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    Tom Walker Theme

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    Theme of The Devil and Tom Walker In Washington Irving’s short story The Devil and Tom Walker‚ greed is shown to be a terrible trait that comes with many negative affects. Revealed by Irving when he introduced the setting‚ Tom Walker lived a miserable life isolated with his untrustworthy wife due to his miserly personality‚ and by this Irving was showing that living a life of greed will ultimately lead to misery. When decisions are being made based on greed and self benefit it will alter one thinking

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    “The Devil and Tom Walker” In “The Devil and Tom WalkerTom Walker and his wife paint a perfect picture of two people who are not meant to be together. In the story they prove that all relationships are not perfect. Tom’s wife had a love affair with herself and her dream was to achieve more wealth causing one major problem with the relationship. The couple does not deserve each other because of the aggravation they cause one another and the greed they have. Tom is more tired of his wife

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    Tom Walker Greed

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    Irving‚ was about a greedy man who made a deal with The Devil for money. The characters are Tom Walker‚ his wife‚ the narrator‚ Old Scratch (the devil incarnate)‚ and Governor Belcher (governor of the colony) are the main characters. Washington Irving used this story to reflect how selfish and greedy people were in New England in the 1720’s. The people were willing to do anything just to be rich. The story didn’t necessarily shape the time period he lived in; the story more reflected what was going on

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    Tom Walker Quetions

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    Date:       Facilitator:       4.01 “The Devil and Tom Walker” Questions Directions: Answer the following questions in complete sentences. (18 points) 1. Who is the author of “The Devil and Tom Walker”?      washington irving 2. What is the setting of the story?      boston Massachusetts country side 3. Whose treasure is buried in the woods?      Deacon Peabody 4. Why didn’t this person come back and get his treasure?      He was under the influnece of the devil 5. What do you think the word miserly

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    FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

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    FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE 5TH GROUP : 1. FA D H I L A A S H A D I 2. H A N A P U T R I A N I 3. S I T I R A H M A YA N T 4. Z H E L D Y O C TA V I A WHAT IS IT?? • Metaphors tend to provoke thought and feeling to a greater extent than more literal descriptions do. Examples :  “My mother’s face curdled” [Metaphor (kiasan)] Curdled : signalled distaste and trepidation. Curdled : The writers express and the readers should work out their meaning; they should be able to imagine.  “My mother grimaced”

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    Experimental Design Title:”A Medicine That Helps Relive Heartburn” Question: How does this medicine helps relieve your heartburn? Research Question: 1. What is heartburn? -what are the causes of heartburn? -what the symptoms? 2. What are the treatments of heartburn? -what medications are available for heartburn? -how do they work? 3. What are antacids? Information/research: Heartburn is the awful burning sensation in your chest or throat‚ usually when acids rise from your stomach‚ and

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    Steven Neale 1/18/00 "The Devil and Tom Walker" by Washington Irving‚ "The Minister’s Black Veil‚" by Hawthorne‚ and The Crucible‚ by Arthur Miller all share similar themes and they all use different genres and forms to help express the story’s theme. The three stories all comment on Puritan beliefs and the nature of man‚ and they deal with the fear of the unknown and not wanting to face the truths. "The Devil and Tom Walker" is a folk tale‚ which uses satire to describe Puritan beliefs. "The

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    At first he tried to pass his stories as real life accounts found in a dead mans dresser. The start of one states that it is real and has been deemed so by collages and some museums. After he saw how much people liked his stories he published all of them in The Sketch Book of Godfred Crayon‚ Gent. This Collection became famous rapidly. They were also successful in England and Europe. Most of his stories have many similarities and differences. Rip VanWinkle and " The Devil and Tom Walker" are two

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    Figurative Language

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    second analyzation for this song I will be using the theory on metaphor and rhetoric‚ but subheading under that I will be using the explanation of figurative and literal language. To analyze how figurative language is used in this song I will explain how a couple lyrics in this song shows the definition of what figurative language is. Figurative language consists of idioms‚ metonymies‚ and metaphors‚ in which it is the use of words that highlight on the unusual or imaginative. Literal meaning is where

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    Figurative Language

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    # 9 Tuesday November 29‚ 2016 Figurative language relates to the use of sentences and phrases in a unconventional non literal way. It impacts your and many others understanding on a short story‚ book or poem. It also changes our perspective on how we think of characters‚ and it even changes our judgement on what it means to be a hero. Many authors use figurative language to make unfamiliar objects and situations more relatable for the reader. Figurative language is more often used in short stories

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