ALLITERATION is the repetition of consonant sounds in a series of words. If the consonants are the same but the sounds are different they do not alliterate. eg. "...the grease that kisses the onions with a hiss." from WILLIAM STREET by Kenneth Slessor ALLUSION is the reference to well-known figures and/or other texts eg. "And thrice I heard the Cock crow thinking I knew it’s meaning well." from COCK CROW by Rosemary Dobson The reference here is to the denial of Jesus after his arrest by
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Oliver utilizes several literary techniques‚ like figurative language and structure‚ to further develop the strong connection between nature and life. Oliver writes: Figurative language can give shape to the difficult and the painful. It can make visible and ‘felt’ that which is invisible and ‘unfeelable.’ Imagery‚ more than anything else‚ can take us out of our own existence and let us stand in the condition of another instance‚ or another life. It can make the subject of the poem‚ whatever it
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When most see nature‚ they think of the exterior‚ and nothing more. They don’t experience the true‚ overwhelming power of nature. Mary Oliver is not one of those people. She writes about nature as if it is a dream world where nature is an omnipotent power that controls everything. Oliver allows herself to experience nature in an intimate way. She writes about both the all-consuming terror and beauty that nature holds‚ and explains the complexity of these elements through her use of immense detail
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The leadership of Oliver Cromwell was the most important factor that led to the Parliamentarian’s victory in the Civil wars The English Civil war was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists‚ which were better known as Roundheads and Cavaliers. The war took place between the years 1642 to 1651. There were three wars‚ the first that was from the year 1642 to 1646; the second lasted from the year 1648 to 1649; and the third war‚ which was the
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Jamie Oliver Jamie Oliver is a chef who has made a number of television programmes for Channel 4; in most of these programmes he is cooking and instructing the audience‚ although he is sometimes part of documentaries about food‚ for example in schools. His style of speech is very different to many of his contemporaries: he uses his distinctive style to present himself as a down to earth‚ friendly TV chef. Oliver is the only person talking in this transcript because he is cooking and explaining
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Period 4B In this very lyrical excerpt‚ Mary Oliver has a great attraction to nature because of its paradoxical yet balancing form. By being both terrifying and beautiful‚ nature fills the world with contrasting entities that can be “death-bringers” or bring “immobilizing happiness.” Oliver uses imagery‚ parallelism‚ and contrasting to express her swaying emotions of fear‚ awe‚ and happiness towards nature. The imagery creates the very distinct contrast between terrifying and beautiful parts of
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this paper I am going to compare and contrast a literary text (Education for Leisure by Carol Ann Duffy) and a non literary text (Newspaper article from “The Independent” by Nigel Morris) focussing on the language features used‚ the structural and presentational devices‚ the use of correct punctuations‚ analyse the structure of the non literary text for bias and the techniques used to convey meaning and ideas by both authors. The objective of literary texts is to teach the readers a life lesson with
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Students are taught about what war was like in the past but they have never been able to see what it looked like. Oliver Stone’s movie Platoon showed the main character (Chris Taylor) and his companions throughout the war. The movie showed what happened during the Vietnam war and how it changed the view of soldiers from the beginning of entering the war to the end. Some major themes were Empathy vs. Ruthlessness because we see Sergeant Elias being understanding when taking over the village because
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Out of the numerous techniques that are available for writers‚ persuasive and literary techniques are most commonly used in writings like Martin Luther King Jr’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” and Barack Obama’s election night victory speech. “Letters from a Birmingham Jail” has many examples of each type of persuasive techniques‚ and it includes literary techniques like allusions and figurative language. When King states that Birmingham is one of the most thoroughly segregated cities in
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Oliver Sacks From the outside‚ we all look roughly the same‚ but if you delve into the world of our minds some people stand out as subtly different. Oliver Sacks was a Neurologist and Author. He wrote several books including The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat‚ Migraine and An Anthropologist on Mars. My favourite cases are some of the weirdest ones. For example‚ who would… or COULD mistake their wife for a hat. Dr P was a professor of music at a university. He frequently makes silly mistakes
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