needed a vacation‚ I needed a home in the country. What I had was a coat‚ a hat and a gun." 3. Antithesis The juxtaposition of contrasting ideas in balanced phrases. "The more acute the experience‚ the less articulate its expression." 4. Apostrophe Breaking off discourse to address some absent person or thing‚ some abstract quality‚ an inanimate object‚ or a nonexistent character. "Blue Moon‚ you saw me standing alone Without a dream in my heart
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choices can also make a person not to belong. This concept is aptly demonstrated in Peter Skrynecki’s poem ‘Postcard’. In this poem‚ Skrzynecki shows his decisions using a number of figurative devices such as when he speaks to the postcard in an apostrophe‚ stating "I never knew you"‚ and later repeats‚ "I never knew you/ Let me be." The repetition
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and acronyms in text messages for students not being able to write and spell. Some teachers are starting to see a decline in writing skills with their students. They also complain that their students are neglecting to use the punctuation‚ commas‚ apostrophes‚ and capital letters because when they text they neglect their simple writing skills. Texting has become a second nature language for
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yours‚ your‚ yourself‚ yourselves). * Third Person- indicates the person or thing being spoken of (He‚ him‚ his‚ himself‚ her‚ she‚ herself‚ hers‚ it‚ its‚ itself‚ they‚ their‚ theirs‚ them‚ themselves). * Possessive Pronoun- NEVER USES APOSTROPHE!!! Personal pronouns that show ownership. *
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Romeo and Juliet Act One (study guide) ACT ONE -SCENE ONE 1‚ Between what two families does the feud exist? ___Capulet____________ vs. _____Montague____________ 2. What decree does the Prince make after the street brawl? The next time there was trouble the penalty for the offender would be death. 3. What advice does Benvolio give Romeo about Rosaline? He says to forget her and find another. ACT ONE -SCENE TWO 1. How does Capulet respond to Paris’ proposal to marry Juliet? He says
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“The Lamb” a Poetry Essay Mary Dixon Liberty University English 102 Composition and Literature B13 February 20‚ 2012 I. In Blake’s poem “The Lamb” it has two main themes childhood and spiritual development A. The poem starts with a simple question “Little lamb who made thee?” B. The poem has a childlike innocence II. Did Blake intentionally write this poem to have a spiritual effect? A. The entire poem focuses on the lamb and innocence B. The child is seeking knowledge
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Eavan Boland’s poem "The Necessity for Irony" begins in narrative tone‚ when on a unremarkable Sunday Eavan‚ with her daughter‚ go browsing for antiques in town. However‚ by the end of the poem‚ Eavan’s tone is lyrical‚ as she sends an apostrophe to the "spirit of irony‚" asking it to "reproach" her for focusing on antiques rather than what was truly beautiful‚ her child. Her dramatic shift in tone is slow and accomplished using various techniques. In the first stanza of "The Necessity for Irony
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The Daffodils" is an 1804 poem by William Wordsworth. It was inspired by an April 15‚ 1802event in which Wordsworth and his sister‚ Dorothycame across a "long belt" of daffodils. It was first published in 1807‚ and a revised version was released in 1815. In anthologies the poem is sometimes titled "I wandered lonely as a cloud." Form The four six-line stanzas of this poem follow a quatrain-couplet rhyme scheme: ABABCC. Each line is metered in iambic tetrameter. []Paraphrase: First stanza:
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Samantha Smith slipped and fell on shampoo that had spilled in the health and beauty department of the grocery store in question. Ms. Smith had suffered a broken hip from the incident and is going to be spending the next few months in physical therapy. Ms. Smith has no health insurance and is a single mother of a 2 year old boy. After our complaints were filed in the courts; the grocery store alleges that Ms. Smith had a duty herself to avoid the spillage‚ but was too distracted by her young son
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Rules for essay writings 1. Plan x 2 = brainstorm ideas for the topic‚ organise them‚ then make a list of techniques you’ll use. 2. Dramatic opening paragraph – it’s really important to grab the reader’s attention. Use a quote‚ or a series of rhetorical questions‚ a list‚ or a vivid description. Say something shocking or provocative. However you do it‚ make the reader feel eager to read on. 3. Variety of ideas. A good way to come up with ideas when you’re stuck is to ask yourself to apply
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