Here are some language features I have included that you should know of and how they affect the reader. - Repetition: draws attention to and emphasises the idea/word/phrase/theme/concept. It highlights its importance. - Personification: when an inanimate object is given human qualities. For example ’ the television stared at me across the room’. Personification often makes the reader feel inquisitive. -Imperative: This feature is mostly found in advertisements. Imperative is a command or an instruction
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“I Stand Here Ironing” is a short story written by Tillie Olsen is written about a nineteen-year-old mother who struggles to raise her oldest daughter along with three other children. In the story‚ the mother is talking on the phone with a person form Emily’s school while standing up ironing. Emily is the daughter of a nineteen-year-old mom that faced many struggles growing up. In the end‚ she established herself to be a very strong young woman. Emily is faced with many problems in her childhood
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Drugs have been known for their horrific problem igniters‚ and have been heavily used by millions of Americans. The drugs became such a problem within
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I Stand Here Ironing Tillie Olsen’s short story‚ “I Stand here Ironing”‚ records the critical thoughts of a mother‚ as she reflects on her daughter’s life. Although the mother in the story feels disappointing and deficient because she feels as though she has not done much good in her life‚ the author is very empathetic toward her as you can see in the author’s narrative techniques and other resources of language. After hearing of another person’s concern for her daughter‚ the mother
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“I Stand Here Ironing” by Tillie Olsen is a story about a mother who loves her child deeply‚ but it is at a depressing time in history. Other dark influences seem to have a negative effect on Emily’s personality such as the mother giving birth to her at a young age and having few resources. I think the climax of the story is when Emily calls her mother to tell her she has won the amateur school show. Emily and her mother seem equally surprised. Although Emily is happy at the moment‚ it doesn’t really
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the risk‚ and should already come prepared to save themselves when needed. The risks of climbing Mount Everest include exposure to cold (obviously)‚ lack of oxygen while climbing‚ and many more that we are unaware of. In the article “Why Everest?” Rhys Jones says that‚ “Everyone is aware of the risks...But actually‚ risk is part of the attraction-it makes it more of a test‚ it gives you more to aim for.” If they already know their risks‚ rescue people shouldn’t need to deal with them. There’s also
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Short Story Elements Checklist Title: I Stand Here Ironing Author: Tillie Olsen (Identify sentences/words/phrases in the story to support your information.) Title (Significance?): The title prepares us for the narrator before we learn anything about her. Just like the title says “I stand here ironing”‚ is exactly what she is doing. The title gives us details about the narrator life such as; does not have a lot of money and probably has a large family. Setting (Time‚ Place‚ Social Context-(Significance
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Instructor Larson Enc 1102 September 30‚ 2011 Society’s Blind Eye Many women in today’s society are struck with reality when suddenly they are left to fend for themselves and a young offspring; this hold true for Emily’s mother in Tillie Olsen’s "I Stand Here Ironing". This is a story about a mother having a flashback on her daughter’s life‚ and how she has played a role in each stage of it. She reminisces on how she deprived her daughter of that stability she longed for‚ wishing she could go back in
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of the Great Pyramid of Giza and not only be able to tell people that you’ve seen them but to be able to tell them "I saw them being built"and how. To be capable to tell people of the time you stood among the people who rose against the barricades during the French revolution‚ or when you saw both the rise and the fall of the Roman empire. Why wouldn’t I like to live forever if I could manage to see and do things that would simply be impossible in the short time span of a normal human life. Living
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First of all‚ the author enables the reader to identify with the narrator by using the literary technique of a first-person narration. This form often includes an interior monologue. Especially this extract of Tillie Olsen’s “I stand here ironing” is partly an interior monologue. The first-person narrator‚ a mum of five children‚ thinks about someone’s offer of help for her oldest daughter. This means the reader gets to know her thoughts and is able to share her feelings‚ perceptions and reflections
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