number your answers 1‚ 2‚ 3‚ etc. 1. The following "gem" comes from the business world and as you can see is filled with redundant‚ empty‚ wordy‚ AND unnecessary phrases. Re-write it so that the ideas are expressed in a much clearer and more stylistic way. To: District Managers From: Margaret Davenport‚ Vice President Subject: Customer Files It has recently been brought to my attention that a percentage of our sales representatives have been failing
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In this short story‚ Bradbury suggests of technology is reaching a point where it is no longer helpful‚ but harmful. This theme is portrayed through Bradbury’s use of stylistic devices‚ and character. Bradbury’s style throughout his story aids in portraying his theme of technology’s harmful effects. Irony is a one of the stylistic devices that he uses. When a person thinks of a nursery‚ he pictures a safe‚ happy place where children can play with their siblings and parents. In this story however
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Atticus Finch uses a lot of stylistic devices in his speech in order to persuade the jury. The most frequently used is the epithet to contribute to the expressiveness of the lawyer’s speech. For example‚ a quiet‚ respectable‚ humble Negro; the cynical confidence. The metaphor is another
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Prompt: Read the following excerpt from William Hazlitt’s Lectures on the English Comic Writers (1819). Then write a well-developed essay analyzing the author’s purpose by examining tone‚ point of view‚ and stylistic devices. William Hazlitt’s purpose in writing this passage was to enlighten the reasons of why with so much tragedy and despair around us we are still able to feel happiness or laugh at a poorly told joke. Hazlitt’s tone is a mixture of condescending and explanation. The passage is
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Trailer Research 13 – 05 - 2013 A film really only has one shot at success. One way of achieving this is through specific and thorough marketing strategies and devices. The trailer is device designed to sell the cast and concept of the film which will stir up immediate interest (Movietrailertrash.com‚ n.d). “Trailers provide unique and specific rhetorical structures that fold visual and auditory evidence of the film production industry’s assessment of its actual audience (as well as
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Revenge fuels the engine that drives “The Bride” in Quentin Tarantino’s ultra violent thriller‚ Kill Bill. In this critically acclaimed film‚ a clouded focal point steers the leading lady down a murderous path to avenge the attack of her wedding party. Her hit list is occupied by a group of people known as the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad‚ and specifically aims to kill her ex lover‚ Bill – the mastermind behind it all. Tarantino uses a combination of surrealism and extreme violence in this film
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Stylistic analysis of a short story by Saki "Laura" The story under analysis is titled "Laura". It is written by British author‚ master of the short story Hector Hugh Munro‚ better known by the pen name Saki. The very story belongs to fiction genre with a unique touch of mystery‚ psychological themes‚ as it concerned with two main heroines ’ (Laura and Amanda) emotional states. The tone of the story is full of irony and even sarcasm‚ especially in the dialogues and closing lines. The mysterious
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heart-warming tale of injustice‚ acceptance and redemption. A Lesson Before Dying by Earnest J. Gaines is an excellent novel. Not only does Gaines inform the reader‚ he entertains will his effective storytelling. His use of symbolism‚ voice and stylistic devices keeps the reader enticed to the very last page. One way Gaines is an effective storyteller is his use of symbolism. The first symbol to present itself in A Lesson Before Dying is the hog. During trial for robbery and first degree murder
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Yuliya Zubrilina Text analysis of “The little stranger” by Sarah Waters “The Little Stranger” is a 2009 gothic novel written by Sarah Waters. It is a ghost story set in a dilapidated mansion in Warwickshire‚ England in the 1940s. This novel features a male narrator‚ a country doctor who makes friends with a family with faded fortunes left simply with a very old estate that is crumbling around them. The stress of reconciling the state of their finances with the familial responsibility of keeping
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Drummond (Clarence Darrow)‚ and E.K. Hornbeck. In Inherit the Wind the evolutionists are cast in a more favorable light because of their intelligence level versus that of the fundamentalists‚ the ideas presented by the defense in the trial‚ and the stylistic devices used throughout the play. In Inherit the Wind‚ the audience is more apt to cheer for the evolutionists because of their level of intelligence as opposed to that of fundamentalists. The two evolutionists that present the most intelligence
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