Michael Tran Period 2 Mr. Gerdes December 2‚ 2010 Strength in Stripes Without rhetoric‚ literature would be terribly bland and so writers make a valiant effort to enhance their text with such devices. But what use is an interesting text if it is not understood? How could any point be made if the syntax is not well received? In The Tiger Is God‚ written by Stephen Harrigan‚ that is not the case. Harrigan uses such devices to state his point so clearly it seems to almost flow onto the
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Police" In Michiko Kakutani’s essay‚ "The Word Police‚" the author uses examples‚ illustrations and definitions to support the claim that our language is on the brink of absurdity because we hide our true identities and inequalities with euphemisms. In regard to euphemisms‚ Kakutani states that they "tend to distract attention from the real problems of prejudice and injustice in society" (423). Although the essay is persuasive and supported well‚ the author falls short of persuading her unbiased audience
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1. Alliteration The repetition of an initial consonant sound. is a term that describes a literary stylistic device. Alliteration occurs when a series of words in a row (or close to a row) have the same first consonant sound. For example‚ “She sells sea-shells down by the sea-short” or “Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers” are both alliterative phrases. In the former‚ all the words start with the “s” sound‚ while in the later‚ the “p’s” take precedence. Aside from tongue twisters‚ alliteration
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Aly El-Mansy Ms. Baker A Civil Action Essay In this movie‚ Jan Schlichtmann gets played by John Travolta as he goes through the life changing case with his lawyer firm. He had come up with this trial by parents calling him up looking for answers. These parents had one thing in common. They had lost children to Leukemia and they credited it to the water being contaminated by the pouring of a threatening chemical called Trichloroethylene. At first the reason to why he took this case was because
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phosphoric acid. The mixture of cyclohexanol with phosphoric acid is heated in a flask equipped with a fractionating column‚ forming water. Further heating promotes the distillation of water and cyclohexene by the principle of stem distillation. A chaser solvent is added to recover of the reaction product that may get lost in the fractionating column. Cyclohexene itself is used in manufacturing of adipic acid‚ hexahydrobenzoic acid‚ maleic acid‚ cyclohexanol and cyclohexeneoxide. Further‚ it is used
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As the Harry Potter phenomenon grasped the world‚ movie adaptations sprang to life. However‚ with these movie adaptations came questions and how a book should be adapted into a movie. Personally‚ I feel that directors should have some degree of freedom to be creative; that is what they are meant to do. At the same time‚ I think it is important to stick to the major plotlines of book adaptations. I do agree with the argument “Columbus’s movies are like historical reenactments‚ the films of [later
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went a bit hysterical‚ he wanted to know if this man is dead or not. He tried to get over and see the body‚ but everything he had seen was “the mass of long fair hair‚ the blood around and an ambulance”. And in the end of the text the author uses euphemism “he was gone” that means that the man is
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For this week’s post the poem I focused on is “Next to of course God America I” written by E. E. Cummings. E. E. Cumming is becoming my new favorite poet‚ I like his use of words both stylistically and for meaning‚ the way he makes them play together. This poem is not very forth coming with the 5w’. It’s only after reading it multiple times and looking up definitions that you start to have a slight sense of what is being illustrated. The poem is written in a way that it can carry multiple interpretations
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lot of euphemisms and symbols suggested in its economic writing. A visual piece of literary work "The Grasshopper and The Cricket". Rich in content yet concise in expression‚ Yasunari Kawabata leads us into a whole new culture in which we have never experienced before. At first glance‚ it seems simple enough‚ until you realize that it goes on a deeper level. The author also illustrates the love for Japanese tradition by referring to that of making lanterns. The author’s use of euphemism and symbolism
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Asleep by Wilfred Owen Poem Under his helmet‚ up against his pack‚ After so many days of work and waking‚ Sleep took him by the brow and laid him back. There‚ in the happy no-time of his sleeping‚ Death took him by the heart. There heaved a quaking Of the aborted life within him leaping‚ Then chest and sleepy arms once more fell slack. And soon the slow‚ stray blood came creeping From the intruding lead‚ like ants on track. Whether his deeper sleep lie shaded by the shaking Of great wings‚ and
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