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    Lincoln expresses a desire to finally end the civil war in order to reunite the country. To accomplish this‚ he uses several unique stylistic elements in his address such as effective use of repetition‚ a religious tone‚ and comprehensible figurative language. Lincoln uses repetition in his inaugural address to notify his countrymen that the Civil War will end soon. He stresses the importance of unity in order to heal the wounds inflicted by the war. “With malice toward none; with charity toward

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    In the book The Hobbit dwarves‚ elves‚ and goblins have already been revealed to us. Each one has a different perspective on things. They act totally different from each other and desire different thing too. Dwarves act in a more simpler way. See dwarves are high spirited and work really hard but depending on the situation they can get a little malicious. In the book when the dwarves were singing the content of the words were small in sized paragraphs. The tone seemed fairly joyful and pretty

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    HOW IS RACE PORTRAYED IN THE HOBBIT BY J.R.R. TOLKIEN? J.R.R. Tolkien began writing The Hobbit in 1930 and it was published in 1937. In 1930s Europe‚ the political climate was turbulent. The Great Depression of the 1930s crippled the world’s economy. The rise of anti-Semitism in the 1930s emphasized its hatred of the Jews as a race and not only the Jewish religion. There were frequent pogroms of Jewish people occurring in Eastern Europe and the rise of Nazism in Germany led to the mass extermination

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    The Hobbit 5 paragraph essay “Soon the goblins had a ring of smoke and flame all round the dwarves‚ a ring which they kept from spreading outwards; but it closed slowly until the running fire was licking the fuel piled under the trees. Smoke was in Bilbo’s eyes‚ he could feel the heat of the flames( even though he was so high up in the trees); and through the reek he could see the goblins dancing round and round in a circle like people round a midsummer bonfire. Outside the ring of dancing warriors

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    I elicited and built on student responses in the video clips by asking students open-ended and follow-up questions that help them promote thinking and develop their abilities to construct meaning from‚ interpret‚ and respond to a complex text. In Video Clip 1‚ at 00:36‚ my question‚ “What are you noticing about the structure of the poem?” was answered correctly by a student so I restated his response in my own words to make sure that everyone heard the answer. At 00:44‚ another student answered the

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    Ethan Frome‚ the tale of a man who has a bleak future‚ bound by his sickly wife‚ is an incredible story written by a doubly incredible author; Edith Wharton. Her novels such as The House of Mirth and The Age of Innocence were masterpieces for the generations who grew up with them. These novels still live on today as remarkable pieces of literature. Even more impressive is how a rich and upscale woman was able to relate to a poor farmer when she wrote Ethan Frome. Only an author with skill and talent

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    “Distinctively visual texts use figurative language and other language devices to engage the responder and invite him/her to explore different places and experiences.” Discuss the construction of images in relation to two of the short stories‚ which you have studied‚ and one related text. Distinctively visual texts are often used by composers to evoke a reality through the use of figurative language and other language devices‚ as it allows them to create an image in their mind and transport them

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    Everyone wants to feel like they are here for a purpose and sometimes through love. In the poem‚ “I Carry Your Heart with Me” by E.E. Cummings‚ the poet writes a love poem and describes the value he has for her. In the poem‚ the speaker utilized figurative language to express the amount of love he had for his muse. In the beginning of the poem‚ the speaker uses hyperbole to lets the readers know that everything he does is because of her. In the first stanza he states‚ “ i carry your heart with me (i carry

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    The fantasy book called The Hobbit is written by J.R.R. Tolkien. In this book‚ Thorin showing his greediness leads him to a lot of problems. All he wants is the role to be the King Under the Mountain and the Arkenstone. While Thorin is trying to get the Arkenstone and the role of being the right heir of Dale‚ he lands in a lot of trouble which makes him change his attitude. The first night of Dale‚ everyone jumps up and down as they hear the news that Smaug is dead. Thorin thanks Roac and asks everyone

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    Figurative Language in a Poem “All late readers know this sinking feeling of sinking of falling/ into the liquid feeling of falling asleep then rising again”(13-14). Late readers know how it feels when falling asleep‚ the pull of sleep‚ and the want to keep reading pulling you out. Sleep acts as liquid because you can sink down into sleep or rise up and out‚ as if in the water. In Billy Collins’s poem “Reading Myself to Sleep” He explains how on one dark night‚ with only a lamp for reading‚ he lies

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