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    Following the theme of identity not through language but through the mark a person can leave on the world the poem “Dusting” was written. In its simplest form a signature is the easiest way for someone to expresses who they are and to leave their mark. In the poem this is the focus of the little girl who “each morning wrote [her] name on the dusty cabinet” and every other available surface in her house as her her mother to erased them all everyday (line 1-2‚DUSTING). In order to emphasises every

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    PAPA’S WALTZ I read the poem about ‘’Papa’s Waltz’’ in my reading. I found on line one and two when father came home from work drunk off of whiskey. I think that could cause father’s to be violence to his son. Because when you drink alcohol it effects your body such as emotions‚ mad‚ and more other thing. I got a source that tell you about the effect of alcohol www.learn-about-alcoholism.com/effect-of-alcoholism.htmi. This website have great facts about effect of alcohol. The father would been fine

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    elicit emotions (Harpman‚ 261). Mirroring the acceptance of the haunting of Beloved’s baby ghost‚ these portray inverse forms of facing traumatic memories. Furthermore‚ Morrison reflects the role of storyteller through utilizing familiar elements to convey a message‚ in reimagining Beloved through the lens of Denver’s birth‚ a story often told by Sethe. The emergence of a physically present ghost creates an atmosphere that forces memories to resurface for Sethe‚ and “the gothic not only grows real

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    allusion to Tiffany and Co‚ which is a high end and expensive brand. This line implies that the woman the singer is speaking of is easily controlled and gets lost in expenses and power. The lyric “We are all just prisoners here‚ of our own device” is a paradox because it contradicts itself. A prisoner is someone who is forced into a cell by the law‚ but here the singer is speaking of how their materialistic beliefs keep them

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    Through the comparison and other literacy techniques‚ we are able to better able comprehend the differences between the adults and the children‚ moral and ethical actions and thoughts‚ in I’m not scared by Niccolo Ammanitit. The functions of the literary devices are to conveys the different moral and ethically decision made by both the children and the adults in I’m not scared. Throughout the book the adults are seen as corrupt and unethical‚ this is showed when Ammanitit uses a similarly to compare

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    Celebration Christmas in My Country Almost all the countries in the world celebrate Christmas on December 24th but in my country we cebrate it on January 7th. Christmas is the biggest celebration of Christians. Each countrys has its onw traditions to celebrate Christmas‚ although some of them are similar. In my country Ukraine we celebrate Christmas in special way‚ preparing to it very carefully and keeping old traditions. The Christmas Eve is considered as the most interesting part of Christmas as it

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    2. Explain why this essay would be classified as formal or informal. (2 marks) 3. List and explain two examples of CARES techniques that the author uses to support the essay’s main point. (4 marks) 4. Provide examples for the following literary devices and explain their importance to the author’s message: metaphor‚ parallelism and rhetorical question. (6 marks) 5. Tomson Highway considers himself to be an ambassador for our country. Explain how Atticus Finch is an ambassador of hope and

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    Literary Devices Used in The Scarlet Ibis Humans desire acceptance from others‚ despite our shortfalls. This was what Doodle felt regarding his older brother‚ Brother. Brother was ashamed Doodle‚ who had many physical disabilities making hard to accept Doodles unconditional love. In “The Scarlet Ibis”‚ John Hurst uses motivation‚ characterization and internal conflict to show that it is a part of human nature to act irrationally as a result of pride. Brother had motivation for

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    colorful and controversial dialogue and dialect‚ and a wide variety of minor characters in order to criticize racism in the United States in the early ninteenth century. The first technique that is used by Lee is the point of view. This literary device is important because it is essentially the foundation that allows Lee to convey the issue of racism while still having an intriguing and worth while story. Scout Finch‚ the main character in the book‚ is the narrator‚ but she is retelling the

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    to be a drunk‚ and the kid‚ somewhat skittish‚ or scared around him; however‚ one must dig deeper than the surface level to be able to comprehend and appreciate the love shared between the father and the son in this poem. Through the use of literary devices such as extended metaphors and similes‚ the reader can see that the

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