The Effects of Setting

Author Willa Cather embedded literary devices, such as metaphors, similes, and personification, within her writing. 

"As I looked about me I felt that the grass was the country, as the water is the sea. The red of the grass made all the great prairie the colour of wine-stains, or of certain seaweeds when they are first washed up. And there was so much motion in it; the whole country seemed, somehow, to be running."

"The grave, with its tall red grass that was never mowed, was like a little island."

"Winter comes down savagely over a little town on the prairie.  The wind that sweeps in from the open country strips away all the leafy screens that hide one yard from another in summer, and the houses seem to draw closer together.  The roofs, that looked so far away across the green treetops, now stare you in the face, and they are so much uglier than when their angles were softened by vines and shrubs.

Life in the praire during winter has to be a little depressing because the flowing grass and the rolling hill turn into a frozen tundra and the greenery die and withers away.  My fireplace symbolizes winter time to me. Whenever I think of the fireplace being used I think of snow and warm nights spent by the fire. The

Argument: Death Penalty

Assertion

• The death penalty should be legal in every state and used.

Evidence 1

• In 1985, 13 year old Karen Patterson was shot and killed along with Ben Atkins, the killer's step-father. "Her killer was a neighbor who had already served 10 years of a life sentence for murdering his half-brother Charles," and he was later given parole because his step-father convinced the parole commity to give Joe Atkins parole.

Commentary

• If Joe had recieved the death penalty instead of parole, Karen and Ben would still be alive.
• I wonder why people think people who kill won't do it again.

Evidence 2

• In 1965, Robert Massie murdered Mildred Weiss and he was later caught and later released on parole ,because he tesified against his accomplise. Eight months later he killed Boris Naumoff.

Commentary

• Yet another example of why the death penalty should be used.
• It's stupid that Rob was given the death penalty for murdering somebody and then they think he's fit to go back into society just cause he testified against his accomplise.

Opposing Claim

• People say the death penalty shouldn't be used because it's "inhumane".
• Some people think that the death penalty should only be used in certain cases.

My Rebuttal

• I think the death penalty should be used in any case deserving the death penalty.

My paragraph
The death penalty should be legal in every state and used. In 1985, 13 year old Karen Patterson was shot and killed along with Ben Atkins, the killer's step-father. "Her killer was a neighbor who had already served 10 years of a life sentence for murdering his half-brother Charles," and he was later given parole because his step-father convinced the parole commity to give Joe Atkins parole. If Joe had recieved the death penalty instead of parole, Karen and Ben would still be alive. I wonder why people think people who kill won't do it again. In 1965, Robert Massie murdered Mildred Weiss and he was later caught and later released on parole, because he tesified against his accomplise. Eight months later he killed Boris Naumoff. Yet another example of why the death penalty should be used. It's stupid that Rob was given the death penalty for murdering somebody and then they think he's fit to go back into society just cause he testified against his accomplise. People say the death penalty shouldn't be used because it's "inhumane". Some people think that the death penalty should only be used in certain cases. I think the death penalty should be used in any case deserving the death penalty.
My Thinking
This paragraph is based on inductive thinking because people can still say the death penalty shouldn't be used at all.
Source

• http://prodeathpenalty.com/