The Rhetorical Roundtable: Diction Detective Reading Assignment for Today __________ to _________ Description: Your job is to analyze the diction (word choice) of the piece and how it contributes to the overall message or idea. Guiding Questions: ü Which passages are the best representations of your author’s diction? ü Is the diction formal‚ informal or neutral? ü What inferences can you make about the intended audience using diction? ü What tone does the diction of the reading suggest? ü What
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right for far too long the right to use the bathroom that they correctly identify with. The debate has been front and center recently in the media with certain ‘bathroom bills’ being brought to light. This has created a stigma that transgender Americans compromise the privacy and security of gender conforming Americans while occupying a college campus bathroom. Courts continue to discourse this issue‚ while certain states introduce new ways to keep the bathrooms closed off to transgender’s. The American
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The poem Nighttime Fires by Regina Barecca explains the speaker’s complex view of her father. The speaker uses imagery to describe her father’s strange behaviours after losing his job. Figurative language is used strategically to explain the memories of this young girl’s strange adventures. The diction in this poem is also used very well helping us to understand why these nighttime fires left such a lasting impact on this grown woman from when she was only five years old. All of these things are
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“A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mary Rowlandson” Study Questions: Exposition through 8th Remove You may answer questions on this sheet or on loose-leaf paper. 1. Why was Mary Rowlandson’s published recollection of her abduction by the Wompanoag so popular and widely read in the 17th Century? Is there any comparison you can draw upon in contemporary American society that mirrors or parallels the public’s interest in Rowlandson’s work? Explain. 2.
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Evaluation of my piece which is a detailed narrative in the style of Charles Dickens; Bleak House‚ although I am going to pretend I am not the author. The author starts by immediately creating a punch and making a point due to the opening‚ “Edinburgh” this is a bold opening which informs the reader clearly of the setting and the overall clear mood to the piece. I think the author starts with this short sentence because short sentences are gripping and they captivate the reader’s attention quickly
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The bathroom scene in Offside may be the best scene in the film. It shows that both the woman and the soldiers are victims in the Islamic system that is in place. The soldiers are very fearful of the “chief” however‚ it does not seem as though they are particularly bothered by having women at the stadium. Prior to this scene one soldier was giving play-by-play coverage to the women. When one woman had the use the bathroom‚ the soldier giving the play-by-play is chosen to escort her to the bathroom
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Jacob Denson English 125 February 20‚ 2013 “Shakespeare and Mirikitani: The use of Simile‚ Diction‚ and Tone to express Emotion” Janice Mirikitani’s poem‚ “Suicide Note” and William Shakespeare’s Hamlet both use simile‚ diction‚ and tone to express emotion. Both works use these forms of writing to establish a tone of deep emotion‚ with sadness and despair being at the forefront. “Suicide Note‚” being about an Asian-American college student who commits suicide‚ was written as an apology to her
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Applying Logic in Day-to-Day Life Undress; open shower door; turn hot water knob then cold water knob; adjust cold until right temperature; start shower with knob; step into shower; shut the shower door; wet hair then face; grab washcloth off hook and bar soap from shelf; lather washcloth with bar soap; close eyes; wash face; rinse washcloth; return to hook; rinse face; grab shampoo from shelf; open shampoo; squeeze some onto hair; close shampoo and return to shelf; rub shampoo into hair; grab
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weapon in the holster”. McCoy did not realize he still held it in his hands. He holstered the weapon. He looked and saw his opponent with a hole in his forehead. “You may return to your quarters”. It was over‚ McCoy half expected to be shot by an unseen gunman. He entered through the same door‚ new clothes hung in plain sight. A voice came out of the air‚ “Please put on these clothes so the old ones can be discarded‚ shower first‚ use the soap‚ it will wash away on reside”. He showered‚ changed‚
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Vicky Leo A trail of unknown Footsteps on the highest mountain My Name Is Leo‚ Vicky Leo Hi my dear cat friends my name is Leo‚ Vicky Leo. I am the publisher of ‘The Times of Fish’‚ the most famous newspaper in Cat Island. It was a dark night and I was in my office reading the newspaper ‘three whales beached again at Catatonia beach.’ Oh Suddenly I looked up at the CLOCK it was 11:55 pm I figured it out that it was time to go home. At last I reached home so cozy and warm home. I took a hot bath
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