Maxine Hong Kingston is a Chinese-American author‚ born on October 27th‚ 1940‚ in Stockton‚ California. As the child of immigrant parents‚ Kingston endured many difficulties such as discrimination‚ conforming to societal norms‚ and incorporating newly acquired American traditions with her ancestral Chinese ones. Kingston’s father‚ Tom‚ relocated to the United States in 1924‚ leaving Kingston’s mother‚ Yin Lang Hong‚ in Chin. She eventually joined him in 1939. Although‚ Maxine’s father was a well-educated
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by Marcus Zusak‚ the narrator‚ Death‚ tells the life story of a young girl named Liesel Meminger during World War II. He explains the events and challenges Liesel experiences due to Hitler’s words and influence. In this passage‚ the author uses diction‚ imagery‚ and details to help the reader imagine and have a deeper understanding of the events taking place and the character’s thoughts and feelings. This excerpt is from a chapter called‚ The End of the World (Part II)‚ and the author choses specific
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William Shakespeare’s use of language in Sonnet 18 establishes an endearing tone in the poem. Firstly‚ the author uses diction in the text to support this tone of endearingness. For example‚ “But thy eternal summer shall not fade”(9). This entails that he is showing love and saying she is eternal‚ neverending‚ unlike summer. His word choice is enforcing the loving tone of the text. The phrase “shall not fade” further nailing in the idea of eternal love. Secondly‚ William Shakespeare uses specific
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in a peculiar way using intercalary chapters. Every other chapter of the novel is plot‚ while the other half is a descriptive exposition of the lives of farmers during the great depression and the Dust Bowl. Steinbeck incorporates a great use of diction such as parallelism and strong syntax. In chapter five‚ he truly engages these skills to almost set the tone of the novel‚ which appears to be antagonistic and desperate. Steinbeck achieves his purpose of expressing a desolate ambiance by constantly
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author of the article “The Poetry of Edgar Allan Poe” described Poe’s regular tone as‚ “a pervasive tone of melancholy‚” (Zott). This description is accurate for the majority of his poetry‚ for instance‚ “Alone” and “The Black Cat”; nevertheless‚ the diction in “To My Mother” demonstrates how the poem is the exception to Poe’s trite tune. For example‚ Poe wrote‚ “None so devotional as that of ‘Mother‚’ Therefore by that dear
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disdain for the doll is made evident through the drastic changes in tone throughout the piece‚ and the speaker’s use of sentences with many clauses to draw attention to key points. The tone of the piece‚ revealed through the connotations of abstract diction‚ mirrors the speaker’s thoughts towards the doll. The tone of the piece starts pleasant‚ containing words with positive connotations such as “special” and “loving”. This is immediately contrasted with the negative words “revolting” and “frightened”
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In the essay ?No Name Woman? Maxine Hong Kingston tells a story from her Chinese culture‚ of a forgotten aunt whose husband went to America. During his absence the aunt mysteriously became with child. No one in her village questioned her on how the child was miraculously conceived. Instead they attacked her and her family‚ showing their shame for the situation they were unwillingly placed in. Because the aunt is obviously pregnant by someone other than her husband the villagers consider her a threat
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desires and express the potential they have hidden deep inside of them. Whether one uses these words to discriminate and disparage a certain race‚ or instead take the same words to heal‚ save‚ and to fight against justice‚ it all relies on the specific diction used. In many ways‚ the Holocaust was a war fought with words. It relied on mass communication to convey it’s message of hate and to mobilize a nation in it’s service. For example‚ Hitler did indeed understand "the true power of words‚" he knew exactly
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World War 1. Yeats was greatly affected by the events that took place during the war. He lived through a time where there was no faith in God. Yeats depicts a society that has lost its faith in God and is no longer stable. The author uses a dark diction to convey his theme throughout the poem. For example “The falcon cannot hear the falconer”(line 2) visualizes someone being lost. He uses falcon and falconer to symbolize god and his followers‚ and how they have lost faith in him. “The blood dimmed
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beyond adolescence‚ yet if too abrupt‚ unfamiliar‚ or undesired‚ these moments of awareness may be overwhelming and unsettling. This particular idea is excellently captured in Elizabeth Bishop’s poem “In the Waiting Room” through her use of ominous diction and
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