Literary Devices – Poetry Allusion: An event or fact from an external context assumed to be known by the reader (e.g. historical‚ biblical‚ etc.). An allusion can increase one’s understanding of the poem in question by drawing parallels with other subjects. Anthropomorphism: The showing or treating of animals‚ gods and objects as if they are human in appearance‚ character or behaviour. Apostrophe: Something that addresses an object‚ abstract idea‚ or person who is dead as though it could
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Philosophies consistently change as everyday occurrences shape our perspective. From a young age‚ I was held to a higher standard than my peers. My mother had recently been abandoned by my father‚ and was left to work three jobs to support the bills he had left behind. I depended on her as much as she depended on me‚ and we worked together to survive. Days before my fourth birthday‚ I began to become too sick to attend school‚ too sick to even walk. This progressed until my doctors ran enough tests
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James Trofa Video Games: The New Literary Genre The relationship between video games and literature has always been a difficult argument to settle. Video games‚ in general‚ offer depth and development into the story‚ characters‚ and complex themes or ideas of the particular game. However‚ can a video game offer the same depth into these subjects as a novel or even possess greater depth and understanding between the player and the game
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Reading response-Antigone In the story of Antigone‚ we see the struggles between right and wrong or individual and government‚ and the conflicts between the males and females. In the other words‚ Antigone ‚ a woman‚ are supposed to have no her own opinions to the her world. She should follow the laws which are made by men. Nevertheless‚ she believes the god’s laws should be more important than the others. What makes this story so special? Antigone‚ a Femal‚ challenges to the male’s
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The Literary Point of View Theme Essay Word Choice Literary Devices Author Comparison/Contrast: Assignment: For Your Information: Comparison/Contrast - The process of examining two or more things in order to establish their similarities and differences. After reading two selections‚ you will write a comparison/contrast essay using the guidelines provided in this packet. 1. Any relationship between two or more things will involve some degree of SIMILARITY‚ as well as some degree
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Literature Response Skill Write-Up Ashleigh McCallum {Point Of View} 04/28/14 Anne Frank had a dreadful life‚ considering the cultural of the time she lived. In The Diary of Anne Frank‚ written by Anne Frank herself‚ she describes her life and you can understand the point of view in the text. The story takes place during the Holocaust‚ and Anne and her family have to survive on their own. Some of the people remind me of people I know‚ I learned that they had a harder time than we do today‚ and
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Geo 300 Instructor Peggy Lee‚ Reading Response 1 Question 1: Chapter 1 1) Identify and explain four basic causes of the environmental problems we face. a. “Population growth‚ wasteful and unsustainable resource use‚ poverty and failure to include in their market prices the harmful environmental costs of goods and services.” (p.15) 2) What is exponential growth? b. “Occurs when a quantity such as the human population increases at a fixed percentage per unit of time
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Follow These 5 Steps To draw a Lewis dot structure for a molecule or ion‚ follow these steps: •Step 1: Count up the number of valence electrons for each atom‚ and total them up to give the total number of electrons for the molecule. If the molecule is an ion‚ include that charge in the count. For example‚ for a +1 ion‚ subtract one electron‚ and for a -2 ion add two electrons to the total count. (For more information about how to count the number of valence electrons per atom‚ see the related
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Language-Style Matching Kealohikehau Stancil COM 200 Interpersonal Communication William Saltmarsh September 24th‚ 2012 Language-Style Matching Being in a committed relationship for one year‚ one month‚ and four days I still believe in the saying “Men are from Mars‚ Women are from Venus.” [ (Gray‚ 1992) ] I love my boyfriend but there are times when communication is tough. I don’t think we have that big of an issue but there is some kind of disconnect. Maybe it has something to do with
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Both the novels ’1984’ and ’The Handmaids Tale’ provide warnings of how each author sees certain problems in society leading to dystopian states. Dystopian genres exist in both novels‚ but arise for different reasons. Resulting from Atwood’s concerns about political groups and aspects of feminism; ’The Handmaids Tale’ illustrates how declining birth rates could lead to a state where women are forced into bearing children. In contrast‚ ’1984’ depicts a terror state where poverty is rife and tyrannical
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