Tone‚ Style‚ and Diction in Hemingway’s “A Clean‚ Well-Lighted Place” Ernest Hemingway’s writing choices are famously in favor of clear and concise language‚ sharply contrasting those of William Faulkner‚ an author who is known to use many fluid descriptions‚ metaphors‚ and similes in order to emphasize certain ideas. Although both Faulkner and Hemingway choose to describe more than just what is plainly written‚ they differ immensely in presentation. Faulkner adheres strictly to his own tradition
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Zora Neale Hurston’s novel‚ “Seraph on the Suwanee" demonstrates the contrast between the famous Suwanee River‚ and the people that live in Sawley town. Hurston use of alliteration and diction make Sawley seem like a beautiful place to those who have never been there. On the other hand she also describes harsh diction and imagery‚ which more accurately depicts what it is like working on the river‚ and characterizes the people working there. In Hurston’s first paragraph she describes Suwanee River as
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introduction – Activity 1 A review of the British Gas Businesses current approach to collating‚ storing and using HR data within the organisation. Findings Below you will find an overview of some of the data that the HR function within British Gas Business collects. Within this report I will identify two reasons why British Gas Business needs to collect HR data‚ and the current methods in which we store the data. I will also briefly touch upon some key legislation which if compliant‚ will reduce
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with many other things. Emma Watsons speech about Gender Inequality informs everyone that it can end with the help from her program HeforShe and everyone supporting it. The speaker (and speech) chose to motivate the youth to improve society by using rhetorical devices and facts and evidence. One rhetorical device used was allusion. The speaker used this to motivate her audience by including a famous female figure that also agrees with Emma’s opinion about gender inequality. Emma says ‚ “Hillary Clinton
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In Edwin Arlington Robinson’s “Richard Cory‚” Robinson employs diction that sets us up to believe that Richard Cory is everything that anyone would want to be. The name “Richard” even sounds of royalty and riches; many kings had the name Richard and the word “rich” is within the name itself. The townspeople view him as “imperially slim‚” as “a gentleman from sole to crown‚” (830) and was even described as “richer than a king” (831). Richard Cory “went downtown” and the townspeople referred to themselves
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In the case of James Smith‚ a burglar that was found guilty of robbing his next door neighbor appealed his case to the Supreme Court based on the premise that his Fourteenth Amendment right to equal protection under the law was violated when evidence the defendant claimed was seized illegally but not excluded from the court process. The case started when the criminal defendant‚ Smith‚ burglarized his next door neighbor’s house. The neighbor being sure Smith was responsible for stealing his belongings
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Analysis of Emma Lazarus’ Statue of Liberty Poem X Maxwell Wallace Maxwell Wallace has been a professional freelance copywriter since 1999. His work has appeared in numerous print and online publications. An avid surfer‚ Wallace enjoys writing about travel and outdoor activities throughout the world. He holds a Bachelor of Science in communication and journalism from Suffolk University‚ Boston. "The New Colossus" is a sonnet by the late American poet‚ Emma Lazarus (1849-1887). 1. Significance
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Emma Watson’s address to the United Nations is extremely effective in drawing people in to her cause of supporting feminism. Watson’s emphasis on equality regardless of gender rather than one gender dominating the other. Her anecdotes about her childhood and decision to call herself a feminist connects with her audience and allows them to understand why they should support gender equality as well. By introducing her draw to feminism with these stories‚ Watson personally connects with the cause and
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In the soliloquy from Shakespeare’s Henry IV‚ Part II‚ King Henry is prodigiously vexed by his inability to sleep. In addressing sleep itself‚ with the use of an apostrophe‚ he hopes to persuade it to fall upon him by asking various rhetorical questions. He pleads with sleep for it to abandon its partiality and bestow upon him some rest‚ as it does upon the commoners. At the end of the passage‚ however‚ his indignation turns into resignation‚ as he realizes that he can do little to alter his situation
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Effectiveness of Diction‚ Ethos‚ and Arrangement in “Don’t Blame the Eater” In his op-ed piece for the New York Times‚ “Don’t Blame the Eater‚” David Zinczenko uses diction‚ ethos‚ and arrangement effectively by using specific words to fit their context‚ building up his credibility through his experiences‚ and arranging his argument to be an easy read. He argues that kids are not completely to blame for unhealthy eating‚ as that lies with the fast food industry as a whole. The problem is a national
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