1. A synonym is a word that’s A. pronounced the same. B. similar in meaning. C. opposite in meaning. D. defined in a thesaurus. 2. What is the most important point in the following sentence? My sister‚ Emily‚ the tallest girl in her class‚ has many friends. A. Emily is the tallest girl in her class. B. My sister’s name is Emily. C. Emily has many friends. D. Emily is my sister. 3. Of these four words‚ which one is most likely to have a negative flavor? A. Meander B. Confound C. Harangue
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is the pathway to death. The author uses a formal diction to create a sad and depressed tone. The formal words are “sunshine” and “shadows”. The denotation of sunshine is the light of the sun. Shadow is denoted as a shade cast upon a surface by something blocking light. Sunshine is connoted with knowledge‚ happiness‚ and Heaven. However‚ the connotation of shadow is death‚ darkness‚ and
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Robert Graves‚ “The Naked and The Nude” Let’s start with a bare bones summary. Stanza 1: Dictionary makers say the words “naked” and “nude” are synonyms‚ but Graves says they’re very different. Stanza 2: Naked is natural and innocent. Stanza 3: Nude is sneaky‚ uninnocent. Stanza 4: So the nude could defeat the naked; but in the end‚ they’re the same. But‚ bare bones summaries never tell the whole story (With this poem’s title‚ I couldn’t resist the “bare bones”; if you caught it
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A Semiotic Analysis: “There’s A Soldier In All Of Us” In today’s society‚ people are significantly influenced by the media. Mediated messages are often deliberate and appeal to specific audiences based on race‚ gender‚ ethnicity‚ social status‚ education level‚ political views‚ and much more. By applying semiotics to everyday life‚ we can decipher meaning within texts‚ film‚ and photography in a more constructive way. Here‚ it becomes evident that semiotics is a fundamental concept that enables
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Literary Terms (General) —AP I. Literary Types—names for the various types of literary expression: 1. Allegory: a tale in which characters‚ actions‚ or settings represent abstract ideas or moral qualities. Allegorical stories can also be viewed as extended or continued metaphors. 2. Allusion: a casual or brief reference to a person‚ place‚ event‚ or literary work that a writer expects the reader to recognize but doesn’t fully develop. The writer hopes to clarify or enhance the subject that
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1 of 25 You are now either taking a test or not taking a test. This statement is an example of appropriate polarization. True False Question 2 of 25 Messages communicate values and attitudes. True False Question 3 of 25 Extensional orientation is the tendency to stretch meanings beyond their original intents. True False Question 4 of 25 Indirectness indicates powerlessness. True False Question 5 of 25 There is nothing wrong with making inferential statements. True False Question
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builds the negative tone. In line “Let no one say the past is dead” (1) the words “no one” acts as an absolute. Personification is used in the line when death‚ a human quality is given to a non human thing such as the past. Also the word “dead” has connotations of the deceased and gone. These devices provides the reader the impression of bitterness the author has regarding to the past. In lines “Let no one say the past is dead” (1) and “Let none tell me the past is wholly gone” (25) there is repetitions
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communication‚ such as misunderstanding‚ disagreements‚ discrimination‚ bias‚ etc. We can say that‚ language can also be really dangerous! Many of the words used in language not only have a primary meaning (denotation)‚ but also a secondary meaning (connotation). A connotation of a word signifies more on the personal aspect of the word.
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The importance of Roland Barthes on Cultural Studies‚ his theory of semiotics and applying it to contemporary images of Northern Thailand. The Abstract This report will investigate the importance of Roland Barthes and his relevance to the field of Cultural Studies. It will focus on his theoretical writings about contemporary myths in Mythologies and upon photographic images in Image/Music/Text to understand and interpret contemporary images of Northern Thailand‚ specifically those of Hill
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TJ Waller Mrs. Pinchback AP English 12 18 November 2013 Explication One: “Mad Girl’s Love Song” “Mad Girl’s Love Song” by Sylvia Plath dramatizes the clash between perception and reality in the mind of a speaker who has lost a love so vital to her world that she begins to question her own sanity. No formal setting is introduced‚ which supports a theme of mental instability as it can be inferred that the entire poem is taking place within the speaker’s mind as she struggles to determine the
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