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Stephen King Annotated Bibliography

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Albert Dweck
Sophomore English 2-R
Mrs. Marcus
February 11, 2014

Annotated Bibliography

King, Tabitha. "StephenKing.com - About the Author." StephenKing.com - About the Author. N.p., n.d. Web. 08 Feb. 2015. On Stephen King's website, Stephenking.com, his wife Tabitha King writes about the life of her husband. Not only does the biography discuss the life of Stephen King as an author but it also discuses the personal life of Stephen before and during his writing career. Tabitha writes in detail about Stephen's life from birth until present. Before Tabitha writes about Stephen's life as an author or English teacher she mentions that Stephen attended a grammar school. This is possibly how and where Stephen learned how to write. I chose this source because I believe it is a reliable and dependable because his wife wrote it.

Keller, Julia. "Chicago Tribune Cultural Critic Column: Stephen King: AWOL from His Own Biography." ProQuest. McClatchy - Tribune Business News, 11 Jan. 2009. Web. 9 Feb. 2015. …show more content…

But reading the abstract and the first paragraph of this article Julia Keller grasps the reader by using similes and metaphors to describe Stephen King. Julia says that Stephen King is like Payton Manning. She says just like Manning who was a repeat champ Stephen writes amazing and heart pounding books year after year. Her main purpose of the article is to show readers that King is an amazing author. She doesn't do this by describing how he writes his books, short stories and articles, but she does it by saying no one knows how he can capture his readers attention and keep it until the reader finishes his

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