A Gift of Ghazals* W Agha Shahid Ali starts to write a poem‚ he chooses between two entirely different approaches. At times‚ he selects a pattern-breaking individualism that roams among prose-like lines‚ elliptical epigrams and quotations; at others‚ he cleaves hard to tradition by taking up archaic and technically demanding forms such as the villanelle‚ sestina‚ canzone and the like. Then‚ as if to repudiate all such polarities‚ he may also plunge into a ghazal‚ an Eastern
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2b 2b or not 2b David Crystal Last year‚ in a newspaper article headed "I h8 txt msgs: How texting is wrecking our language"‚ John Humphrys argued that texters are "vandals who are doing to our language what Genghis Khan did to his neighbours 800 years ago. They are destroying it: pillaging our punctuation; savaging our sentences; raping our vocabulary. And they must be stopped." As a new variety of language‚ texting has been condemned as "textese"‚ "slanguage"‚ a "digital virus". According
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The imaginative response to experience reflecting a keen awareness of language. Types of Poetry • Ballad – Songlike poem; tells a story • Lyric - musical verse; expresses observations & feelings of a single speaker. • Haiku - 3-line verse form. First & 3rd lines have five syllables; 2nd has 7. Topic is always nature • Limerick – a rhymed nonsense poem of five lines. Types of Poetry • Sonnet - 14 line lyric poem (usually unrhymed iambic pentameter) – Petrarchan (Italian) octave & sestet; octave
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Rhetorical Devices that use figurative language Rhetorical devices are techniques that writers use to persuade‚ create a literary effect‚ or evoke an emotional response from the reader. Whenever you describe something by comparing it with something else‚ you are using figurative language‚ which is any language that goes beyond the literal meaning of words in order to furnish new effects or fresh insights into an idea or a subject (e.g. Whenever you call something “cool‚” you’re not talking
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Main components of every civilization: 1. government and laws 2. formal religion 3. language 4. agriculture (irrigation‚ domestication of plants‚ etc) 5. specialized skills (pottery‚ clothing‚ etc) 6. trade (to acquire what you do not have and cannot make‚ but need) 7. economic system (bartering or currency‚ etc). Factors that give rise to civilization: A. Geographical location 1. All four of the major centers of early civilization (were China‚ India‚ Mesopotamia‚ and Mesoamerica) arose
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As stated in the article‚ “2b or Not 2b” by David Crystal‚ some people believe that texting is not a natural form of communication and that it is wrecking our language. Although some people may agree with this idea‚ studies have challenged this opinion. Rather than fearing the consequences of texting‚ people should embrace this evolution and understand that this new form of communication may actually have benefits on literacy. This author once stated‚ “there is no evidence that texting teaches people
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<center><b>Reading in-between the lines: An analysis of Fight Club</b></center> <br> <br>a novel by Chuck Palahniuk <br>a film directed by David Fincher <br> <br>"You are not your job. You are not how much you have in the bank. You are not the contents of your wallet. You are not your khakis. You are not a beautiful and unique snowflake. What happens first is you can’t sleep. What happens then is there’s a gun in your mouth. And what happens next is you meet Tyler Durden. Let me tell you about Tyler
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Anthony Milone Dr. David Carpenter 10/13/14 Asian Spiritualities Research Paper Robert Aitken Robert Aiken was born in Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania in 1917‚ and was raised in Hawaii from the age of two. Robert Aitken‚ an influential American Zen master and writer who emphasized a path to enlightenment through social action‚ died of pneumonia in a Honolulu hospital. He was 93. He went to the University of Hawaii with a BA degree in English Literature and a MA degree in Japanese studies. Aitken was
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The Power in a Name The term “ethnic” when in conjunction with the word “literature” in the academic discourse community of students‚ often brings out mixed feelings of excitement and dread. On the one hand‚ students understand that they will be getting away from the canonical American literature – which can equal boring in their eyes; on the other hand‚ students interpret the term “ethnic literature” to mean distinctive – which can equal confusing or ambiguous – and perhaps at times not relatable
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Odyssey Personal Essay The topics (see below) vary and you’re free to focus your essay as you want‚ but there are objective standards by which you’ll be graded. In short‚ the essay’s ideas‚ perceptions‚ or impressions should be individual and interesting; its organization should be coherent and suggest a significant theme; and its language should be personal‚ vivid‚ and clear. The reader should enjoy the essay as he/she is reading it‚ and should want to reflect on the essay‚ or its topic‚ when he/she
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