The poem “Snake” doesn’t discuss the animal but the epiphanic realization of the narrator as he observes it‚ awestruck and scared. The snake serves as a euphemism for physical intimacy; the conflict that takes place as the narrator deliberates over his feelings of attraction‚ which clash with his fearful thoughts. “…[He] stared [at the snake] with fascination…and [he] immediately regretted it” (62-63). This
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The Sirens portray a sense that their voices always create an impact as it occurred to Odysseus. The sirens create such a thrilling tone towards their song as it leaves a surprising remark. They are not impacted themselves‚ but rather impact the others with their singing. Through Odysseus’ point of view‚ he senses pride and glory by listening to the sirens. Homer states‚ "So they sent their ravishing voices out across the air and the heart inside me throbbed to listen longer." The author portrays
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horse) was the very image of freedom yet he was miserable. Therefore when she says she was eating misery I think she was referring to how the animals are possibly raised and feel‚ like Blue. From this essay I learned some vocabulary words like euphemism and benign. I also learned a broader way of using analogies. I use analogies a lot when trying to explain something to someone I can’t seem to find the right words for because it tends to help them understand. Now I can use analogies that
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may constitute the basis of a narrative Antithesis: Juxtaposition of opposed terms in clauses or sentences that are next to or near each other. Emblem: A picture allegorically expressing a moral or a verbal picture open to such interpretation. Euphemism: The figure by which something distasteful is described in alternative‚ less repugnant terms. Hyperbole: Overstatement‚ Exaggeration Irony: Saying one thing and meaning its opposite/ the opposite of what is stated. Litotes: Understatement by
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Civil Rights Movement. Since the majority of Jazz and Blues singers were black‚ this music was frowned upon among white southerners. However‚ it did bring awareness to the mistreatment of Blacks. In the song‚ "Strange Fruit" by Billie Holiday‚ a euphemism is used to represent the bodies of minorities hanging from trees in the south. Jazz music of the twentieth century is known to be told in the stories of the struggle of blacks and others. Along with Jazz and Blues‚ Gospel and Soul music played
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April 21‚ 2010 at 6:10 am In the beginning of the book Claudia wakes up in her bedroom with a man that she has just spent the night with and her room is filled messy and is filled with things like empty bottles of alcohol and ash trays. Her room also didn’t comply with typical feminine ideas at the time because it was described as messy and also had an empty bottle of alcohol and a full ashtray. This didn’t go along with the typical roles of women because they were expected to be clean and sensible
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ALLITERATION is the repetition of consonant sounds in a series of words. If the consonants are the same but the sounds are different they do not alliterate. eg. "...the grease that kisses the onions with a hiss." from WILLIAM STREET by Kenneth Slessor ALLUSION is the reference to well-known figures and/or other texts eg. "And thrice I heard the Cock crow thinking I knew it’s meaning well." from COCK CROW by Rosemary Dobson The reference here is to the denial of Jesus after his arrest by
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Ukrainian. 20. Referential vs functional approach to meaning. 21. The notion of polysemy. 22. Systemic organization of lexicon. 23. Semantic change: metaphor. 24. Semantic change: metonymy. 25. Semantic change: hyperbole‚ litotes‚ irony. 26. Euphemisms and politically correct terms. 27. Types of varieties of a language. 28. Stylistically marked classes of words. 29. Types of literary-bookish words. 30. Neologisms: problems of defining and classification. 31. Non-literary colloquialisms.
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In the short story ‘The loaded dog’ the plot concerns 3 gold miners and their dog‚ and the farcical consequences of leaving a bomb cartridge unattended. Henry Lawson shows language features such as adjectives‚ verbs‚ and dialogue‚ metaphors‚ similes‚ humour and graphic descriptions. This story is written in third person. The language used is colloquial and idiomatic‚ for example when he uses the line ‘your dorg’s run orf inter the srub’. Some examples of adjectives he uses in the short story are
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BARRIERS • Sender-oriented • Receiver-oriented Sender oriented barriers: It can be either voluntary or involuntary. At any cost‚ efforts should be made on the part of the sender to identify and remove them. Some of the barriers that are sender oriented are: ? Badly expressed message: concrete ideas and well structures message ? Loss in transmission: correct choice of medium or channel ? Semantic problem: simple words and accurate understanding of intension ? Over/under communication: quantum
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