Unit 1: the beginnings if an American Tradition Conceit-a kind of metaphor that makes a comparison between two startlingly different things Context-a word refers to the words that surround it and to the situation in which it is used. Dialogue-a third way to make your language more vivid. Diction-a writer’s choice of words‚ particularly for clarity‚ effectiveness‚ and precision. Iambic couple-a rhythmic pattern an unaccented syllable followed by an accented syllable: two successive lines that
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monotonous and wordy. Before beginning the novel I assume you would need to know somewhat about the culture of the sixties and also social customs and terms originating from the United Kingdom seeing as that痴 where the majority of the novel takes place. This setting is only imperative to the novel because lends reference. The novel opens on four schoolmates who are all seemingly very intelligent and philosophical and we can sense that before this opening scene‚ they have all been sent to a boarding
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In The Beginning‚ There Was Language A dream is a hope‚ a wish‚ and an aspiration. Everyone has dreams about what they want to be when they grow up‚ how they want to live‚ whom they want to marry and how their life will turn out. However‚ not all dreams can come true right away. Many of them are just out of reach and can only be attained by hard work‚ leadership and determination. The poem "A Dream Deferred" by Langston Hughes is an example of just that‚ a dream that is just simply out of reach
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Chapter 10 Alternative Ending David and Fernando Jonas looked around the bookshelf and he notice a very old worn and thorned binding and feels attracted by its condition. The book was larger than the other volumes arounded. It was embossed with gold letters and covered with dust. He tried to reach it but it was outside of his grasp. So he took a ladder and move it to the shelf in order to climb up to reach the book. As he climb toward the book and reach for it he thought twice about his action and
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Stupid. How very stupid of her to think that she could indulge in this fantasy of actually living somewhat of a normal life. Looking up when Jonnie arrived‚ he gently took the puppy from under his arm and put him in his cage to her side. Duke whined softly but seemed to understand that there were other important things happening. When her fiance made her rise‚ she did so and found her feet and somehow carried her to to his study. He took it calmly - as any Don should have - and moved to close the
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The forest trees were like long brown sticks of cinnamon cloaking the running kid’s vision of view. Swish went the grass and the fallen leaves of the cinnamon sticks. Violent harps and heaving breaths shattered the silence of the sinking forest‚ the trees fluttered depressingly behind them. The two finally reached an endpoint into a vast‚ snowy field of nothingness surrounded by lengthy trees. A droopy brown stony house stood in the middle. Zach slowed down‚ taken back with an extreme rush of nostalgia
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horrible secret she withholds from everybody. The story’s delicate complexities continue to inspire critics while laid back readers find it one of Faulkner’s most accessible works. The reputation of the story is due in no small part to its dreadful ending. Upon the death of her father‚ she became lonely and a depressed woman who only wanted to meet somebody that would love her and marry her in the end. Her father’s death haunts her soul of how her father never satisfies with any man that would court
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To what extent does the ending of Jerusalem forcefully call into question the issues of happiness and forever after? Comedy is often described as ‘a movement from one kind of society to another’; Conventionally‚ this transition results in an improvement to the initial society‚ in which the protagonist fights against a hindrance‚ and thus prevails‚ becoming the leader of this regeneration. This interpretation can be supported by Frye who stated that the story reaches its ‘happy ever after’ once
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every waking moment of Jane’s life with her since she was 2 weeks old. Jane’s parents were workaholics. Sometimes‚ Diana felt as though Jane were her child. She loved her more than Jane’s own parents. Jane and Diana sat down at the table and ate all their breakfast laughing together and planning their day. They would shower‚ dress and begin at the library for storytime. At 10:00 a.m. Jane skipped into the
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kid about his childhood and he always felt as if his mom was hiding something from him. “Mom‚’’ says Paulis‚ “ could I talk to you after school about something?” Mother thought for a moment “Uhhhh sure’’ she replied. Paulis didn’t like school at all. He was a quiet kid who didn’t really talk to people much. At lunch he always pondered about his dad and why his dad left him‚ and always felt lonely without him. When Paluis got home‚ he whimpered in his room. His mother walked in and asked “What’s
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