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    entertainment. By using the literary devices such as‚ a kenning‚ alliteration‚ and personification the poet is able to create vivid detailed imagery and also enhance the experience of the reader/listener. First‚ a kenning‚ two or three descriptive words sometimes separated by a dash‚ is used by the author to refer to different objects‚ places‚ and people while creating a detailed image of what the kenning is. This is very hard to find in modern writing because it was used mainly in Old English writing

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    Peanut butter and tuna fish; some things are not meant to be together. In his book‚ The Perfect Storm‚ Sebastian Junger tries to write both as a journalist and as the narrator of separate stories about a sword fishing boat‚ a three person sailboat‚ and U.S. Coast Guard Cutter stuck in the middle of colliding weather systems. While his skill in each style individually is exceptional‚ the way he switches between the two interrupts his flow and the contrasting styles do not fit together well. Junger

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    What if you were living happily minding your own self living life‚ and then suddenly‚ different roles were forced upon you‚ and in a short time span your whole world would be thrown upside down? Well that is a brief insight into what Marji’s life‚ as described in the graphic novel and autobiography‚ Persepolis. The book takes place in 1980 Iran. The story is about a young girl‚ Marji‚ coming of age. She is living during the Iranian revolution where she faces the struggles of oppression and life

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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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    “Poetry focusing on villainy and wrongdoing or even on foolish characters with dark minds‚ often produces engaging material for the reader or the listener”. Consider in what ways foolishness and villainy appears in your six selected poems and in what ways‚ if any‚ it may be of interest. I do agree with the title that poetry‚ villainy and wrong doing do produce more engaging pieces for the reader because everybody likes to see the villain’s attempts at success but as we see in Percy Shelley’s

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    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 in The Black Cat quite a

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    “Antigone” is a Greek tragedu by Sophocles written before or in 442 BC. The play expands on the Theban legend that predated it and picks up where Aeschyius’ “Seven Against Thebes” ends. “Antigone” is typical of the drama of ancient Greece and there are many evident features that support this. Ancient Greek drama is literary work with dialogue written in verse (really) and by actors such as Creon and Haeman speak in shifted tones of tension that prevail conflict. Another element of Ancient Greek

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    A literary technique is a device employed in literature to add depth to a writer’s work. These techniques can be obvious‚ such as the technique of rhyme in a poem‚ or subtle‚ such as juxtaposition‚ which can go unnoticed by the reader. In The Things They Carried‚ Tim O’Brien uses many such techniques to provide more depth to his book. Four literary techniques used by Tim O’Brien are symbolism‚ pathetic fallacy‚ irony‚ and juxtaposition. One literary technique prominent in The Things They Carried

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    consumers through means of a variety of literary strategies such as words and phrases‚ dialogue‚ and scientific vocabulary. First‚ the literary strategy of using words and phrases throughout the article to mock the long tradition of how marketing companies advertise their products. The product in this article is shoe inserts. For instance‚ the article refers to a new “cutting-edge form of pseudoscience known as Terranometry‚” It mocks the marketing techniques using the term pseudoscience‚ which refers

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    UNIT 6. BUILDING TECHNOLOGY IN CONSTRUCTION MR. BARTON P6- Describe the techniques used to construct and finish the component elements of a superstructure. Domestic Dwellings The two most common types of construction are: Traditional block Cavity wall construction And Modern Timber Frame Construction Traditional Block Cavity Wall The fundamental principle of a cavity wall is to prevent moisture moving from outside to inside. A cavity wall consists of two separated walls or ‘leaves’ joined

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