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    Some might call a terrorist‚ a real monster. Who knows what truly a monster is? In the end we tend to follow the statement “to each‚ his own”. We all have our own opinions based on our own maturity‚ values‚ ideas‚ and worldly experience. Each connotation of the word “monster” however‚ traces back to the same basic principles that are acknowledged by the masses. The dictionary‚ combining the separate meanings of the word into one accepted and referred to‚ states that a monster is any human or animal

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    Break Break Break by Alfred Lord Tennyson The poem ‘Break Break Break’ by Alfred lord Tennyson was written in 1834‚ the year after the death of one of his closest friends; Arthur Henry Hallam. Hallam and Tennyson had been very close for almost six years‚ and Hallam had been engaged to Tennyson’s sister‚ so his fatal brain hemorrhage in 1833 came as a great shock to Lord Tennyson. Hallam’s death affected him so much that nineteen years later he named his son Hallam.The literate subject of the poem

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    Tension in Poetry By Allen Tate Seminar Presented by: Haider Jabr Mihsin Allen Tate Allen Tate (1899- )is one of the youngest New critics. He belongs to the Southern group of American critics. He is also a great poet . Tate opposes scienticism and distinguishes between scienticism and literary discourse . He gives importance to the formal qualities of a work of art . Reactionary Essays on Poetry ‚ Ideas ‚ and Reason in Madness are well known . collections of Essays and reviews by Tate About the

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    ================================================================= exercise 3 select five pairs of words from this list and use each word in a sentence (separate the pairs and use one word to a sentence). Let your sentence reflect the difference in connotation. Use the dictionary if needed. 1. statesman – politician 2. associate – crony 3. fib – lie 4. daring – foolhardy 5. individual – oddball 6. mansion – house 7. salesman – huckster 8. inquisitive – prying exercise 4. Read this short poem

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    The Guitarist Tunes Up

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    The Guitarist Tunes Up What I love most about “The Guitarist Tunes Up” by Frances Cornford is its denotation and connotation meanings. Denotatively‚ this poem suggests that in order for guitarist to produce right note‚ he has to tune up his guitar before play it. In the other hand‚ the poet also gives connotative meaning; in order for the man to make love to a woman he has to seducing her with love‚ politeness and care so that she will surrender herself to him. Even woman says only stupid‚ senseless

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    Coercive style to be very extreme and very direct. It talks about the CEO of a company who came in and made necessary changes but came with a negative personality. The CEO would blame the bearer of bad news for the bad news‚ and had such a negative connotation that instead of his workers wanting to give bright ideas they would hold them back in fear of rejection. The coercive style should be used only with extreme caution and in the few situations when it is absolutely imperative‚ such as during a turnaround

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    history” (line 8)‚ but once she sees the museum she is very disappointed because it portrays the real events in a way where it minimizes the true devastation of humanity during the time of the bombng. She uses descriptive imagery to put a negative connotation on how the museum cannot explain the events. According to the narrator the events of Hiroshima are an enigma and nothing can be a memento for it. As the narrator walks through the museum she writes‚ “And through more glass are served‚ as on a dish

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    Therefore‚ this will make the reader feel more fearful as it is an index of evident danger. This creates a creepy sense of imagery. The writer also creates a creepy and suspenseful atmosphere by using many gothic features‚ especially techniques like connotation. This is shown in the quotation ‘Indeed‚ I have never in my life been so possessed by it.’ The word possessed suggests an evil spirit is controlling Arthur. This connotes fear taking over him and it never being able to escape. As a result of that

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    On a professional level‚ when influence is properly asserted‚ you have the ability to help shape the course of something much bigger than an individual agenda – there’s the ability to have an impact on the lives of many. To be able to influential‚ your peers and leadership first have to trust you. They need to know your knowledge (or ability to gain it) is sound‚ your word is good‚ your promises are realistic and solid‚ you can handle adversity & setbacks‚ and that you have a reasonable level of

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    in Tea Cake’s name—his proper name‚ Vergible Woods‚ reminds readers of Janie’s past relationships with Logan and Joe. The woods‚ as earlier discussed‚ prevents Janie from seeing the horizon and finding love. Though his proper name has negative connotations‚ it is replaced by Tea Cake‚ an innocent nickname which comes from a sweet French desert. Hurston thus presents a tension in Janie’s mind between Tea Cake being a figure that will shade her from the light of the horizon or‚ on the other hand‚ being

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