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    alliteration anymore. The writer Riley Frost says that poetry is lost in translation. Poetry is a good example for the use of connotations. A connotation is defined as a meaning of a word or phrase that is suggested or implied‚ as opposed to a denotation‚ or literal meaning. It is a characteristic of words or phrases‚ or of the contexts that words and phrases are used in. If

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    comm 210 notes for final

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    Go to chapter 5/6/7 on the multiple choice questions I send you Chapter 3: Business Style: Word Choice‚ Conciseness‚ and Tone I. Word choice Plain style: style of writing that places value on simplicity‚ directness and clarity. -use common everyday words except for necessary technical terms. -use reasonable sentence lengths -use active-voice verbs and phrasal verbs ( active-voice verbs show who or what performs an action/ phrasal verbs are simple and informal‚ continuing verbs =>work out instead

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    The Faithful Wife: point of view "The Faithful Wife"‚ written by Barbara L. Greenberg‚ uses first-person narration to depict the style‚ language‚ and theme of the poem. By using first-person narration‚ Barbara Greenberg was able to portray events and ideas very persuasively to the reader. In addition‚ this first-person narrator creates dramatic irony concerning the title in reference to the body of the poem. The reader from the start is aware of the point of view that the poem is being told

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    the imagination. "A speck that would have been beneath my sight" (Line 1) The speaker introduces the poem in a captivating manner‚ indicating to the reader that something was about to occur‚ an object or creature - hence the word speck and its denotation: "A slight but appreciable addition" and "a tiny piece of anything" (Websters.com). The writer’s level of appreciation for

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    In both Allen Ginsberg’s poem “First Party at Ken Keseys with Hells Angels” and Chapter 3 of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby‚ there are scenes of an exclusive‚ extravagant‚ fun party. Both writers employ a series of literary techniques in order to help convey their theme. The use of characterization and establishment of the setting of their parties in both works help depict a common theme that everything is not as it seems. This is shown in Kesey’s poem through his imagery when establishing

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    Yes‚ empathy with other human beings can provide a basis for morality because empathy is defined as the ability to understand and share feelings with another and morality is defined as the a particular system of values and principles of conduct. Therefore‚ empathy is the motivation for morality. David Hume‚ the author of “A Treatise of Human Nature”‚ was a Scottish philosopher that believed the “good of man kind is the only object of laws and regulations”. Hume is considered one of the greatest philosophers

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    Introduction ‘New words in a genre.’ is chosen to be the topic for this mini research paper. All the analysis and evaluations done on the new words chosen in a specific area will be based on the use of various corpora‚ online concordancers‚ dictionaries and search engines. This research paper will investigate the selected new words in terms of its morphological structure‚ frequency of use‚ generated meanings and prediction on the acceptance in dictionaries with the analysis on the FUDGE factors

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    Part 1: Scansion and Analysis She began to publish her work with in the early 1900’s century. The theme of the poem is most often of love‚ betrayal‚ sadness and loss. The cause of mistreated children and as her travel to Europe‚ she noticed that the children are been mistreated not taking care of and feeling neglect. This poem is a poor orphan girl who had nothing in life. But try to give to kids that needed that most with no clothes on their back‚ no shoes on their feet. This poem has brought me

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    that time‚ Kiam-Kim just 9 years old‚ his child’s mind wants everyone in peace but not in war. But in fact‚ there are so many wars in China. Not only between Chinese people but also between China and Japan. When he asks his father about what these denotation is for‚ his father tells him that is for all Chinese people including the people who is fighting with another Chinese people. Because of the hatred of Japan‚ his father never wants to give anything to Japan. That proves that he will never help his

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    general thing.” once said Robert E. Howard. This quote is related to many historical documents due to the different connotation of the word civilized in each individual story. The reader can interpret the writer’s text differently than the actual denotation. In passages such as the Dawes act and Charles Lummis‚ Native people experience the trials and tribulations of another racial interpretation of the word civilized. In the nineteenth century‚ when trying to conform to the white mans view of civilization

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