Station’ by Elizabeth Bishop is a very interesting poem. It is fairly short and devoid of strong emotions. To give a brief synopsis of the poem‚ a third person omniscient narrator is describing a father and his ‘several quick and saucy sons’ running a filling station. She moves from describing them to describing the station itself‚ complete with furniture‚ a ‘dirty dog’ and plants. The poem then changes tone to reflection of why the station is the way it is‚ and is concluded by a very poignant
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of his anecdotes‚ in line 10 “can I help you with that bag” McIntyre uses the prosodic of deeper tone of voice to stress the point he is making about the man he is describing. Also in the lines 9 and 10 he uses facial expressions paralinguistic features that also help to bring his anecdote to life and show the character he is describing. Although he comes across as calm and presents himself well through his movement and speech‚ sometimes throughout his anecdotes he mess up and he repairs himself
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descriptive language to pull the reader into the painting (2) "quality of the draughtsmanship‚ the brush strokes in thin oils‚ had a Renaissance beauty‚ but the fearful and compelling thing about the picture was its modernity" Rhetorical Question (3) Describing her "safety zone"‚ using books as a symbol (4) Discrediting herself (4) - ethos Rhetorical Question (5) Build up her credibility: ethos (6) Symbol of foreign city as artwork. Personifying the foreign city "No one is surprised to find that
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strengths. Which of them do you believe you use most frequently? Were the results of your assessment consistent with your expectations? Explain. What did you find particularly surprising or interesting about the results? Write a self-reflection describing the results you agree with‚ and those you do not. Explain why you are in agreement and in disagreement. Attach a copy of your results summary from the StrengthsFinder 2.0 Assessment to this assignment. Complete and submit your assignment as an
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were unproductive and were just extra mouths to feed. Overall‚ the younger generation realized they had wronged their elders. As stated by Source 2‚ the main character is very old and is aging fast as time goes by. The folk tale starts off by describing “ His legs would not carry him‚ his eyes could not see‚ his ear could not hear‚ and he was toothless.” The old
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Hall describes how Britain’s formal imperial rule shaped the political views of many of the people. One of the arguments that I found to be the strongest was how the beauty of a black woman is perceived; as it is only seen as valuable when servicing someone else. She uses a mixture of logos and pathos to explain the historical significance of the engagement. There is reference to history‚ while also including the scrutiny faced by women of
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early twenties - Professional identity: student‚ sales associate Cultural Identity: American Ethnic Identity: Canadian/American 2. What are the key dimensions of the cultural-ethnic identity typological model (82)? Is this model helpful for describing your identity? Why or why not? The key dimensions of the cultural-ethnic identity typological model are 1. Ethnic oriented identity: are those who identify strongly with ethnic traditions and vales and weakly with the values and norms of the
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who is discussing a married couple 2. Which of the following best describes the author’s approach to depicting the story’s main characters? (CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.3) a. Describing how the characters are viewed by other people b. Using dialogue between a husband and wife c. Putting the reader in the wife’s place d. Describing particular personality traits 3. The statements made by the husband in the passage reveal (CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.3) a. A man with ulterior and sinister motives b. A plain
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dull‚ dark‚ and soundless day‚ […] when the clouds hung oppressively…”(1001)‚ which starts putting a picture in reader’s minds of a gloomy day. The setting really makes the story scary because if someone were to write‚ one bright‚ sunny day…‚ then the story would not seem scary. When he starts describing the House of Usher “…the bleak walls‚ […] the vacant eye-like windows‚ […] white trunks of decayed trees” (1001) makes the house seem eerie and mysterious. Poe also describes the dungeon that they
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them.” Pg 166 Darla “But unlike thunder‚ this didn’t stop. It went on and on‚ machine-gun style‚ as if Zeus had loaded his bolts into an M60 with an inexhaustible ammo crate.” Pg 204 Alex “The next few hours were‚ well‚ how to describe it? Ask someone to lock you in a box with no light‚ nobody to talk to‚ and then have them beat on it with a tree limb to make a hideous sound. Do that for hours‚ and if you’re still not bat-shit crazy‚ you’ll know how we felt.” Pg 286 Alex “I wanted‚ needed to
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