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    Fannyism Emilie Zoey Baker

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    incorporates the intensity of the emotions of various mind states and ‘expressing the personal mood‚ feeling‚ or meditation of a single speaker’ (Baldick 2006‚ p. 143). The poems incorporate various figurative language techniques such as denotationsconnotations‚ vivid imagery‚ metaphors‚ similes and symbolism. Emilie Zoey Baker’s lyrical poem Fannyism explores the emotional journey and more importantly the expectations that women and teenage girls are assumed to have obtained in the modern world

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    due to an important lesson his father taught him. Nick Carraway seems to be a narrator exempt from bias due to this aspect of his profile‚ and he leaves clear what are his specific opinions or observations. 2. Tone – throughout the connotation and denotation of words‚ it is what gives a mood or attitude to the story “No – Gatsby turned out all right at the end; it is what preyed on Gatsby‚ what foul dust floated in the wake of his dreams that temporarily closed out my interest

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    poetry. This includes allegory‚ assonance‚ irony and symbols which work in more than two ways: something in its original form or something that suggests a deeper meaning. It is crucial to know the difference between a metaphor and a symbol. Denotation and connotations should also be considered. This is because some words mean something else or have hidden meanings. For example in this poem‚ the word greasy is used to mean the dirt and oil in the water (Monteiro 150). The Fish The poem‚ “The Fish” by

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    * Introduction: The power of the art critic and historian is often far more than many recognize. It is through his eyes that one sees the art‚ particularly the art of periods past. It is his perspective from which one reads the work. Meyer Schapiro’s article Cézanne’s Apples illustrates the power that the writer has to manipulate the viewer’s interpretation. Various forms of art critique have developed as an approach to art interpretation. Schapiro’s psychoanalytic approach‚ that is‚

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    Sarah Johnson Personal Response to Survival in Auschwitz “Why is the pain of every day translated so constantly into our dreams‚ in the ever-repeated scene of the unlistened-to story” (Levi‚ p 60)? As I read this quote in my book‚ I highlighted it and wrote in the margin “foreshadowing”. I feel confident that these dreams signified just that; that the author (amongst the other survivors) would forever re-live those horrors and try tell their stories…and no one listens. The poem at the beginning

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    Pathos Analysis

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    Sanders’ primary appeal is pathos‚ and he uses it in various ways to illustrate his purpose. Firstly‚ his diction demonstrates use of pathos‚ because the author incorporates words with emotional contexts and meanings such as “seductive”‚ “unglamorous”‚ “tolerance”‚ and “respect”. Second of all‚ Sanders connects with the reader and their feelings through the use and repetition of personal pronouns‚ especially “we”‚ “our”‚ and “you”. On the same note‚ the author employs words such as “people”‚ “human”

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    The Complete Barrett Taxonomy 1.0 Literal Comprehension Literal comprehension focuses on ideas and information which are explicitly stated in the selection. Purposes for reading and teacher’s questions designed to elicit responses at this level may range from simple to complex. A simple task in literal comprehension may be the recognition or recall of a single fact or incident. A more complex task might be the recognition or recall or a series of facts or the sequencing of incidents in a reading

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    As the old saying goes‚ “Reading is not generating the same result as seeing.” You can see from the meaning that we value seeing more than reading in terms of communication. The three most important elements in all forms of communication are sender‚ message and receiver. (Marie Gillespie and Jason Toynbee‚ 2006) Messages can be sent in several ways. Texts and images are two efficient ways of being sent. However‚ no one can deny the fact that‚ these days‚ we seem to pay more attention to images than

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    is a metaphor? Comment on its position and its effectiveness. “Or crust and sugar over-“ The metaphor helps create the shift in the poen and also gives a deeper meaning of what the poet is trying to say with greater impact. * What specific denotation has the word “dream”? Since the poem does not reveal the contents of the dreams‚ the poem is general in its implication. What happens to your understanding of it on learning that its author was a black American? The specific meaning of “dream”

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    innocent children’s story into a extravagant gothic fantasy which positions the reader to grasp a greater understanding of the events leading up to the climax and the background in general. The stylist choices of magic realism differ from the classic denotation of fantasy because realistic frameworks of the real world are twisted with the supernatural resulting in murderous‚ sadistic or brutal situations; in this instance Red Riding Hood engaging in sexual acts with the Wolf. From the beginning the reader

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