Though no one was a native to the down the teacher was suddenly different because of what side of the state she was raised in Pg. 21 Figurative Language: Maycomb was an old town‚ but it was a tired old town when I first knew it. The author is describing the small town of Maycomb (in Scout’s perspective) as a tired old town‚ which justifies that back in the previous years the town had more life/excitement
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Ethan A. Proffitt ENG 243 Phil Ferguson 11-17-14 Sonnet 130 William Shakespeare’s 130th sonnet is perhaps the most intriguing and conceptually bizarre. The majority of his sonnets on the subject of women detail how lovely and fair they are‚ or how he is unable to serenade them (often because of a superior man); this particular example is an utter contradiction to his other female-based works. The central idea of the speaker here is to describe the appearance of his love interest to someone else‚
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Context – “’The story is‚ there was one‚ just one‚ who ever came back‚ and he told what happened on the train‚ and where the train went and what happened after’”(207). – A Mother’s Tale by James Agee 2. Alliteration – the repetition of the same sounds – usually initial consonants of words or of stressed syllables – in any sequence of neighboring words. Context – “I took my hat‚ and‚ after a four miles’ walk‚ arrived at Heathcliff’s garden gate just in time to escape the first feathery flakes
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Memorial. He argued passionately and powerfully with the help of language strategies. I believe Martin Luther King’s I have a Dream speech uses effective language. Martin Luther King uses clear and memorable language strategies‚ figures of speech‚ and sound devices effectively in his speech‚ “I Have a Dream.” Martin Luther King’s "I have a Dream"speech uses clear and memorable language strategies such as repetition and concrete language effectively. Repetition means‚ "An instance of using a word‚
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ucture/flow/style -figurative language use -how Fitzgerald constructed each novel similarly/differently -theme/setting differences -motifs being similar - HEADINGS FOR EACH OF THESE TOPICS -thesis statement (RQ comparing and contrasting the two different novels )after the background info. Then these topics Background Information on the Author Fitzgerald can usually be associated with the Jazz Age of the 1920s as well as the Great Depression of the 1930s. He proved to be very “versatile”
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Throughout chapter six there are many themes and language features which help to convey the narrative in order to enhance the readers understanding. Themes which are dealt with in chapter six are; aboriginal identity‚ malefemale relationships‚ and the psychological impact of gaol. These themes are shown through language features; such as; diologue‚ colloquial language‚ lyrics‚ and imagery. Firstly‚ the theme of identity is important because it helps the reader understand the attitudes and appearance
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you don’t like the same things as the majority of society. On the other hand‚ some may think that being unique is good and may make someone just a better person in general. The same could be said about the play 12 Angry Men by Reginald Rose and Sonnet 29 by William Shakespeare. Both of these share the same theme that being the odd one out is not always a bad thing. Whether it shows you a new point of view or just teaches you to appreciate things more in life‚ being different from the crowd may be
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death‚ however‚ Dickinson utilizes death as a simple process in human life. She achieves this by creating a tone progression in the speaker‚ beginning with excited hope in disappointed realization‚ through the use of exchange active and passive figurative language and structure patterns. Dickinson basically marks the shift of the speaker’s tone with the lack of action. Then‚ she creates an attitude of excitement and building hopes by indicating the speaker’s complicated sense of detail and the
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Figurative Language Figurative language was used by Margaret Atwood‚ through the persona of Offred‚ to illustrate The Handmaid’s Tale. Figurative Language consists of similes‚ metaphors‚ personification‚ alliteration‚ onomatopoeia‚ hyperbole and idioms. First‚ figurative language can be used to describe different settings. 1. Offred’s experience at night in her bedroom “The heat at night is worse than the heat in daytime. Even with the fan on‚ nothing moves‚ and the walls store up warmth
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English Literature What is a sonnet? A sonnet is a form of poetry‚ which originated in Italy and was created by the Sicilian poet Giacomo da Lentini during the Renaissance. The term sonnet comes from the Italian word sonnetto‚ meaning “little song” and is a poem of fourteen lines‚ which can be broken down into four sections called quatrains. It follows a strict rhyme scheme‚ which is ABAB/CDCD/EFEF/GG. This means that the first and third lines and the second and fourth lines of each quatrain
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