to which Paine appeals in his essay. How might a colonist who had remained loyal to the British react to Paine’s argument? Paine uses the aphorism "the harder the conflict‚ the more glorious the triumph" to express his belief that hardships faced by the American forces during the war will make their eventual victory more meaningful. Find one more aphorism used in Paine’s essay and explain the point he is making with it. 1.The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will shrink from the service
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together. disparagement: the act of bringing reproach or discredit upon; lowering estimation of someone contemptuous: showing or expressing contempt or disdain; scornful; disrespectful tenuous: of slight importance or significance; unsubstantial aphorisms: a terse saying embodying a general truth‚ or astute observation. semantics: the study of linguistic development by classifying and examining changes in meaning and form Response Questions: #1. I think the protagonist in the story‚ “Saturday Climbing”
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and also displayed negativity towards the king. Restatement was also used in all of the pieces to present the writers views in different ways. The use of similes and metaphors was commonly present in Patrick Henry’s writings‚ and you could find aphorisms in The
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Horatio‚ Bernardo‚ Francisco‚ The Players and the Gravediggers‚ he behaves rationally. 3. The irony exploited in Hamlet is that‚ while he represents a character dissembling distress and insanity‚ so too represented is the idea that madmen speak aphorisms and the truth. 4. Hamlet realises himself that he is not mad‚ but that there is that within which hides show” 5. Following the “unnatural” death of his father‚ King Claudius‚ and his mother’s consequent adulterous relationship
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extremely proud of myself. I applied my grandmother’s aphorism of being independent because I knew adult was coming quickly. I needed to prepare myself for something great. I would soon be on my own‚ and I would have no one to rely on but myself. I knew that my mom wanted me to be independent so that was a goal I had to reach. Anytime someone felt like their parents would be there for them forever‚ I would share my grandmother’s aphorism with
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compact little lyric‚ “Fire and Ice” combines humor‚ fury‚ detachment‚ forthrightness‚ and reserve in an airtight package. Not a syllable is wasted. The aim is aphorism—the slaying of the elusive Truth-beast with one unerring stroke. But for Frost‚ as usual‚ the truth remains ambiguous and the question goes unanswered; to settle for aphorism would be to oversimplify. We can attribute part of the poem’s effect to the contrast between the simple‚ clipped precision of its vocabulary and the vague gravity
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possible loss of his some of his composition ’s integrity as well as a confusion of his own convictions. The keys to great aphorisms are their ability to be applied to more common situations‚ thereby making them even more memorable by their availability for frequent usage‚ their ear-catching prominence and their paradoxical nature. That final element is what makes aphorisms so engaging. The most witty and intelligent examples are those that expose two supposed opposites for their ironic closeness
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Thoreau in his speech‚ “On the Duty of Civil Disobedience”‚ argues that people should not follow the majority and think for themselves if the government is unjust. He supports his claim by first appealing to christian values with religious diction‚ aphorisms to impact his intellectuals‚ and addressing a counter argument‚ Daniel Webster. Thoreau’s purpose is to inform christian citizens in america that they should not hesitate to defy a corrupt federal government that contradict their values. Thoreau
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1. According to the first paragraph‚ who will "shrink from the service of his country." The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot. 2. What will the people who do not shrink from service deserve? They deserve admiration. 3. According to the first paragraph‚ what has Britain declared? Britain has declared that she has a right (not only to TAX) but "to BIND us in ALL CASES WHATSOEVER" and if being bound in that manner‚ is not slavery‚ then is there not such a thing as slavery upon earth. 4.
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“An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” Ambrose Bierce weaves a tale of intrigue and captivation‚ by using shifts of voice and time in the story “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge”. In the first four paragraphs‚ Bierce begins the story using third person‚ and in this point of view‚ he creates reality. We can view the situation and all aspects while it is written in third person; we know precisely what is going on‚ we know it is real. Near the end of the fourth paragraph‚ the author shifts cleverly from
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