narrative‚ “No words‚ no tears‚ no prayers‚ from his gory victim‚ seemed to move his iron heart from its bloody purpose” (Douglass 20). As a result‚ Douglass’s repetitive use of “no” in the quotation adds more of a drastic feeling and severity within the book as he enforces his assertiveness through parallelism. Along with parallelism‚ contrast is also a common rhetorical device found within the narrative. While the audience is in the midst of reading the narrative‚ one can easily point out Douglass’s
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poignant‚ or just simply easy to remember. His writing has deep meaning behind what seems to be a simple story; which not only appeals to a younger audience‚ but to adults as well. “The Lorax” written by Dr. Seuss is one of his most explicitly rhetorical books. The story is set in a dark‚ murky‚ destroyed landscape caused by the Once-ler’s exploitation of the ecosystem‚ which was once supported by the Truffula trees. However the Lorax is an advocate for the Truffula trees. The Lorax spoke for the trees
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Joseph Campbell is the author of “The Hero with a Thousand Faces”‚ a book in which he explains the concept of what is a “Hero’s Journey”. This is also called monomyth‚ he proposes that all myths‚ storys around the world follow the same pattern. Campbells puts this monomyth in a template or outline based on tree steps: Departure‚ Initiation and return. But‚ they can also be more deglosed in more steps: Call to adventure‚ Assistance‚ Departure‚ Trials‚ Approach‚ Crisis‚ Treasure‚ Result‚ Return‚ Life
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Page # | Definition of Term | Example from Text | Implication/Impact | 6 | Setting: the time and place of the action of a literary‚ dramatic‚ or cinematic work | “…but the warriors would ride on in that in that darkness they’d become‚ rattling past with their stone-age tools of war in default of all substance and singing softly in blood and longing south across the plains to Mexico.” | The setting takes places in the West from about 1949-1950. John Grady Cole travels to Mexico and later returns
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Demian Questions Demian is the story of a boy‚ Emil Sinclair‚ and his search for himself. Emil was raised in a good traditional home at the turn of the century in the nation of Germany. His family is very wealthy and they have a reputation as a principled‚ religious family. As a boy‚ Sinclair views the world within the walls of his home as representing all that is good‚ pure‚ and innocent. But starting at a young age‚ he feels an inner conflict between his own little world‚ the "world of light
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be with her kids again. African Americans were not considered as human beings and white southerners just seen them as property‚ so being sold and separated from your family would happen all the time and no sympathy was giving to the families. In the book Voices of Freedom‚ it goes into detail about this part of the movie where Eliza begs and cries for her son and it sates " Then Eliza ran to him; embraced him passionately; kissed him again and again; told him to remember her-all the while her tears
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Night Analysis Elie Wiesel’s use of language and structure emphasizes the meaning and tone of the selection. Closely examine the memoir and your annotations to find examples of these features of language and structure. Fill in the chart below‚ providing the definition of the device‚ 2-3 examples from the text complete with page number references‚ and the effect of each example on the context in which it is used and the work as a whole. Literary or Stylistic Device | Definition of Device | 3-4
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In Jared Diamonds book Collapse‚ he talks about different issues that can hurt the environment. These issues varied from environmental damage‚ climate change‚ hostile neighbors‚ and friendly trade partners‚ but most importantly is how society responds to the problem. Today a major problem that our society is facing is Electronic Waste. With technology becoming more advanced each year the demand for new products is increasing. Though this might seem good for the people‚ it actually is hurting are
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Line Quotation Analysis 1 “iamdudum” (long-since) Immediate reference to how she has suffered in the past and thus that her pain has been prolonged 2 “vulnus alit venis” (nourished the wound with veins) Vulnus is emphatically placed at the start of the line‚ and this vivid and slightly gruesome description adds a seriousness to the tone‚ with the idea that Dido is physically wounded by her feelings. “Alit” is effective as the idea of her feeding her own wound is the first suggestion of
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Book 12.5: The Arrival to Oik Island My hair‚ grey with a bronzed tint‚ laid limp on my forehead as my body involuntarily washed up on the coast of Oik Island. Defenseless‚ lonely‚ and weak‚ I only had my determination to figure out how to escape this wretched island and return home. I felt the inevitable burden of my crew’s passing‚ and the image of their bodies being torn vigorously into pieces surrounded my mind with such grave guilt. The salt of the ocean had blistered my various wounds from
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