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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Did you know that Selena Gomez became famous when she was 8 years old? She was raised by a teenage mother and grew up poor. She really wanted to be on TV so her mom found her an audition for "Barney and Friends" and she got the role . Over the years Selena has won 38 awards. Selena is one of the most entertaining performers of her generation. Selena Gomez was born in Grand Prairie‚ Texas on July 22‚1992. Her mother Mandy Teefey was single and only 16 years old when she had Selena. Since she didn’t
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Julia Morgan Julia Morgan was born in San Francisco‚ California January 20‚ 1872 but she raised in Oakland‚ California. She received her undergraduate degree in civil engineering from the University of California‚ Berkeley. She was the only woman to receive the degree in 1894. She was such a great student that her instructors suggested for her to travel to Paris to study at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. However‚ when she arrived in Paris she was refused admission to the school for two years because
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picture in our minds‚ which perceive the life of the people who had no choice but to live through the winds. Her vison of her insane neighbor with a machete represented the madness the winds really caused to the town. Didion also utilized another literary technique‚ symbolism‚ to identify the “meek little wives” because it showed that the husbands were usually the powerful ones in the relationship instead of the other way around. The winds seemed to have transferred power to the wives‚ even with intentions
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The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe is a short story based off the myth “all black cats are witches in disguise.” Finding a good way to combine many different literary devices‚ and still making sense of the piece of writing isn’t always easy. Although‚ Poe seems to make it work in The Black Cat using Characterization‚ Climax‚ and foreshadow. Although‚ that is only some of the many terms used in this paper. Characterization‚ the creation or construction of a fictional character‚ is mentioned subtly
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Through a variety of literary and cinematic techniques respectively‚ John Steinbeck’s Of Mice And Men and Sean Penn’s Into The Wild illustrate how the fulfilment of one’s life‚ and their pursuit of happiness‚ hinge upon friendship‚ dreams‚ and one’s attitude towards life and happiness in general. Steinbeck’s 1937 novella Of Mice And Men illustrates the importance of friendship and dreams in a context of hardship and economic downturn. This is done by using George and Lennie and their dream of landownership
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The decision left the Government’s policy in complete disarray and steps into the tune of unpopular decisions made by the Gillard government. During this time‚ Julia Gillard began to lose support from the very people that put her in power‚ and many began looking back to Kevin Rudd for answers. Gillard‚ in attempts to solidate her position as Prime Minister‚ was accused of ‘airbrushing’ out the achievements of her
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’ESSAY - "SWEET CREAM" BY JULIA KELK Why is the human race designed to loathe changes in life‚ when changes could lead to a better life? In Julia Kelk’s short story "Sweet Cream" she describes a wedding from a lonely young Mexican girl’s perspective. The story is set in a hotel called "Hotel Central" in the Mexican winter wonderland. In the story we meet Jenny who is also the protagonist of the story. She is about 20 years old‚ and she is at a wedding reception for the cousin of her brother-in-law
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Popular mechanics is a short story that uses common objects‚ but precise language. The quote that I chose above was written by the same author who wrote popular mechanics. From the beginning‚ Raymond Carver starts the story with “Early that day the weather turned and the snow was melting into dirty water”. He doesn’t say in plain text that the story involves conflict‚ but the words he uses are very specific details to what is happening. This quotes applies to this short story because the author
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In her novel In the Time of the Butterflies‚ Julia Alvarez tells a tale that shows how life can be both beautiful and horrible at the same time. The book is set in the Dominican Republic‚ where an oppressive dictator named Trujillo is in power. Living under his iron fist is the Mirabal family‚ a relatively normal family with four beautiful daughters. While the girls are protected relatively well from Trujillo’s political patriarchy‚ a few of them are introduced to patriarchy via minor oppression
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