many negative comments on the people and how he uses comedic techniques to attack Athenian society. Although the play is a heavy attack on Athenian society‚ Aristophanes does also include comedic value in some of his attacks. Aristophanes uses hyperbole in the play as a way to emphasize the seriousness of the political issues. An example of this is how he portrays the Pathlagonian to the audience as the lowest of the low‚ this can be seen in the way that he starts off at the top of the heirachy
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Analysis: Why I Want A Wife by Judy Brady 1. What is the tone of the essay? Is she serious? The tone in the essay is casual‚ humorous‚ sarcastic‚ and sometimes ironic. The author lists multiple jobs which a wife does and is expected by many to do in many instances. She does the same jobs in her life for her husband and children but now she seems to not like to do them anymore and wants a wife for her to help out. Also‚ she describes the attitude of men wanting a wife in his life‚ so he can hinge
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Summer Reading Project: Chocolat Literary Terms 1. Simile: a figure of speech in which two essentially unlike things are explicitly compared‚ usually by means of like or as Example- Her eyes are like the midnight sky just as they were sparkling. 2. Metaphor: a figure of speech in which a word or phrase that designates one thing is applied to another in another in an implicit comparison Example- Life is a journey; choose the right path. 3. Style: the way in which something is said‚ done
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“the problem with no name” and the dissatisfaction of the domestication of women. This allows readers to view Mrs Bennett more sympathetically as she was “driven half-mad” whilst “husband-hunting” for her daughters. Weldon’s use of alliteration and hyperbole to describe Mrs Bennet’s mental state furthermore increases sympathy for her due to the strenuous circumstances they were living in. Women had little independence and could “become a butcher…or a prostitute”‚ if they chose not get married‚ justifying
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the first three lines where he uses stark words to describe the awfulness of his life now. He uses figurative language to highlight the horror of what has happened to him now prevents him from going out dancing before the war. In line 10 he uses hyperbole‚ “In the old times‚ before he threw away
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introductory line of the novel “It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife” satirises the ambition of many women of the gentry class to marry a man of a wealthy fortune. I have used a hyperbole and absurd generalisation to challenge the mercenary motives of women in my contemporary society. This is also seen in Lydia’s elopement which is seen as shocking and immoral “how little of permanent happiness could belong to a couple who were only
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to carry more than only their literal meaning. Here is a list of the most important devices and techniques. We’ve included examples along with commentary on each one: Hyperbole I’m as hungry as a starving lion. Hyperbole is a synonym for exaggeration. Clearly‚ the speaker is not really as hungry as a starving lion. A hyperbole is just a figure of speech we use to emphasize a point. The opposite device is understatement: I’m a little tired is a purposeful understatement if the speaker has been
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STYLISTIC SEMASIOLOGY OF THE ENGUSH LANGUAGE (Методичні вказівки до семінарських та практичних занять зі стилістики англійської мови для студентів IV курсу. (Видання 2) . Уклад. Воробйова О.П.‚ Бойцан Л.Ф.‚ Ганецька Л.В. та інш. - К.: Вид. центр КНЛУ‚ 2001. - С. 28-33.) 1. Semasiology is a branch of linguistics which studies semantics or meaning of linguistic units belonging to different language levels. Lexical semasiology analyses the meaning of words and word combinations‚ relations between
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Oscar Wilde’s “The Picture of Dorian Gray”. First‚ we will discuss the aims of linguo-stylistics‚ we’ll give the definitions of the word ‘style’. Second‚ we will present expressive means and stylistic devices‚ such as Metaphors‚ Metonymy‚ Simile‚ Hyperboles‚ Irony‚ etc. Third‚ we will present some examples of the types of expressive means and stylistic devices from the novel
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[pic] 1) Provide three examples of foreshadowing: - Nurse- “deadly mood’’ - Nurse- “ Good never comes…never to morals…house to portals.” - Nurse- “My mistress’ rage will stop at nothing.” 2) What impact does the literary device of foreshadowing have on the play? The impact that it has is that it keeps you thinking what’s going to happen next and it makes you want to keep reading to see what’s going to happen next. 3) Give an example for the type(s) of irony used (dramatic‚ situational
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