Emily Benzing Mrs. Bogati July 16‚ 2013 Vocabulary 1. Alliteration- The repetition of a particular sound or letter at the beginning of a series of words or phrases. Ex: Bob bought big brown bagels. 2. Allusion- An indirect mention or reference to something else. Ex: Obama made an allusion to John F. Kennedy when he said “ask not just what our government can do for us‚ but what we can do for ourselves” 3. Anaphora- Repetition of a word or words at the beginning of two or more
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Amber Lewis APUSH and AP Language Assignment 2nd period One huge change that has been brought on due to the social and political changes in our country is the overall interpretation of our coalitions‚ to our nation and ourselves. Because of the increase of nationalism‚ we‚ Americans‚ have changed our social boundaries and opened more opportunities for equality in the United States. As changes were beginning to happen‚ America grew troubled as it attempted to keep up with its political amendments and growing economy
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Coming Into Language Baca tells in his poem “Coming into Language” that he is faced with many problems in his life‚ including one in particular poverty. Poverty shapes the life of Baca‚ like a potter with clay‚ and made him the writer he is today. This however doesn’t just affect Baca‚ but people all over the world. So much that 80% of the world is affected by it and thousands of people die each die because of it. Poverty is much bigger than lack of money; it leads to depression‚ high school
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Decriminalised” by Pastor Danny Nalliah‚ President of Catch the Fire Ministries (The Australian Newspaper‚ 24th October 2008) are both very different as Singer is for abortion and Nalliah is pessimistically against it. Each writer clearly has strong views about for and against abortion. The articles both obviously are aimed at women but Nalliah widens her audience by attacking Christians who voted for Labor. Singer uses a mature tone one that is sympathetic but understanding of others’ views whereas Nalliah
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Throughout the passage‚ Knowles employs‚ predominantly‚ imagery as figurative language. For example the serenity one envisages following Gene’s description of a hypothetical grove‚ “A thousand miles due north into the wilderness‚ somewhere deep in the Arctic‚ where the peninsula of trees which began at Devon would end at last in an untouched grove of pine‚ austere and beautiful‚” can be construed as an attempt to hoax the reader into empathizing with Gene and his fantasies of a divinity away from
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4. The Asylums back in 1930s were like hospitals today but filled with rooms for the patients to live in so they could get help.The Asylums weren’t meant to hurt people they were meant to cure the mental patients. One of the “treatment” was shocking it was to cure schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. One other “treatment” was to stick metal rod through their head and scrape their brain they thought it was cleaning all the diseas off. Which was just damaging the brain. Before they started to have
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The English language is continually changing in order to meet the needs of the people using it. The ever-changing culture we live in affects the way language develops and the way it is used by different people in society. The ideology of a society is reflected in it´s use of language‚ and because children learn their values‚ assumptions and expectations from their parents and the words that they have to learn‚ this ideology is passed down from generation to generation. For centuries we have lived
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(ALL ABOUT MUSIC: The African American Language) Thesis: Music was a means‚ a leverage‚ a shrewd resort; it was for the real Negro who was‚ beneath the melody‚ thinking‚ and planning and advancing. “Communication in song was certainly safer than direct talk” and “slaves could further disguise their message by singing about freedom” (Russell Ames). To understand‚ what was called spirituals‚ a person must understand the language of slaves who song them. The language established by enslaves
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Much Ado About Nothing Lines 110-137 In Modern Language Beatrice- I wonder that you will be still be talking‚ Signor Benedick‚ nobody marks you. I wonder why you are still talking‚ Signor Benedick‚ nobody is paying attention to you. Benedick- What‚ my dear Lady Disdain! Are you yet living? What‚ my dear Beatrice‚ are you living yet? Beatrice- Is it possible disdain should die while she hath such meet food to feed it as Signor Benedick? Courtesy itself must convert
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Vanderpool used her choice of diction to create a pensive mood in the story. “Hearing Gideon tell about it was like sucking on butterscotch. Smooth and sweet. And when he’s go back to not saying much‚ I’d try recalling what it tasted like. Maybe that was how I found comfort just them‚ even with him being so far away. By remembering the flavor of his words. But mostly‚ I could taste the sadness in his voice when he told me I couldn’t stay with him for the summer while he worked a railroad job
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