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American Literature NonFiction Text



Throughout the year you will be exposed to non-fiction text (rhetoric) to provide connections to themes while giving you another instrument to promote critical thinking and depth in your writing.  The following links provide you with the necessary texts.  

My Turn: Reaching My Goal of Having No Life Plan 
Native Americans believed we should enjoy the present and not be constrained by time (past or future).  This person agrees, do you?

My Turn: Staying Together, Living Apart 
The Puritans valued the hierarchy and role of the individuals within a family as a holy responsibility. How would you argue against this author if you were a Puritan?
 
Wild Metaphors: Nature as Machine or Person?
The transcendentalists have their view on nature, what is yours?