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    Should Students be Punished for Pictures Posted on the Internet? As a teen‚ I do post my fair share of public photos on the internet and social networking sites‚ though my school was never contacted to pursue any action on the photos regardless of what things were in them‚ being illegal or against the school’s academic contracts/requirements. The students at Eden Prairie High School have had a different experience with their school’s administration. Thirteen students who signed an athletic contract

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    chosen form of text to explore their concerns within the world. Throughout the poem The Late Ferry by Robert Gray the type of journey is seen to be long-term‚ emotional‚ confronting and challenging for individuals. Shaun Tan’s The Red Tree uses journey as being long-term‚ personal‚ confronting‚ emotional and mental. These are recognized by the usage of symbolism and metaphors. Robert Grays The Late Ferry contains a large amount of symbolism through the duration of the poem. The symbolism is what

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    sitting in a theater”‚ said Roman Polanski. This quote is saying that when a person goes to the movies he should not only feel like he is watching it but that he is experiencing it. The short story “Moving Pictures” is the perfect example for putting into words what this quote means. “Moving Pictures” is about this writer that just got his big break and a producer asked him to rewrite his book for a movie. The timeline of the story goes back and forth from past to the present. When the speaker is in

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    THE ‘PREFACE’ TO LYRICAL BALLADS AADED TO THE SECOND EDITION OF LB IN 1800 IN PUTS FORWARD WORDSWORTH’S THEORY OF POETIC DICTION Wordsworth’s purpose‚ as he tells in the Preface was‚ “to choose incidents and situations from common life”‚ and quite naturally‚ he also intended to use‚ “a selection of language‚ really used by men”. He was to deal with humble and rustic life and so he should also use the language of the rustics‚ farmers‚ shepherds who were to be the subjects of his poetry. The language

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    Emily Dickinson's Diction

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    "I’m Nobody! Who are you?" is a case of one of Dickinson’s all the more interesting sonnets‚ yet the comic drama is not just for delight. Or maybe‚ it contains a gnawing parody of people in general circle‚ both of the general population figures who have the advantage of it‚ and of the masses who license them to. Dickinson’s light tone‚ silly voice‚ and welcome to the peruser to be on her side‚ nonetheless‚ keep the sharp edge of the parody from cutting too stingingly. This sonnet derides the claims

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    In the first line of the octave‚ it opens with the speaker immediately introducing himself as a man facing blindness projecting a sense of uncertainty on how he lived his life prior to this detrimental ailment as well as expressing fear of his perhaps endangered soul. In line 2 “Ere half my days‚ in this dark world and wide‚” Milton’s dictation “dark world and wide” illustrate a place of despair voiced by the speaker. The expression “world and wide” is alliteration which emphasizes on the devastating

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    Darkness by Joseph Conrad‚ the author effectively portrays the Congo River as an inhospitable location unfit for human existence. Through Conrad’s diction‚ syntax and detail of the environment‚ the author reveals a great deal of psychological stress‚ due to the hostile environment‚ which leads to physical anguish. Through the author’s usage of oppressive diction‚ the author illustrates a hostile environment where society and humanity are devoid‚ and in effect expresses how the environment dominates Conrad’s

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    Carol Ann Duffy Diction

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    but Duffy’s insight on love and unconventional way of perceiving love is what makes the poem Valentine interesting. She presents her ideas by using a range of different poetic devices such as‚ choosing a distinct form and structure‚ using powerful diction and effectively using an extended metaphor throughout the poem. Duffy begins her poem in an unusual manner as compared to other love poems would usually begin; this is because she sets an unromantic

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    Comparison of "The Conciliation"‚ 1840 and "The National Picture‚ 1985 Both ‘The Conciliation’ and ‘The National Picture’ represent different views of European and Aboriginal Australian relations. ‘The Conciliation’ depicts a white male in uniform in the centre of the frame. He is surrounded by 15 indigenous people‚ most of whom looking towards him. The indigenous people are of mixed gender‚ hold spears in their hands‚ some with beads around their necks and are all scantily clad. The painting

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    In Emily Dickinson’s poem‚ “I’m Nobody! Who are you?” Dickinson uses several different literary techniques that capture the reader’s attention and trigger an emotional response. First of all‚ Emily Dickinson chose to use informal diction in this poem. Informal diction is the use of informal‚ conversational language‚ or slang to give the poem

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