Liam and his girlfriend Gabriella were off hiking and exploring in the woods and while resting, they got into a little fight and Gabriella started walking away as Liam followed her. ... At first, "you" dislike the idea of reading a poem, and then "you" begin to really like it. ... Then as he begins to lose trust in people and lose important relationships, he comes to the realization too late, that it is too much of an effort to protect himself. ...

• Word Count: 1628
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

He looks out the window and sees Emily walking toward the roadway. ... These boys poke fun at Emily's bewilderment, and Jack begins to take up for her. ... "The Sneering- begins with Jack and Emily coming home to a house that looked "unreal, dwarfed by the stalks of the streetlamps [and] the pavement outside had shrunk,"" ("The Sneering-, 121). ...

• Word Count: 1611
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The Queen, walking on prima donna legs, leads the other girls to his [Sammy's] check out slot. ... As more shoppers realize a situation brewing at Sammy's slot, they come to a screeching halt and "begin to knock against each other, like scared pigs in a chute" (104), deciding which register to move on to. ...

• Word Count: 1283
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

After meeting this strange man, Brown begins to witness some bizarre events. ... Yet another example of Poe's dramatic irony occurs as the two men are walking down to the catacombs and Fortunato notices the Montresor coat of arms. ...

• Word Count: 2414
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

For instance, when Goodman Brown advances on his journey to the woods, he begins it alone. ... Further into the story when Goodman Brown and "the elder traveler" (Hawthorne 288) were making their way through the woods they stumbled upon an elderly women walking towards them. ...

• Word Count: 1338
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

"there were only about three hundred people, the whole lottery [takes] less than two hours, so it could begin at ten o'clock in the morning and still be through in time to allow the villagers to get home for noon dinner"(137). ... Soon, Old Man Warner is called to select a slip, he triumphantly shouted he has attended the lottery for seventy-seventeenth times while walking through the crowd. ...

• Word Count: 2165
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School