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    Blake’s Introduction to Songs of Experience‚ the poet uses auditory imagery‚ diction of detachment‚ imagery of darkness and light‚ and diction of renewal in order to portray the speaker or author’s intention to spread the call to salvation to the corrupt society. William Blake uses auditory imagery in order to represent the need to communicate the ‘Holy’ message to other people. This auditory imagery is built diction of sound such as ‘hear’‚ ‘voice’‚ ‘calling’ and ‘weeping’. These choices of word

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    In George Gascoigne’s “For That He Looked Not Upon Her”‚ the speaker’s complex relationship with a lover is revealed through diction‚ imagery‚ and metaphors. Many metaphors are employed within Gascoigne’s poem‚ relating the speaker’s troubles to understandable situations that allow readers to imagine and empathize with the speaker’s situation. With a metaphor consisting of the mouse and bait (lines 5-6)‚ the mouse has been able to escape a trap and fears of being trapped again. This compares to

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    Tone is a tool‚ frequently used in literature that helps a speaker connect the audience to an argument effectively. To fully display a tone within a written piece the speaker needs to use a mixture of literature styles such as diction‚ language‚ and syntax. In the essays “The Joy or Reading and Writing: Superman and Me” by Sherman Alexie‚ “Learning to Read” by Malcolm X‚ and “Learning to Read and Write” by Frederick Douglas‚ the authors use a plethora of writing styles to prove how effective their

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    syntax/diction and fashion. This is important because his work set the standards for new American writers‚ and perfectly described different types of Americans. Firstly‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald’s contribution to American culture was syntax/diction. The reason why a

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    The pages of The Namesake drift across decades effortlessly‚ and suck the reader into the daily lives of two generations: the immigrants: Ashoke and Ashima‚ and their children: Gogol and Sonia. Naturally‚ it is also a chronicle of all their romantic relationships. As we witness their lives unfold before our eyes‚ we see love go right‚ and quite often‚ wrong. This allows for an analysis of the finer details of their personalities‚ their backgrounds‚ and how they affect their endeavors in the new

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    educated man‚ wrote a letter to Thomas Jefferson in 1791 arguing against slavery. Banneker uses several rhetorical techniques including tone‚ allusion‚ diction‚ ethos‚ pathos‚ and counterargument to make his position of the given subject clear and to make Mr. Jefferson change his own opinion about slavery. Banneker uses formal style diction and uses abstract words and ideas to show the vastness of freedom‚ slavery‚ and emotion; like in the phrases‚ “...tranquility which you enjoy...”; “...apprehensions

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    The arrival of Christopher Columbus in the New World gave impetus to an era of Portuguese and Spanish colonization that later established the defining conflicts in Latin America that remain evident up till now – culture clashes‚ religious and military conquest‚ slavery‚ as well as economic exploitation . However‚ beyond these refulgent themes and grand historical events‚ an important topic that is often overlooked is what life was actually like for women in Colonial Latin America. This paper explores

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    HOW TO WRITE: AP Rhetorical Analysis Paragraphs and Essays Things you must know in order to accurately analyze a text: 1. SOAPS 2. Rhetorical Strategies a. Appeals (ethos‚ logos‚ pathos) b. Style (diction‚ syntax‚ details‚ imagery‚ tone‚ etc.) 3. Why did the author choose these strategies for the particular audience‚ occasion‚ and/or purpose? a. This is the analysis part! Without this‚ you are merely summarizing the text. b. Think about these questions: i. HOW do the rhetorical strategies

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    the Viet Cong. This ongoing presence of horror greatly affected surviving soldiers‚ who felt depressed and unworthy of life after witnessing their friends perish. In “The Things They Carried‚” the author Tim O’Brien utilizes imagery‚ symbolism‚ and diction to prove that the items the soldiers carry give them the hope they need in order to block out the brutalities of

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    comfort on earth. Hazlitt employs adverse diction and the layering of evidence through syntax to then further his argument on the necessity of money. Hazlitt’s fatalistic diction exposed to the readers how without money‚ one’s life on earth is rather misfortunate and uncomfortable‚ to say the least. Words such as‚ “despised‚” “exile‚” “rejected‚” and “avoided‚” reveal the bleak lifestyle of a poverty-stricken‚ penniless human being. This pessimistic diction suggests and constructs the awful‚ unhappy

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