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    1. Allegory – a continuous parallel between two (or more) levels of meaning in a story‚ so that its persons and events correspond to their equivalents in a system of ideas or a chain of events external to the tale. 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

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    The Joan Scott reading. Deconstructing Equality-Versus Difference: or‚ the uses of Poststructuralist theory for Feminism‚ starts out talking about the thought behind theory and the need for a theory behind the woman’s feminism movement. “We need theory that can analyze the workings of patriarchy in all its manifestations- ideological‚ institutional‚ organizational‚ subjective- accounting not only for continuous but also for change over time.” (pg 33). She basically is stating that we need theory

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    Second‚ in his essay about Hell‚ Joyce uses intensive imagery to create a scenery of Hell. Imagery is the figurative language that is most prominent in this passage. Without it‚ describing what hell looks like is useless. For example‚ in paragraph six‚ Joyce gives a description of the sensation of hellfire. He states “Every sense of the flesh is tortured eternally and every faculty of the soul therewith: the eyes with impenetrable utter darkness‚ the nose noisome odor‚ the ears with yells‚ howls

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    first-person narrative‚ and is describing a situation of a scene at the trenches during the World War One. It is probably the poet himself talking from his own experience. Dulce Et Decorum Est‚ meaning "It is sweet and right"‚ is formed with many figurative languages and structural devices. It’s structured out with four stanzas. The layout of this poem takes a huge part building up the mood and the tone. The first stanza describes the condition of the soldiers: exhausted‚ sick‚ and in danger of having shells

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    The poem ‘O’ sweet Caramel’ is a ballad poem that tells a love story. This poem seems like a love story to a caramel‚ which is snack. But the truth is that it is a love story that happened to me to a person‚ not a caramel. Reader will find it hard to know that caramel is a human‚ but there are some points that explain that caramel is human. To talk about the content of this poem‚ it is loves story that girl falling in love with caramel but because it was so popular it was gone. After I found caramel

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    In the Holocaust memoir Night‚ Elie Wiesel communicates the horrors of his journey from Sighet as an innocent‚ passionate child to his time spent at the Auschwitz concentration camps facing a harsh reality. Through the use of diction and syntax‚ Wiesel emphasizes the deterioration of the Jewish prisoners’ emotional and physical conditions. Within the first five chapters‚ Wiesel utilizes terminology to present the Jewish background of Sighet‚ as well as his own passion towards worship. For example

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    Throughout life‚ inspirational lessons dwell at every corner with that golden opportunity to take those lessons and inspire others. Speeches are excellent ways to teach lessons and motivate listeners since the speaker has the freedom to add emotion to their voices and also add dramatic pauses that create suspense within the crowd of onlookers. However‚ stories can lack that emotion the voice of a speaker gives it. So‚ author’s use different styles of writing such as varied sentence length for the

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    Out of all the other chapters‚ it’s easy to label Andrew with those titles you mentioned‚ but with this last chapter‚ there’s nowhere to place him! It’s sad! To me‚ he genuinely sounds reliable‚ oddly. It’s as if the world is asleep‚ and “protector” and “pretender” are the same thing to him— the reason I can’t pinpoint anything. I skimmed through Fish. Don’t know Greenblatt. Big fan of Barthes. Of course‚ I think about the author and what they’re striving to illustrate. But why can’t I _still_

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    Although I believe this moving to be keeping with the spirit of who Joan was‚ there are several aspects of the film that are either altered‚ or all together inaccurate. Some events have been added or altered. A few of the characters’ roles in the story have either been changed or exaggerated. Overall‚ the film fairly accurate‚ but still leaves a bit to be desired. In the film‚ Joan is shown having Mother Babette‚ a nun she met at Vaucouleurs‚ accompany her throughout her travels‚ but‚ in reality

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    Something that stands out about his use of figurative language is that nine times out of ten he uses it to describe nature. For example‚ Faulkner uses a simile to show that an entire day has passed in only 1 ½ pages. He uses the position of the sun to show that it is already evening. “The sun‚ an hour above

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