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    London‚ watching all the mismatched faces pass you. Watching them wallow in self misery‚ and crying with soot in there eyes. In William Blake’s poem “London” the imagery shows makes you think of this image. “London” produces horrific imagery‚ great denotations for anyone to solve‚ and several figures of speech. “London” a well written poem‚ shows imagery throughout the first and last word. “How the chimney-sweeper’s cry/Every black’ning church appalls”(Blake 9-10). With this line you can just see chimney

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    Rhetorical Terms/Devices Figurative language is the generic term for any artful deviation from the ordinary mode of speaking or writing. It is what makes up a writer’s style – how he or she uses language. The general thinking is that we are more likely to be persuaded by rhetoric that is interesting‚ even artful‚ rather than mundane. When John F. Kennedy said‚ “Ask not what your country can do for you‚ ask what you can do for your country” (an example of anastrophe)‚ it was more interesting –

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    Shiyu Wang EDI 300 Dr. Pole 09/26/2011 The Effective Methods To Learn New Vocabulary Vocabulary is one of the three main elements of language‚ and it is the base of literature. Whatever people communicate with others by any language‚ and the first requirement is that people must have certain vocabulary. In study activities‚ teachers emphasize listening‚ speaking‚ reading‚ and writing‚ but students cannot learn without vocabulary. Vocabulary learning is a process of memorizing and recognizing

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    Synonymy in Media Discourse

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    Table of contents Introduction 2 1. Synonymy 4 1.1. Definition of synonymy 4 1.2. Types of synonyms 6 1.3. Origin of synonyms 9 1.4. Difficulties connected with distinguishing synonyms 12 1.5. Summing up 13 2. Media discourse 14 2.1. What is media? 14 2.2. What is discourse? 17 2.3. What is media discourse? 19 2.4. Topics of media discourses 20 2.5. Summing up 21

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    time period of World War 2 in the 20th century. Both denotations were dropped in 1945. It was an attack that was ordered by the United States on Japanese land because the Japanese had attacked previously attacked the United States. Japan had initiated this conflict and the U.S was determined in ending it. This document states that an overview of the immense damage to Japanese infrastructure‚ population‚ and willpower following the denotations of nuclear weapons above Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It is

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    does not want to be affiliated with them. Zirlsinski also includes “beat” this word is a very loaded word that is negative‚ meaning you wouldn’t want to hear about a man beating his wife or kids. The denotation of “beat” is to strike violently or forcefully and repeatedly‚ just the words denotation makes you uncomfortable to think about. To beat a woman would take a very unstable person definitely if that woman is harmless to them. The word “stripped” was also used in the passage. Stripped is a word

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    Madison Beecher Mr. Ritchey Literature and Composition 21 February 2013 Harkness Questions: The Power of Myth Chapters 1-3 1. Myth reveals spiritual truth about the world. Why read myths? You need myths to find your truth. You have elaborate myths to compare to everyday experiences and to other myths. “Myths give a meaning to life (Campbell‚ 5). Mythology is a collection of stories based on one’s knowledge and stories of experience. Myths are clues to life meaning. They are clues to “spiritual

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    Furthermore‚ this state of immunity and insensitivity to the world is the purest form of solitude presented in the novel because for Remedios it runs uninterrupted from her youth until her ascension‚ which while making her a “diabolical trap” for young men‚ allows her to be happy‚ even though other characters are miserable around her. This happiness reaches its peak at her ascension to heaven is reminiscent of the Bible‚ where the most devout followers of God‚ such as Elijah‚ are good or pure enough

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    Classification of Literature

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    CLASSIFICATIONs OF LITERATURE I. Divisions of Literature Literature Prose Poetry Fiction Nonfiction Dramatic Narrative Lyric Drama Short Story Novel Tale Fable Myth Legends Folktales Essay Biography Autobiography Diary History Chronicle News Anecdote Tragedy Comedy Opera Operetta Ballad Epic Metrical Tale Metrical Romance Ode Sonnet Song Elegy POINT OF COMPARISON | PROSE | POETRY | Form | Paragraph | Verse | Language | Words and rhythms of ordinary and everyday language | Metrical‚

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    Literature

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    Literary genres Literary genres are determined by literary technique‚ tone‚ content and by critics’ definitions of the genres. A literary genre is a category‚ type or class of literature. Major forms of literature The major forms of Literature are: * Novel * Poem * Drama * Short story * Novella Various forms of literature are written in and further categorized by genre. Sometimes forms are used interchangeably to define genre. However‚ a form‚ e.g.‚ a novel or a poem‚ can

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