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    In the novel Roll of Thunder‚ Hear My Cry many characters took risks the two that stick out in my head the most is of papa and TJ. TJ didn’t study for a test so he wondered his eyes about until he saw some answers on a nearby classmates answer sheet. He could of suffered the consequence of failing the test and only getting into a little trouble with his parents but he got caught cheating‚ since he was a colored child he was thrown out of school. Throughout this‚ whole novel TJ has

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    My Language Map Children need language awareness to open their horizons. Exposing children to a large variety of languages is extremely important because languages play a huge part in forming a person’s identity. Children may also encounter a range of languages in everyday life‚ so it would be beneficial for children to have some awareness of other languages in addition to understanding their own mother tongue. ‘The languages and experiences they brought to the classroom were genuinely valued

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    The Dictionary defines language as a body of words and the systems for their use common to a people who are of the same community or nation‚ the same geographical area‚ or the same cultural tradition. Based on this definition wouldn’t it make sense for different generations to have differences in their language because they are apart of different cultural differences amongst one another? My generation consistently gets a bad wrap for being too vulgar‚ too curt‚ too disrespectful‚ and too controversial

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    English Assignment MY LANGUAGE PROFILE. Introduction Language is the way in which we communicate. We express our feelings‚ emotion and thoughts. Language has two certain forms. No. 1‚ written Form‚ and no. 2‚ verbal form. Both of these forms are necessary to have a control over a language. We learn language in two ways. Such as‚ reading and listening. But to have a good control over a language we also need to know‚ how to write and

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    In a typical and ideal parent child relationship‚ the parent loves their child. Sappho’s poem “Sleep‚ Darling” portrays through allusion and figurative language that the speakers daughter is very precious to them. The speaker has “a small/ daughter” (1‚2) named “Kleis” (3). In Greek‚ this name means ’a key’. Keys often symbolize release or the opening of things hence freedom. Thus this line entails that the speaker feels liberated from the rest of the world through their daughter. This is

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    Tyger? by William Blake is about curiosity and asks where we came from and who made us who we are. William Blake was a very serious writer‚ but he still included diction‚ syntax‚ figurative language‚ and imagery. All of these together created the author’s reflective tone. Blake used a lot of figurative language throughout the poem. When he said‚ ?What the hammer?? he was not actually asking what made us the way we are. Another example was when he asked‚ ?On what wings dare he aspire?? he

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    were established were followed without doubt. The story of Papa and Wakea is the means the way of life the people and was what made up the kapu system. Kame’eleihiwa says that Wakea and Papa are responsible for creating Hawai’i and all that inhabit it. They first created the islands that make up Hawai’i. Their creations did not stop there‚ together they made a human daughter‚ Ho’ohokukalani. Papa was very angry and left onto other suitors. Papa and Wakea eventually got back to together but what happened

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    written by Katie Alender has rich author’s craft. This book uses descriptive languagefigurative language‚ and symbolism to express a person’s ability to see what others don’t and how it frightens her. In the book‚ Alender uses figurative language to show how frightened she becomes at those overwhelming moments. This connects to the idea that fear could lead to being overwhelmed or the other way around. Figurative language helps the reader visualize what’s going on in an over-exaggerated manner.

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    Papa's Waltz and Digging

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    My Papa’s Waltz” and “Digging” In “My Papa’s Waltz” by Theodore Roethke and “Digging” by Seamus Heaney‚ both the poems are about the poet’s relationship with their father when they were young. Both fathers work as laborers and both poets appreciates their father for their hard work‚ but they have a distant relationship with them. In “My Papa’s Waltz”‚ the poet mentions that his father’s hand have a battered knuckle on one hand and a palm caked hard by dirt which shows that his father probably

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    view is coming from a loving‚ and tender place. He admires Helen’s existence‚ and continues to praise her. On the other hand‚ H.D. speaks of Helen in a disdainful and negative way. These poems articulate these messages through the use of figurative language. In the poem ‚ "To Helen"‚ Poe praises Helen and conveys her as an angelic individual. He emphasizes her looks through imagery and he describes her "hyacinth hair"‚ and "classic face"‚ as he compares her beauty to that of Ancient Greece‚

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