How to Write Vivid Descriptions What do you smell? What do you taste? What do you see? What do you here? What might you touch or feel? Remember: avoid simply telling us what something looks like—tell us how it tastes‚ smell‚ sound‚ or feels Planning and Drafting the Description 1. (if your choosing your own topic) Select one that is familiar. 2. For each potential topic that surfaces‚ ask yourself this questions a) What do I want to accomplish by writing this description?
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Lauren McFadden ENG 1013 Lindsay Penn 05 February 2013 Vivid Imagery of “The Black Cat” The use of vivid imagery in “The Black Cat” by Edgar Allan Poe is one of the most fascinating aspects of this story to me. Poe shapes the mood of suspense using language‚ symbols‚ and the supernatural in such a dark and intriguing way. These three things create a sense of foreshadowing‚ which helps set the stage for the reader and navigates the path from one shocking event to the next. Poe’s
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The Battle of Passchendaele encapsulates the very essence of World War One perfectly‚ being a vivid picture of the absolute chaos that had occurred. The Canadian Corps‚ a fighting formation 100‚000 strong was ordered to the Passchendaele front in October of 1917. It was seen as an impossible battle to the commander of the Canadian Corps‚ it was likely that the fight‚ even if won‚ wouldn’t be worth the expenses. The commander-in-chief of the British army was desperate for a symbolic victory‚ so the
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1. Figurative Language: I-) Metaphors: *The storm of grief: If someone has a storm of grief‚ they cry loudly‚ uncontrollably and for a long time. *Physical exhaustion that haunted her body: Here the writer is trying to say that the exhaustion was all over her body. *Breath of the rain: It means that you can feel the rain. *Monstrous joy: Here it is meant that the joy was so strong that it seized her body. (The qualities of a monster) ıı-) there aren’t any idioms in this text. ııı-) Symbols:
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experiments successions of visions‚ thoughts‚ sounds‚ emotions or sensations while is asleep. It mostly occurs during the rapid eye movement (REM) phase when limb muscles are temporarily paralyzed. Dreams throughout REM tend to be more bizarre and vivid than those happening during other stages of sleep. Although dreaming has been widely investigated‚ we still cannot answer exactly what its purpose is. It exists a wide variety of theories from different fields that tries to explain why we dream. There
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1. The first example is on line 17. It reads: “Reason burns a brighter fire‚ which the bones”. The next example is on line 21. It reads: “It is the light at the center of every cell.” The last example is on line 22. It reads: “It is what sent the snake coiling and flowing forward” 2. A) The first example is on line 20. It reads: “But this morning the shoe-box house on the back porch is empty.”
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Language Paper Michelle Langmesser Psy-360 June 6‚ 2010 Eboni Sheilds Definition of Language “Many definitions of language have been suggested. An English Phonetician and language scholar‚ Henry Sweet stated‚ Language is the expression of ideas by means of speech-sounds combined into words. Words are combined into sentences‚ this combination answering to that of ideas into thoughts” (language‚ 2010). The American linguists George L. Trager and Bernard Bloch have the following definition
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English has been used in many different ways since we ever started speaking it. Now as we move into the future‚ English has and still will be used as an international language. Why is it considered so? Also how did this come about? There are changes ongoing that affect English as a language‚ such as employment opportunities and why it is important for any potential employer wishing to employ someone. It is also used by professionals who are at work each day‚ on travel‚ or work-related matters. English
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The play Crucible presented a unique example to what is portrayed in our class for expression of speech. With the same attributes‚ it surely does depict a professional manner of relaying information and conveying it to the audience without the action as one would display if they had no experience in speech. What I did notice in the play was the body language and speech pattern which I could recognize and judge thanks to what I learned in speech. To sum up their performance‚ I believe they did do
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Evolution of Language LaKenya Jackson ENG/380 March 07‚ 2012 Bernard Bongang Evolution of Language “The evolution of the English language includes many changes‚ at the same time that more people in the world are using some version of English to communicate internationally‚ new jargons are emerging”(Rowe & Levine‚ 2009‚ Chapter 12) . Although some languages are disappearing‚ new languages are submerging and coming to the forefront
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