differing perspectives of the society during the Holocaust. Grandmother exercises constructive disobedience in dissenting with the Nazi regime and perceiving Fathers role as “a puppet on a string”. This is juxtaposed to Bruno’s Mother through the euphemism of "[Bruno] had never known anyone to need quite so many medicinal Sherries" showing her complacency to do nothing about the knowledge of the concentration camp. Boyne positions an older audience to see the dangers of naivety and the cost of inaction
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nothing can he lose.” (Henry VI) – William Shakespeare Apostrophe – A digression addressed to someone not present‚ or to a personified object or idea. Example: “O Romeo‚ Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?” – Romeo and Juliet Euphemism – a mild word or expression substituted for one thought to be too harsh Example: The elderly man passed away. Hyperbole – Exaggeration not meant to be taken literally Example: It took an eternity
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Jose Garcia Villa Jose Garcia Villa (5 August 1908 – 12 June 1973) is a Filipino poet and a National Artist for Literature. He is known for introducing the "reversed consonance rime scheme‚" as well as for "comma poems" that made full use of the punctuation mark in an innovative way. Villa is also a short story writer‚ critic‚ and painter. Written Works: Philippine Short Stories: Best 25 Short Stories of 1928; Philippine Love Stories; Footnote to Youth: Tales of the Philippines and Others;
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Once Macbeth enters the room his first line is “I have done the deed. Didst thou not hear a noise?” this quote is the falling action because Macbeth has finally killed king Duncan. Fear is seen in Macbeth because he is worried if anyone heard him. Euphemism is used‚ again to alleviate the impact. Lady Macbeth then responds with “I heard the owl scream and the crickets cry.” At this point in time animals were seen as bad omens. So we fear that Lady Macbeth and Macbeth will be boundless. Shakespeare
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does originates from the word eve but it actually refers to our first mother Eve from whom we human kind came from. So Eve Teasing means to tease girls‚ at any age‚ who hold the characteristics of Eve or of a mother. Definition Eve teasing is a euphemism used in Bangladesh for sexual harassment or molestation of women by men. Considered a growing problem throughout the subcontinent‚eve teasing ranges in severity from sexually colored remarks to outright groping. Some guidebooks to the region warn
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individual difference. 3- Assonance‚ Repetition of vowel sounds eg. Slow road to no ware 4- Descriptive‚ Describing. 5- Paradox‚ Contradiction seemingly false at first but is found latter to be a truth. 6- Instructive‚ Inform/enlighten/instruct. 7- Euphemism‚ Acceptable/mild expression for something not very nice eg. Instead of died- Moved on to a better place. 8- Oxymoron‚ two words placed next to each other to show contrast eg. Parting is such a sweet sorrow. 9- Personification‚ Giving human
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or similarity in sound between internal vowels in neighboring words. (EX: tilting at windmills) 6. Chiasmus- a reversal in the order of words in two otherwise parallel phrases‚ as “flowers are lovely‚ love is flowerlike” (Coleridge). 7. Euphemism- The substitution of an inoffensive term in place of an offensive one (Pushing daisies instead of dead) 8. Hyperbole- A purposely exaggerated statement used for effect 9. Irony- The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning;
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AN ANALYSIS OF AN EXTRACT FROM MARY WROTH’S SONNETT 14 The verse in hand is essentially a love sonnet‚ but rather than cite the wonders of the stars and her lovers eyes‚ Wroth is using the sonnet form to lament the inequalities of courtship and detail the agony of unrequited or forbidden love. The opening sentence ‘Am I thus conquer’d?’ sets a disparaging tone immediately and this escalates as Wroth continues to use rhetorical interrogatives throughout the poem. Perhaps the most notable example
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Propaganda In Elections Have you ever seen a TV commercial portraying a disastrous automobile accident‚ and then you reminds you to wear your seatbealts?!?! Believe it or not‚ that’s using a technique in propaganda called the fear appeal. Propaganda is more widespread than people picture. Propaganda is being used for everything from the baby food you feed your child to the TV commercial you laughed at yesterday night. There are many techniques that a propagandist can use to seduce you. Some
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eaten away the protective covering on the nerve cells. To assert her confidence‚ Mairs initiates her essay with a strong‚ simple term to define herself: "a cripple" (37). She wants society to "wince" (37) in order to portray that candy coated euphemisms have made society weak. Mairs does not want her readers to feel sympathy‚ but to see the perspective of a person with the disease. Towards the end of the essay‚ Mairs is reflects back on society’s ways by comparing herself to other women who have
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