English literature test 1/ literary works cannot be successful without stylistic devices. Those are skillfully used by henry in his story ‘ the gift of the magi’ can you prove that? Simile is used to describe Della’s greatest possession her hair: “Della’s beautiful hair fell like a cascade of brown water”. Her hair is a wavy as it is like a cascade‚ its colour is like brown water. Comparison is noticed: “That made her looks like a truant schoolboy.” After having had her hair cut Della can
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Commentary on Soliloquy 1 – Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” In Shakespeare’s “Hamlet”‚ the first soliloquy spoken by the protagonist reflects the feelings of unrest plaguing this character and successfully sets up the religious framework for the remainder of the play. A soliloquy is spoken by a character that is alone on stage‚ and reveals the speaker’s thoughts and feelings towards particular events. The effect of the soliloquy is that the audience is given insight into these thoughts‚ which in turn aid
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defamiliarises Western culture and ways‚ presents his passion to keep Acoli culture alive and strong‚ without it becoming westernized. P’Bitek’s desire is to provide an antidote to the ’dirty gossip’ permeated by colonial literature. Here it is the way in which Westernised African literature presents dancing as evidence of the primitive and animalistic nature of African culture. Throughout chapter 3 p’Bitek describes Acoli culture as superior to Western culture‚ through describing the relationship between
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HIGHLAND HIGH SCHOOL END OF TERM III 2010 LITERATURE IN ENGLISH TEST G11 TIME: 2Hrs Date: 25th November 2010 INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Answer a total of five questions. 2. Answer not more than two questions on any one book. Orwell: Animal Farm 1. The song ‘Beasts of England’ clearly outlines the aspirations and vision of the animals on Animal Farm. What are these aspirations that the song reveals? Say why the animals fail to realize them
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I realize that IB will one of the most challenging courses I will take before I enter college and I am not even in the program yet. It is a culture in itself. However‚ I am also a part of the music culture at EWHS where I am included in the Symphonic Band ‚ as well as the Mello- Aires and because both groups require the majority of my time‚ I am well versed in each culture’s rules and values. Both the IB program and the music program have similar standards‚ values‚ and traits to live up to‚ but
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English T he En glish Origins o f t he lan gu a ge FAQs: Where does English come from?!3 How much did the Romans change English? !3 Why are there so many Latin words in English?!4 What about the Norman invasion?!4 How many French words have entered English?!5 How did French influence English pronunciation?!6 What about Greek?!6 Whatʼs the difference between Old and Middle English?!7 How does a word get into the OED?!8 http://englishlanguage.eslreading.org/ http://esolebooks.com/
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and Theses Open Dissertations and Theses 1-1-1971 The Social Criticism of Charles Dickens: A Point of View V. Christine McCarthy Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/opendissertations Part of the English Language and Literature Commons Recommended Citation McCarthy‚ V. Christine‚ "The Social Criticism of Charles Dickens: A Point of View" (1971). Open Access Dissertations and Theses. Paper 4952. This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Open
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Science and Technology Boning—Boon or Bane? The subject of human cloning (reproductive cloning) is shrouded in controversy‚ right from its conception. On the other hand therapeutic cloning‚ which is sometimes misunderstood as reproductive cloning‚ is not the creation of an offspring but instead‚ vital stem cells are taken from human embryos‚ which are then used to generate tissues and organs. These organs and tissues can be then used for transplantation. The ultimate aim of this process
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Question: How was your understanding of cultural and contextual consideration of the work developed through the interactive oral? Work Used: Jacob and Willhelm Grimm’s Cinderella Throughout the interactive oral‚ we extrapolated the ideas of cultural and contextual works of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm’s short story‚ Cinderella. Our discussions brought not only very insightful thoughts out into the open‚ but also theories on the author’s and plot keys that had me reanalyzing the entire piece.
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IB PAPER 2 ESSAY RUBRIC |1-3 |4-5 |6-7 |8-9 |10-12 |13-15 |16-20 | | Understands the question |Almost no understanding of the question |Little understanding of the question. Question is not addressed effectively |Some indication that question is understood. Question partially addressed. |Demands of question are generally understood and addressed |Demands of question are understood & addressed‚ though not all implications are considered |Demands of question are effectively & relevantly addressed
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