It has won the National Book Critic's Circle Award for Non-fiction and has been selected as must readings by many American high schools. ... Montage of different styles of language might be a more appropriate claim. ... It is smooth' outside, the narration flows' and the language is easy to follow. ... When the writer writes this kind of text, he takes delight in whatever games he plays with language, instead of taking into consideration of the readers. He conducts various experiments with language, as if language has become a mass of pliable clay in the dexterous hands of a cra...

• Word Count: 2060
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

"Her compact, forceful language, characteried formally by long disruptive dashes, heavy iambic meters, and angular, imprecise rhymes, is one fo the singular literary achievements of of the nineteenth century. ... Her 1970 novel The Bluest Eye was followed by Sula in 1974, which secured Morrison a nomination for the National Book Award. In 1977, Morrison won the National Book Critics Circle Award for her book Song of Solomon. ... Dickinson uses forceful language, heavy iambic meters, imprecise rhymes, long disruptive dashes. ...

• Word Count: 1665
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

After school he would return to Spanish, to the pleasing soothing sounds of his family language. ... Richards awards included the Frank medal from the national Endorsement For The Humanities and The International Journalism Award from the World Affairs Council of California. ... He just writes about him growing up in world where language must be left behind to succeed in a mainstream America. ...

• Word Count: 1466
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

All of his books are in print, reflecting sales of two hundred million copies in twenty languages. ... He has received the Western Writers of America Award-Novel in 1969, for Down the Long Hills; the Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider award from North Dakota in 1972; the American Book Award in 1980 for Bendigo Shafter; the Buffalo Bill Award, the Distinguished Newsboy Award and the National Geographical Society Awards in 1981; the Congressional National Gold Medal for lifetime literary achievement in 1983 and the Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian award, presented to L"Amour by ...

• Word Count: 1689
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

First, in 1922 Claude McKay was the first black writer that published a volume of poetry "Harlem Shadows" by a mainstream national publisher. ... Johnson of the national Urban League made a dinner to get to know the new literary talent in the black community and to bring together the black writers with New York's white literary organizations. ... Morison explains that the main viewpoint is "cultural distinction" and the difference in language and the way it is portrayed. ...

• Word Count: 2368
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Publishers want poems from the poet's own imagination, language and experience different from modern poetry. - Writers and editors held around 341,000 jobs in 1998 nearly one-third of salaried writers and editors work for newspapers, magazines, and book publishers. ... To be successful many writers stay up with current interest trends writing what the public desires and sell their pieces nationally. ...

• Word Count: 1602
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School