usually called "figures of speech." We know that a word or phrase or statement is figurative when it cannot be taken literally. In this course‚ we will concentrate on the following figures of speech: metaphor and simile‚ metonymy and synecdoche‚ apostrophe (as well as other forms of address)‚ and personification. [We might pay some attention to symbol and allegory later in the course. But for now‚ please don’t be tempted to say or write “x symbolizes y.” Usually what you’re dealing with is a metaphor
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The poem is structured as a dialogue alongside a combination of personification and apostrophe. Used together‚ these literary devices give “life” and immediacy to the language of the poem as seen in Dickinson’s first poem. The reader is provoked to think of abstract concepts of ‘Death’ and ‘the Spirit’ as thinking‚ feeling‚ and speaking like
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Lorde’s family is denied service at an ice cream parlor. Instead of protest or complaint her family silently leaves as if “nothing unusual [or] anti-american” (71) happened because it is socially accepted for Blacks to feel inferior to whites. The apostrophe “american” emphasizes her ides of freedom‚ democracy‚ and equality‚ yet her entire family was denied those rights. In reality there is nothing she can do about it and she must live with the inequalities placed upon her. As she becomes and adult
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com/rhetoric.htm for a list of common rhetorical devices. Please include a page number). Personification: “Thebes is dying‚ look her children.” Page 271 (Oedipus) Epithet: “O Tiresias‚ master of all mysteries of our life…” Page 275 (Oedipus) Apostrophe: “O golden daughter of god‚ send rescue‚ radiant as the kindness in your eyes!” Page 272 (Oedipus) Rhetorical question: “What! Has not Creon to the tomb preferred one of our brothers and with contumely withheld it from the other?” Page 2 (Antigone)
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Dana Hall Dr. Doris Davis English 472 March 3‚ 2013 An Explication of “Ode on a Grecian Urn” “Ode on a Grecian Urn” is a poem by John Keats‚ written in 1819 and published in 1820 in Hayden’s Annals of Fine Art. As the title states‚ the poem is an ode‚ a lyric poem characterized by lofty words‚ elaborate style‚ and expressive emotion. The poet achieves this style with use of figurative language‚ imagery‚ and a personification of the urn. “Ode on a Grecian Urn” keeps to the standard stanza
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Fiction or Fantasy. Set in a post-apocalyptic America‚ the novel is stylistically very fragmented and vague from the beginning. While this is a peculiar writing style with short‚ choppy sentences‚ and lacking in quotation marks and‚ often times‚ apostrophes‚ using this style adds to the bleakness and mood of the novel. “He lay listening. The boy sat by the fire wrapped in a blanket watching him. Drip of water. A fading light. Old dreams encroached upon the waking world.” This passage reflects the
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a. _The Tlingit tribe lived in the southern bays of Alaska and Canada. They lived in communities instead of one big tribe. They each lived in one of the eighteen communities all of which are named after animals like the dogfish and wolf. The tribe is surrounded by tons of tall trees and dense forests. During the year it is cold and rainy. Their natural resources are mountains‚ rivers‚ greens‚ berries‚ and wood “Tlingit Tribe”. II. Culture a. The Tlingit’s would carve big pieces of wood and make
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William Shakespeare’s ironic play Julius Caesar (1599) and James Cameron’s film Avatar (2009) similarly display conflicting perspectives as a result of self-interest. Shakespeare develops a contemporary context‚ representing the fears of 16th Century England to display his views on creating an ethical society. Correspondingly‚ Cameron displays his own representation of a dying world and the self-interest which plays the foremost part in destroying it. Each text provides a representation of the self-interest
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"Chicago‚" written Carl Sandburg is a rousing piece of writing about the lives of people in Chicago and about the city as a whole. In 1894‚ Carl Sandburg’s father‚ a laborer in the railroad yards of a small Illinois prairie town‚ secured a pass for his son to see Chicago. The enormous vitality of the city‚ as well as its economic injustices‚ left a deep impression on the young man that would emerge later in his groundbreaking poem "Chicago." As the son of a Swedish immigrant laborer‚ who in his youth
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BUSINESS COMMUNICATION ASSIGNMENT_1 1. List the barriers to effective communication. What are the ways which an organisation can overcome the barriers to communication? ANSWER: Communication fails when the message received is not identical to the message that is sent. Several factors could interfere with the exchange of messages. Noise is a main factor that can affect an effective communication. And it is classified
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