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    Nisei Daughter

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    Here we were born; here we wanted to live. We had tasted of its freedom and learned of its brave hopes for democracy. It was too late‚ much too late for us to turn back." (Sone 124). This statement is key to understanding much of the novel‚ Nisei Daughter‚ written by Monica Sone. From one perspective‚ this novel is an autobiographical account of a Japanese American girl and the ways in which she constructed her own self-identity. On the other hand‚ the novel depicts the distinct differences and

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    Rappaccini's Daughter

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    proficient life‚ including Elizabeth Peabody and Margaret Fuller. A few pundits consider Fuller to be another motivation for some of Hawthorne’s female characters‚ especially his defiant figures‚ who face American men and society. In both Rappaccini’s daughter and The Birth mark we have female characters that are often subjected to masculinist

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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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    A BETTER DAUGHTER

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    A Better Daughter “It’s the most wonderful time of the year.” My eyes opened to the familiar sound of the lady singing from my alarm clock. It was two days after Christmas‚ 8:00 a.m. in the morning. I slowly spill out of bed‚ very slowly‚ continuously murmuring‚ “Why do I have to wake up? I’m not even in school anymore.. ugh..” As I was crawling up the stairs to the dining room‚ I can already tell by the sound coming from kitchen; my father was very ready to start our day. The major plans for

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    rhetorical device

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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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    Daughter Leaving Home

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    I. Title: To a Daughter Leaving Home by Linda Pastan By reading the title‚ we as a reader can guess that it is a mother expressing her feeling on her daughter is grew and is time to leave home. We can tell she is trying to tell the reader how much she loves her daughter. Even she does not want to let her daughter go‚ but she chose to let her be independent. I believe this title is very important and conclude what the poet is trying to tell the reader. II. Organization (Stanzaic or Continuous? Importance

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    signifies paradox. Hamlet is questioning life and death‚ being alive and not being alive. For Hamlet‚ it seems that each occurs upon its own principle and crosses over at the same instance. When living‚ one is nearing closer to demise with time. It is only in passing when one halts having anxiety about living and dying alike. Hamlet later goes on to ponder about sleeping‚ which is again associated to death. The question Hamlet appears to have is if sleep is comparable to death‚ then dreams would be the

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    Rhetorical Devices

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    ambiguity of manner. 8. Anachronism – Something or someone that is not in its correct historical or chronological time‚ esp. a thing or person that belongs to an earlier time: The sword in an anachronism in modern warfare. 9. Anaphora – A rhetorical device in which a word or phrase is repeated at the beginnings of successive phrases or sentences. Compare this to epistrophe‚ where such repetitions occur at the ends. (lesson 10. Analogy – A similarity between like features of two things‚ on which a

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    Daughter Monologue

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    Rivera and that was the last time I saw my father. I guess it is all fun and glorious before the baby is born but when it is time to roll up the sleeves my father could not handle it. I think attempting to understand how a father could abandon a daughter is something I wish on no one. Though I have lived it and had to face the feelings of abandonment; I am who I am because I’ve overcome it. It is because of those feelings

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    My Daughter: )

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    Lexi Marie Latasha Gordon ENG 121 Brandi Henderson April 8‚ 2013 I chose to write about a person that has special meaning in my life. This person not only has special meaning‚ she has my whole heart. Her name is Lexi Marie. She is three years old. She was born September 21st‚ 2009. She weighed 6 pounds 10 ounces and was 19 ½ inches long. She had blue eyes and a head full of hair. I was a very proud momma. I still am. Before we left the hospital I was informed that she was born with Bilateral

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