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    Wag The Dog Analysis

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    The world of politics is represented as a marketed and strategically planned product‚ which causes the audience to question the negative aspects of human nature which are revealed. The media’s ability to manipulate public perception in order to achieve a certain outcome is clearly depicted in Barry Levinson’s 1997 satirical film‚ ’Wag the Dog’. This film depicts characteristics such as manipulation and concealment‚ and portrays the political system as a platform for revealing the worst of human nature

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    there at the wall today‚ Someone said he moved away To another school and place And on the wall where he used to lean Someone had chalked ’watch this space’. RHYME ALLITERATION ONAMATOPOEIA PERSONIFICATION SIMILE METAPHOR ASSONANCE HYPERBOLE  Also a metaphor Level: Year 7/8 Genre: Poem VOICE – A teenager/s seeing the events occur - experiencing isolation TONE – Sad‚ alone MOOD - Sad THEME – Not everyone has the chance to fit in REPRESENTATIONS –

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    feelings‚ flashbacks‚ and makes you and the sonnet feel as if one.  However‚ the translation of sonnet 69 does not. It is rather dull and brings no sense of joy.                 In sonnet 69‚ the type of figurative language that is being used is hyperbole; which helps create emphasis. In Stanza 2‚ the line “like the red beginning of a rose” compared to the translation “like the red origin of the rose” contrasts incredibly. The word beginning flows more naturally‚ goes along with rose‚ and simply sounds

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    Poetic Devices

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    Enjambment- The continuation of a sentence from one line to the next line.  When you are reading poetry‚ do not stop at the end of a line.  Read through until you hit punctuation that tells you to stop. Ex: “The setting sun/ slithers into the sea.” 4. Hyperbole- An overstatement which is a type of figurative language. Ex: “I’ve been waiting forever.” 5. Imagery- appeals to your senses. It offers you a verbal snapshot. Ex: “She could smell the moist‚ fresh grass.” 6. Metaphor- A metaphor is a comparison

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    implies that the rest of the death and suffering he sees around him are very much forgettable and don’t really affect him. The setting is cemented in the second paragraph: the use of the archaic noun ‘hamlet’ to describe the small village‚ the hyperbole ‘back of beyond’‚ the fact that agencies cannot reach that village‚ the long sentence giving directions of how to reach there‚ the dash before further elaborating on the bleak picture and the use of the simile comparing

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    elements of nature that symbolizes loneliness and coldness. The love was a very strong and steadfast as the line "But we loved with a love that was more than love" and “But our love it was stronger by far than the love” was stated as an example of Hyperbole. Nevertheless‚ it exaggerates the depth of their love for each other The seraphs are the angels above who disagreed

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    Creative story What is creative story? In general‚ creative story is writing which expresses the writer’s thoughts and feelings in an imaginative way. The key elements of a creative story include characters‚ theme‚ setting‚ plot‚ structure‚ complication‚ crisis‚ and resolution. Characters are tour guides who lead the readers into the fantastic world created by the writer and theme is what the writer wants to show to the readers. Setting is important in making the story “real” and creating the

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    passion over his butchered father. Hamlet feels the power of his grief yet is unable to take action for it. Hamlet considers what the passionate player would do if he could feel Hamlet’s grief and the answer is unfathomable. Shakespeare’s use of hyperbole illuminates that the player’s reaction is unknown to

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    The Damned Humans Race

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    idea and backs it up with reasoning and evidence. It is written to be attention grabbing and dramatic. Evidence: Satire: Used to draw attention the main ideas of the piece Irony: Goes beyond what is needed to convey his point to the audience Hyperbole: All of the ’experiments’ he conducts are exaggerated for effect‚ as are many of his statements. Metaphor: He makes opposite metaphors‚ comparing animals to the ideal view of man and men to the stereotypical animal.

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    Grete “hitting the table” creates the mental image of someone calling attention to themselves. This image shows that Grete is being confident and assertive because she believes that she is making a valid and important argument. Next‚ Kafka uses the hyperbole “all that’s humanly possible” to show that Grete is assured that they have done all they could to help Gregor. Lastly‚ the use of “wrong”

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