Name: Đỗ Ngọc Thanh Nga Class: English 5 - Finance & Banking - K52 Code: 1313310075 Ha Noi‚ Friday‚ September 26‚ 2014 OUTLINE: SMOKING SHOULD BE BANNED IN PUBLIC PLACES Introduction: Hook: According to the statistics conducted by scientists‚ smoking is one of the most dangerous reasons that causes millions death every year. Background information: It causes lots of deleterious effects not only on smokers but also on non-smokers. Thesis statement: Therefore‚ smoking should‚ in my opinion
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Chapter 1 Throughout the first chapter‚ Golding uses a lot of literary terms to portray the characters‚ dramatic conflicts‚ and symbols of the first chapter. For example‚ Golding uses symbolism using the conch as a representative of law and order. "Careful! You’ll break it--"(15) this quote by Piggy shows the delicacy of the conch and shows the fragility of civilization‚ and how one wrong move can shatter it. Another symbol was Piggy’s glasses. “He wiped his glasses and adjusted them on his button
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Poetry Commentary: The Wild Swans at Coole by Yeats The Wild Swans at Coole by William Butler Yeats is‚ as the title suggests‚ a poem about a flock of Swans inhabiting the lake at Augusta Gregory ’s Coole Park residence. However‚ the theme of the poem is change and unrequited love‚ presumably inspired by the transformation Europe‚ and Yeats himself‚ underwent in the late 1800s and early 1900s. The poem is written in a consistently contemplative and plaintive tone‚ and it seems the poet is experiencing
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Authors use many literary devices that enhance their writing in different ways. Two examples of literary devices are‚ indirect characterization and foreshadowing. When a writer uses a character’s thoughts and actions to represent their personality‚ they are using indirect characterization. Foreshadowing is when an author hints at an event to come. “Thank You‚ M’am” and “Charles” are two short stories which use these literary elements. In “Thank You‚ M’am” by Langston Hughes‚ indirect characterization
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Where and when were you born? When I was born I was in Greensboro‚ NC. May 21‚ 1943. What year was it when you were my age? I was 17 in 1960. The play takes play in 1938- how old were you then? I wasn’t born at the time. Did you go to school? Where and for how long? I attended C.A. Johnson Columbia‚ SC for 4 years. What were you favorite subject? You least favorite? Why? English was my favorite‚ Chemistry was my least favorite. What was the main sport at your school? The main sports at my school
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Rites of passage” - Sharon Olds and “Real boys” - William Pollack Although the main theme of the two texts is anger and how boys express this strong feeling as a way of solution to conflicts‚ the texts‚ in term of form they are fundamentally different. On the one hand‚ text 1(a) is a poem called “Rites of passage” written by Sharon Olds‚ which ironically shows how this violence has been present in the life of the poet’s son. On the other hand‚ text1 (b) is an extract from scholarly study
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Being Human in Gabriel Marquez’s “A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings” In “A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings”‚ Gabriel Marquez tells the story of a supernatural occurrence in a fishing village. A man with wings who everyone thinks is an angel‚ crashes into the courtyard of Pelayo and Elisenda.The man looks like he is on the verge of death with a decrepit look. A neighbor woman tells the couple that the man is an angel who came for their sick baby‚ she tells them that he must be clubbed to death
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In "Mother to Son" by Langston Hughes‚ the literary device being used is dialect to communicate the mothers message on how life may be hard but you have to work through it. Dialect is a particular form of a language that is peculiar to a specific region or social group. Dialect is used to help the reader understand the characteristics of the speaker like the speakers education level. In this case‚ the dialect is from a black‚ working‚ uneducated mother. This poem is about a mother who grew up
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Quote (including p#) Literary techniques & purpose Significance and how it relates to theme. “He snatched his knife out of the sheath and slammed it into a tree trunk. Next time there would be no mercy.” Pg 31 Characterization: Jack wanted to show his capabilities in the power struggle. This quote shows how the importance of dictatorial power in a “savage” society. Power is the most important thing when there are no boundaries to society. “They knew very well why he hadn’t; because of the enormity
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The Old Man and the Sea The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway depicts the dismal reality of life’s cruelty‚ portraying how circumstances sometimes have inevitably dire outcomes regardless of the precautions we take or the effort we exert. But though the depravity of life controls our fate‚ it doesn’t determine our intestinal fortitude. Santiago was an extremely diligent and hardworking man. Day in and day out‚ rain or shine‚ he worked diligently and vigorously at the only trade he had ever
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