“Hull House in the 1890’s” and “Putting on Style” demonstrate and explain two very different yet very important parts of American female history. While “Hull House in the 1890’s” shows the struggles and efforts made by women in order to break down barriers and gain political power in a male dominant political society‚ “Putting on Style” portrays the rebellious and socially changing world of female adolescents. Though “Hull House in the 1890’s” and “Putting on style” come from opposing views of reform
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women. Anne Bradstreet was a Puritan woman born in the 1600s. She was a brilliant writer and wanted her talents shown‚ but she had a hard time with this profession because of the roles Puritan women were to have. Today her work is very well known and has inspired many women and men. You may be wondering how her work became known if she was in a time period where women were not to have such careers. After reading this essay‚ you should have a better understanding of how Anne Bradstreet felt about the
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past. The soldiers who fought in the vietnam war had to go through many incredibly horrifying experiences and it was those exact events that make “The Things They carried” by Tim O’Brien such a marvellous vivid book. Tim O’Brien uses imagery‚ figurative language and repetition to get a ridiculous emotional connection with the reader. He uses story-telling to clear his conscious about war furthermore the constant struggle of the soldiers forgotten by society. “But the thing about remembering is that
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choice to be good or evil. A clue that Nathaniel Hawthorne provides the readers with is the language that the characters use throughout the story: old English. With a context of “Sayest thou so?... thee‚ not thou shalt turn back” (Hawthorne‚ 2). The author’s storytelling is told in a serious and dark tone with witchcraft‚ dark clouds‚ and the devil persuading Goodman Brown to become evil. Hawthorne’s style of writing utilizer figurative language “The cry of grief rage and terror was yet piercing the
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Both "In Memory of My Dear Grandchild" by Anne Bradstreet and "Meditaion 8" by Philip Pain express two contrasting point of views in relation to death. Bradstreet’s diction and use of literary elements‚ such as metaphors and alliteration‚ are skillfully arranged throughout the poem which aid in making the theme of dying seem inevitable. Pain uses two different tones to create a turning point in his thoughts about halfway through his poem which gives the reader a better idea of his stages of feelings
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their writings. Anne Bradstreet’s poems “To My Dear And Loving Husband” and “Upon the Burning of our House” as well as Jonathan Edwards sermon “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” are great examples of puritan writing. Both of these writers express similarities in their religious values and use plenty of figurative language to express their ideas to their audience. Both Bradstreet and Edwards showed their religious values in their writings often. Bradstreet states‚ “I blest His name that gave
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Nobody would ever believe that the innocent diversion of kite flying could lead into an epic tale of betrayal and eventual redemption; however Hosseini‚ in his novel The Kite Runner‚ manages to weld this activity with the journey of one man from betrayer to his redemption and challenge to higher authority. Amir a young and determined boy trying for his father’s affection will go to all extremes to win the kite tournament and his father’s love. He will betray his companion on multiple occasions‚ because
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children younger than five-years old are focused on themselves and communication needs to be simple and concrete. Abstract or figurative language should not be used since it will be taken literally. Children that are in elementary school want to be prepared through explanation. Middle-schoolers and high schoolers can think abstractly‚ so figurative language‚ and more complex language can be used (Hockenberry & Wilson‚ 2015). One teaching technique that I always employ is the “teach-back method‚ in which
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carried out- neither a projection or contest of emotion will elicit. As does the author of this Spenserian sonnet‚ his stridency to appease succumbs to the crass nature of a woman. To which this sonnet derives such implicit diction‚ emotion‚ figurative language‚ and structure‚ we will investigate. The first of three quatrains employs the matter of the protagonist’s situation‚ laying out an analogy to characterize his actions as admirable. A dire situation‚ his audience‚ a woman‚ watches the performance
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ends when she is eight‚ this gives reader a feeling that we are growing up with Scout. Most of the time‚ we get descriptions of events from Scout’s point of view‚ sense of naivety is evoked as we get to experience just as Scout does. Lee’s figurative language shows how Scout‚ as a child‚ sees the world. For example‚ “Calpurnia was something else again. She
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