imagery‚ setting‚ and diction. This story catches you off guard with a sudden twist and changes your emotions a full 180 degrees; as you start to realize the severity of the situation and the times. At the beginning of the story‚ Walker utilizes diction that creates an atmosphere of childhood innocence. Myop‚ the main character‚ "skipped lightly." Walker describes the harvests‚ which demonstrates "excited little tremors" in Myop as she anticipates the new day. This diction continues into
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another battle. Queen Elizabeth shaped her argument to reinforce her right to rule as well as to invigorate the troops for a battle against the mighty Spanish Armada. The Queen’s use of diction and rhetoric successfully removed any doubt in her leadership and invigorated the soldiers. Queen Elizabeth’s use of diction was precise as well as purposeful. There was no word that was misplaced‚ and she chose them carefully. She emphasized her respect for the soldiers
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Hawthorne uses an evil register of diction and repetition to establish Chillingworth as the antagonist of Dimmesdale. A. “...It grew to be a widely diffused opinion that the Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale‚ like many other personages of especial sanctity in all ages of the Christian world was haunted either by Satan himself‚ or Satan’s emissary in the guise of old Roger Chillingworth.(Hawthorne‚ 116) 1. Hawthorne uses an evil register of diction in the words “haunted” and “Satan”
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In Man’s Search for Meaning‚ Viktor Frankl’s use of diction‚ syntax‚ tone‚ and imagery throughout this first-hand account is thorough‚ serious‚ and sarcastic at some points. However‚ it lacks the horrific imagery of concentration camps during the Holocaust to make the point of how his life there led to his success of Logotherapy more straightforward. The diction within Frankl’s book shows many degrading words said by the Capos‚ they oversaw the inmates barracks‚ towards him and the other inmates
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people in America. Unfortunately‚ because of overcrowding‚ exploitation‚ and poverty‚ their dream of a better life was delayed. Many poems written by Langston Hughes‚ an African American poet‚ reflect this situation. Hughes uses intense tone and diction to aid in the unearthing of the tribulations of the blacks in North America at the time period of the 20th century. These situations are most evident in the poems A dream deferred‚ and dream variation. In the poem "A Dream Deferred"‚ Hughes uses
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Kennedy’s speech is extremely confident‚ driven‚ and determined with a youthful energy that lasts throughout. This is developed by his use of rhetorical strategies such as declarative sentences‚ antithesis‚ asyndeton‚ and metaphorical and formal diction. He also uses short paragraphs and sentences to his advantage. One of the most important rhetorical tools used in Kennedy’s speech was the use of declarative sentences. The inaugural address is the first speech given by a new president and must
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became under the influence of Ezra Pound. Pound recognized Eliot’s poetic talent and assisted in many of his publications and influenced his work. What stood out to Pound was‚ perhaps‚ Eliot’s distinct style of writing created from his intense use of diction and lengthy sentences that often derived from metaphors. Eliot is known to write with long sentences‚ many of which continue throughout a whole stanza. These longer sentences are typically extended metaphors or involve a metaphysical way of
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Margaret Shuff Mrs. Siegfried AP Language and Composition 12 May 2012 Chinese Cinderella- Analysis The most persuasive and intriguing aspect of an author’s stylistic choices are within the schemes‚ tropes‚ diction and syntax. Adeline Yen Mah‚ author of Chinese Cinderella‚ paints an authentic picture of her childhood in twentieth-century China; Mah’s childhood‚ fraught with painful memories and bad luck‚ accentuates her strength and courage and ultimate triumph over despair. Mah’s stylistic
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Julius Caesar Group Project: Analyzing Diction on Marc Antony’s Speech 1. Overall I would classify Marc Antony’s speech as largely monosyllabic as a whole in length. This took a much longer time to decide than it did of Brutus’ speech‚ this could be that Antony is a smarter and nobler person or that it’s just how Julius Caesar constructed the speech to persuade the crowd. One of the lines that demonstrate a great use of one syllable would be “My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar and I
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negative diction. In the first stanza we see list of verbs such as “stop”‚ “prevent”‚ “silence”. Yet all these verbs indicate an end of something representing the end of one’s life together with their love. We do encounter verbs such as “bring out” and “let…come” which would normally indicate beginning of something new. Yet in this poem these verbs have a negative meaning since the nouns attached to them are “coffin” and “mourners”. As for another aspect of diction‚ poet uses sensuous diction referring
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