manipulating our stereotype of these characters. Our usual knight in armor is a smelly‚ heartless ogre. The damsel in distress is not much of a mannered lady and changes her pretty human shape at nights. The partner‚ the knight’s companion‚ is in denotation and connotation of an ass‚ both a donkey and an imbecile. The feared villain turns out to be a weak midget who cannot do anything for himself. The movie Shrek is not a standard fairytale as the director uses the rhetorical device of logos to archetypes
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1. | Question : | Language performs a ________________‚ which means it allows you to explore and investigate the world‚ solve problems‚ and learn from your discoveries and experiences. | | | Student Answer: | | Personal function | | | | Interactional function | | | | Ritual function | | | | Heuristic function | | Instructor Explanation: | The answer can be found in Section 4.2 of Making Connections. | | | | Points Received: | 1 of 1 | | Comments: | |
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the American connotations for “nerd” and “geek” are offensive and should not be used to describe those people who are dedicated to learning. Fridman’s purpose is to convince all of those nerds and geeks to stop being ashamed and accept themselves for who they are. He adopts a sincere‚ but informative tone to appeal to his audience’s emotions and to inform them of specific facts that he feels his readers should be acquainted with. Fridman initiates his essay by explaining the denotation of the word
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The passage selected for me to analyze is from The Scarlet Letter‚ “The Pastor and His Parishioner.” I believe Hawthorne has written this passage to show the instant connection between Hester and Dimmesdale. After reading the brief passage‚ one can make the assumption of how Chillingworth and Hester are secluded from the world‚ but so close to each other. This is shown through many literary devices such as‚ extended metaphors‚ imagery‚ and diction. You may be saying to yourself‚ “What is an extended
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Essay #2: Argument Analysis Choose one of the memoirs that we have read in class: Cofer’s “The Myth of the Latina Woman‚” Tan’s “Mother Tongue‚” or Barrientos’ “Se Habla Espanol.” While each of these narratives discusses a personal‚ meaningful experience in the author’s life‚ the texts also present a position on an issue. Write an essay that analyzes the argument presented by the author in the text; do NOT use any outside material for this essay. We are understanding the text’s argument
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of Making Connections. Points Received: 1 of 1 Comments: Question 5. Question : The ________________ is what the word suggests or implies and gives words an emotional impact. Student Answer: Denotation Synonym Vernacular CORRECT Connotation Instructor Explanation: The answer can be found in Section 4.5 of Making Connections. Points Received: 1 of 1 Comments: Question 6. Question : ____________________
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be. New Historicism is not a concept‚ it’s a method. Text can be analyzed to mean anything using Structuralism‚ because Structuralism says there are infinite amount of meanings anything can have depending on the group of words and their denotations and connotations. “New Historicism rejects this periodization of history in favor of ordering history only through the interplay of forms of power”(Ed. New Historicism takes the infinite meanings and uses the ones that tell the subaltern’s point of view
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1. Question : The ________________ of language helps you to form your identity or sense of self. Student Answer: Personal function Interactional function Ritual function Heuristic function Instructor Explanation: The answer can be found in Section 4.2 of Making Connections. Points Received: 1 of 1 Comments: Question 2. Question : ____________________ is the primary code humans use to communicate. Student Answer: Jargon Interpersonal communication Language
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attribution error‚ impression management strategies: (affinity-seeking‚ credibility‚ self-handicapping‚ self-deprecating‚ self-monitoring‚ influencing‚ and confirming strategies). Week 5 – Chapter 5: social construction of reality‚ bypassing‚ denotation‚ connotation‚ (in)assertiveness vs. aggressiveness‚ (dis)confirmation‚ facework: face‚ face threats‚ face needs‚ negative/positive face‚ face dilemma‚ corrective/predictive facework‚ types of disclaimers‚ elements of apologies‚ politeness: directness/indirectness;
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happens to a dream deferred? Deferred‚ defined by The New American Webster Dictionary‚ means to put off‚ delay or postpone something to a later date. Poetry is filled with many different aspects of poetic language just a few of them being‚ connotation‚ denotation‚ metaphors‚ similes and imagery. This poem‚ by Langston Hughes is one of many thatis filled with these different types of poetic language and spikes the ears‚ eyes and imagination into painting a picture of what the poet was feeling. A dream
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