Ad Hominem An argument based on the failings of an adversary rather than on the merits of the case; a logical fallacy that involves a personal attack. Allegory Extending a metaphor so that objects‚ persons‚ and actions in a text are equated with meanings that lie outside the text. Alliteration The repetition of an initial consonant sound. Allusion A brief‚ usually indirect reference to a person‚ place‚ or event--real or fictional. Ambiguity The presence of two or more possible meanings
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ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND 036 ADVANCED PLA CEMENT COMPOSITION 5 CREDITS GRADE 11 Prerequisites: Recommendation of an English teacher and a timed writing sample. Upon commitment to the course‚ students will complete an intensive summer AP preparation project. It is mandatory to take the AP Language and Composition Examination when it is offered in order to receive AP course credit for work done during this academic year. Students who do not take
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from film „Lost in Translation” (Sofia Copolla‚ 2003)‚ I will explain notion of this classification‚ and‚ using Roland Barthes’s model‚ show layers of denotation and conotation‚ explicitly pointing out compotents of a sign – signifiers and signifieds. Concepts of denotation and conotation as layers of meaning are described by Barthes. Denotation is simply „meaning of the image refering to it’s literal‚ discriptive meaning” and conotation „meanings rely on cultural and historical context of the
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On the Sidewalk Bleeding “On the Sidewalk Bleeding”‚ by Evan Hunter is a story about a boy from a gang‚ getting murdered in a dark alley‚ by members of the rival gang. It is written in the third person omniscient point of view. The story focuses on the theme of realization of one’s true identity. This theme is depicted with the help of several literary devices such as symbolism‚ to create depth in the meaning of the story‚ thoughtful use of irony and characterization elements‚ which create
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sentence and varies with inflectional form. 4. Polysemy d. The substitution of one word for anoter with which it is associated. 5. Referance e. A word that is written and/ or pronounced the same way as another‚ but has a different meaning. 6. Denotation f. The individual meaning of each word has in the system of language 7. Metaphor g. The tranference of meaning from on object to another based on similarities between these two. 8. Metonymy h. A word that has two or more meaning. 9. Hyponymy
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defined the term as‚ “ a better‚ richer‚ and happier life for all of our citizens of every rank.” (Majid Salem). In the play‚ The Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller‚ audiences and readers‚ are introduced to the protagonist‚ Willy Loman and his own denotation of the American
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Chapter 1: Business Strategy TED.com TED= technology‚ education‚ design ‘ideas worth spreading’ Set up by Chris Anderson – also started Wired Magazine TEDx= everyone can organise a TED conference All the things that are happening in the world‚ are things that are strategic Look around you‚ know what’s happening around you You need to know where interesting ideas come from Eg. Wieden Kennedy (Portland‚ Oregon): where Nike is. Where Nike is‚ adidas goes Check out: TED talk
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How to ANALYZE FICTION William Kenney Assistant Professor of English Manhattan College Monarch Press Copyright @ 1966 by Simon & Schuster Printed in United States of America How to Analyze Fiction 2 Chapter 1 Plot Choice Fiction and Choice: The act of writing. Whether one is writing a complex three-volume novel or a personal letter to a close friend‚ consists of a series of choices. To see just what this means‚ let’s consider the simpler form‚ the personal letter first. Choice
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could be the literal meaning of breaking through or the undoing of the strong thread of two or three strands that are being twisted together tied around the package box received by the persona from his/her father. The title its self could be the connotation of the applied effort of a certain persona in the poem in executing a
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Lecture 5 Semantic Classification of the English Lexicon. Synonymy and Antonymy Plan 1. Major types of semantic relations of lexical units (syntagmatic‚ paradigmatic). 2. Synonyms. Criteria of synonymy. Classification of synonyms. The dominant synonym. Euphemisms. 3. Antonyms. Classifications of antonyms. 4. Paradigmatic relations of inclusion (hierarchical relations): hyponymy‚ meronymy‚ serial relations. 5. Groups of words based on several types of semantic relations: conceptual (semantic
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