SIW Module 1 Variant 2 Theme: Stylistic Devices. Analysis of the text. 1. Point out three metaphors and three epithets used by the author to characterize the main character (Stephens) and comment on them. Three metaphors : trifle embarrassed apologetic laugh forcible ring Three epithets: thick-set and stout a round red face bullet-shaped head All these stylistic devices describe the main hero as a person who is very tired of life‚ he is passive‚ but he wants to change something
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I caught sight of her at the play and in answer to her beckoning I went over during the interval and sat down beside her. It was long since I had last seen her and if someone had not mentioned her name‚ I hardly think I would have recognized her. She addressed me brightly. “Well‚ its many years since we first met. How time does fly! We’re none of us getting any younger. Do you remember the first time I saw you? You asked me to luncheon.” Did I remember? It was twenty years ago and I was
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Executive Summary A&W Restaurants‚ Inc. is a chain of fast-food restaurants that specialize in root beer and root beer floats. It is the first fast food restaurant in Singapore and expansion was fast in the early nineties‚ but in 2003‚ A&W’s Singapore operations came to an end. Many Singaporeans grew up eating A&W‚ and that is one reason why many people are protesting for it to make a comeback in Singapore. Hence‚ our campaign will draw an emotional appeal‚ focusing on the theme‚ “Bringing
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Executive Summary A&W Restaurant has a large range of target market. This is because they are serving fast food that can be consume by all people such as children‚ families‚ teenagers‚ adults and late adults. As we all know A&W use to be famous and likeable by all people. But now days A&W are no longer the first choice of people eats fast food. In order to regain their name and rebrand it‚ we have decided to improve their four P’s which are product‚ price‚ place and promotion. Four
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There was a man called Christopher Columbus And he grew up in Italy. Later he learned to be a navigator And how to sail a ship at sea In fourteen hundred ninety two Columbus sailed the ocean blue For Spain to gain An Indies shortcut that was new How could he find a Shortcut to the Indies‚ Bring silk and spices quickly home? He needed someone with a lot of money. He couldn’t do it all alone. In fourteen hundred ninety two Columbus sailed the ocean blue For Spain to gain An Indies
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It is through the growth of “moral worth and intellectual improvement” that Maria Stewart believes the African American race will prosper and be accepted by the white community. Continuing on the topic‚ Stewart qualifies that no person‚ white or black‚ is content with their lives if they are forced to perform menial jobs when they clearly obtain the capability to hold jobs that far surpass the skill level of the “servile labor” they find themselves executing. She even goes so far as to say that if
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George W. Bush September 20‚ 2011 Address to Congress On September 11‚ 2001 the American nation was shaken with news of a terrorist attack on the World Trade Center towers in New York City. Fear and panic commandeered the spirits of American citizens as they awaited to hear if their loved one had perished‚ if another attack had been planned for somewhere else in the United States‚ and how their nation would rise from the ashes to face another tomorrow. Not only had their nation been attacked‚ but
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W.S. Maugham’s stories make exciting reading and give food for reflection The writer is a great master of ironic style. By using a biased 1st person narrator the author pretends to praise and justify what in fact he exposes and condemns. Thus the writer forces the reader to see through this pretence and make his/her own conclusions as to the purport of the work. The story "The Escape" is a fair example of Maugham’s ironic style. The basic theme of the story is marriage in bourgeois society‚ relations
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Contents Introduction…………………………………………………………………………...3 I. The theoretical aspect of concept………………………………………………….6 1.1. Concept as the basic term of the cognitive linguistics…………………………...6 1.2. The notion of theatre…………………………………………………………….17 II.THEATRE concept in the semantic space of W.S.Maugham’s “Theatre”…………………………………………………………………………….20 2.1. Theatre as it is viewed by W.S.Maugham………………………………………20 2.2. Theatre as people for W.S.Maugham’s…………………………………………23 2.3. The place of tropes in W.S.Maugham’s
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George W. Bush is also an ambitious character‚ and this characteristics came from the shadow of his father – George H.W. Bush. Normally for boys‚ if there is a deep feeling of fear of his father ‚ or his father’s size and strength‚ would lead to his fear of bullies (Frank 2007‚ 143). For George W. Bush‚ the powerful heroical image of his father affect him and brought him a “rivalrous and agreesive feelings”‚ therefore‚ he tends to mimic his father and become a bully himself. As Frank said that the
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