The war poets Wilfred Owen‚ Robert Binyon and Alec Waugh make powerful use of language features to not only portray their views on war‚ but to intensify the reader’s emotions as well. Binyon uses euphemism to glorify war‚ and in essence‚ serve his propagandist purpose in the poem For the Fallen. However‚ both Owen and Waugh use graphic‚ hard hitting language to reveal the gruesome truth of war through the poems Dulce et Decorum Est and Cannon Fodder. The poem For the Fallen by Robert Binyon was
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Once again Hillenbrand uses her stylistic imagery. Here‚ like many other times‚ she tries to appeal to emotions by describing how physically pathetic Louie has become. However‚ Louie’s interior monologue makes a statement that narration can not quite capture. The analogy comparing his current state to that of a “dead body breathing” provides insight to Louie’s mindset after capture. While he recognizes that he miraculously alive through his personification of a dead body‚ his state is far from acceptable
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get out of trouble and minimize the case. Also‚ after 9/11 terrorist attack‚ the definition of torture is changed to conceal truth so that the public is convinced the United States is not torturing people. Using euphemism to cover up distasteful reality‚ and applying inflated language are able to alter the actual image of unfavorable things. For examples‚ “pacification” hides the real terror of bombing and killing everyone in sight
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Kaitlin So English 28A Instructor Godden October 27‚ 2014 “Next to of course god America I” E.E. Cummings was very interested in modernist poetry. This is a satirical poem – which consisted of sarcasm and mockery against people encouraging the act of patriotism in others. The poem is unique because has two main speakers. “Next to of course god America I” by E.E. Cummings is a traditional sonnet because it consists of fourteen lines. The poem also contains enjambment because of the run-on sentences
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manner‚ adding a slightly biased tone to his/her article. For‚ firstly‚ the short paragraphs use a lot of emotive language such as‚ „Bitama grabbed an Irish potato“‚ „the man was forced to take off his shirt“ and „no one bothered“. Secondly‚ a few euphemisms can be spotted: „people’s president“ along with some vague language that is mostly common in tabloid articles („about 100 posters“‚ „met a man“). The full assemblage of the latter is presumably used to create a certain feeling of ridicule of Paddy
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The same counts for the passage indicated. Solzhenitsyn strongly emphasises how the prisoners were seen as inferiors- a fact that can be derived from the euphemism he uses to indicate the latter. He calls all prisoners by their numbers‚ pointing out that the prisoners are nothing more than insignificant parts of a whole. "Beyond him‚ prisoner B-219 opposite him sat Kh-123 " (p.69) By mentioning how Tsezar does
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In this passage from Jon Krauaker’s Into Thin Air‚ Jon Krauaker does not display the sense of accomplishment that one would expect from achieving such a difficult endeavor. He really displays a sense of grief and dissatisfaction from what he had accomplished. For taking a risk as life threatening as this‚ in Krauaker’s eyes‚ he couldn’t possibly be proud of what he had done when so many men had lost their lives during the same excursion that he journeyed on. Throughout this novel‚ Jon Krauaker
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the impact of war‚ and the devastation it can cause; Owen’s powerful account of the effect of war on the soldiers‚ and Kirkup’s poignant description of the destruction of Hiroshima‚ is in stark contrast to McCrae’s patriotic language and use of euphemism in the poem "In Flanders Fields. Written from personal experience of war with Owen and McCrae‚ and by Kirkup from having explored the city of Hiroshima years after the devastation‚ the difference in language illustrates the different perceptions
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[pic] LITHUANIAN UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATIONAL SCIENCES FACULTY OF PHILOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH PHILOLOGY STYLISTIC FEATURES OF HUMOROUS DISCOURSE IN “THE FOURTH HAND’’ BY JOHN IRVING Course Paper in BA English Philology Programme Academic advisor: (signature)
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5 Purpose and inferred purpose 5 Supporting ideas 5 Tone 5 Underlying values 5 Things that go together 5 Literary Devices 6 Amplification 6 Analogy 6 Antithesis 6 Archetype 6 Characterization 6 Conflict 6 Connotation 7 Euphemism 7 Foil 7 Foreshadowing 7 Hyperbole 7 Humor 7 Imagery 7 Irony 8 Metaphor 8 Mood 8 Oxymoron 8 Paradox 8 Point of View 8 Satire 8 Setting 9 Suspense 9 Symbol 9 Tone 9 Notes 10 Elements of Analysis Analyze To analyze
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