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    IDIOMS with ANSWERS: Unit 1 I. Fill in the missing words in the sentences below. Choose from the following: AT A LOOSE END AT ONE’S WITS’ END AT DEATH’S DOOR AT A LOSS AT FAULT AT RANDOM AT A PINCH AT FIRST SIGHT AT SHORT NOTICE AT A STANDSTILL AT LEAST AT SIXES AND SEVENS AT ALL COSTS AT LOGGERHEADS AT THE CRACK OF DAWN AT ALL HOURS AT MOST AT WILL AT BEST AT ONCE 1. When Richard Burton was Elizabeth Taylor it was a classic case of love …………………………… 2. Traffic was ……………………………………. this

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    Rhetorical Terms/Devices Figurative language is the generic term for any artful deviation from the ordinary mode of speaking or writing. It is what makes up a writer’s style – how he or she uses language. The general thinking is that we are more likely to be persuaded by rhetoric that is interesting‚ even artful‚ rather than mundane. When John F. Kennedy said‚ “Ask not what your country can do for you‚ ask what you can do for your country” (an example of anastrophe)‚ it was more interesting –

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    Bronte employs narrative techniques in the novel Jane Eyre Throughout Jane Eyre‚ Bronte incorporates narrative techniques to emphasise certain points and to keep the reader’s attention. In the first few chapters of the novel we are introduced into the world she is surrounded by‚ with the use of very descriptive imagery‚ with a gothic element also incorporated for the audience to obtain a grasp of Jane’s situation. As the nature of the book develops and unravels‚ frequently used devices such as the

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    Alliteration: The repetition of initial consonant sounds‚ such as "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers." 3. Allusion: A reference contained in a work 4. Ambiguity: an event or situation that may be interpreted in more than one way. 5. Analogy: a literary device employed to serve as a basis for comparison. It is assumed that what applies to the parallel situation also applies to the original circumstance. In other words‚ it is the comparison between two different items. 6. Anaphora: repetition of a word

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    ------------------------------------------------- Techniques for creative teaching Creativity Home About Creativity Defining creativity Elements of creativity Fostering creativity Teaching Creative teachers Techniques for creative teaching Creativity as a course module Evaluating creativity Learn More Resources Research Creative teaching In order to teach creativity‚ one must teach creatively; that is‚ it will take a great deal of creative effort to bring out the most creative thinking

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    In this passage‚ Abraham Lincoln uses the literary device of contrasting imagery to express the higher‚ spiritual implications of the war. Through his magnificent oratory talent‚ Lincoln distinguishes a path for the nation by employing the images of life and death. The phrase‚ “It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us‚” describes an incomplete duty‚ once held by the soldiers of Gettysburg now passed on to those in attendance (93). To illuminate this transfer

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    Write about the ways that Fitzgerald tells the story in Chapter 2 Fitzgerald uses a variety of techniques throughout the novel to draw in the reader into the story‚ in Chapter 2 there is a lot of evidence of these techniques being used and the way Fitzgerald uses them in exploring the chapter‚ such as pathetic fallacy‚ symbolism‚ narrative technique and shock. Also‚ the theme that runs throughout the novel is contrasts of class in society‚ which is clearly shown to reader in the example of Wilson

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    The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas Essay The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is a narrative novel written by John Boyne. This book was first published in 2006. This novel explores the adventures of Bruno‚ the son of a Nazi commandant‚ who meets a young Jewish boy called Shmuel at the concentration near his new house at Out-With. Nothing can stop the two becoming best friends‚ not even a barbed wire fence. The story is set in Germany during the Second World War. This essay explores how the themes (the effect

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    Alliteration: repetition of the initial consonant sounds beginning several words in sequence.     "Let us go forth to lead the land we love." President J. F. Kennedy‚ Inaugural 1961  "Veni‚ vidi‚ vici."  Julius Caesar  (I came‚ I saw‚ I conquered)       Adage­ a proverb or wise saying made familiar by long use       Allusion­ a passing reference or indirect mention  He was the Adam to her Eve  ​   Anadiplosis: ("doubling back") the rhetorical repetition of one or several words; specifically‚  re

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    Peanut butter and tuna fish; some things are not meant to be together. In his book‚ The Perfect Storm‚ Sebastian Junger tries to write both as a journalist and as the narrator of separate stories about a sword fishing boat‚ a three person sailboat‚ and U.S. Coast Guard Cutter stuck in the middle of colliding weather systems. While his skill in each style individually is exceptional‚ the way he switches between the two interrupts his flow and the contrasting styles do not fit together well. Junger

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