title

By Rosie "What Did I Just Write?" P.

Beautiful Music for Ugly Children is written by Kirstin Cronn-Mills. She uses First Person through the entire story. But it gives the main character quite a lot of personality and helps the reader connect to a personal level. A character is easy to relate to when the narrative mode is in first person. It allows the reader to feel what the character is feeling and understand what the character thinks. Kirstin makes the use of the first person well and personally, I thinks think that the story was well written for a narrative mode like this.

The Power of Perspective: An Analysis of Perspective in Wally Lamb’s She’s Come Undone

By Daniela G. 

Perspective is the view through the eyes and mind of a character. The point of view in a story is essential to a story's plot and impact on the readers.

This Essay, by Meghan E., Had No Content