Metonymies are used in very often in literature‚ and also in everyday speech. A metonymy is a word or phrase that is used to stand in for another word. metonymy is often chosen because it is a wellknown characteristic of the word. In this example‚ metonymy is applied because the pen isn’t the thing that is mighty over the sword; it’s the written words being mighty over the violence and destruction‚ and force. For example‚ the word "pen" is not always standing in for the written word; often‚
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Sun Still Rises in the Sky.” Holt Literature & Language Arts). The emphasis on oral literature is that the culture is transferred from generation to generation by the Native Americans. In the text‚ Bruchac stated: “First of all‚ Native American cultures use stories to teach moral lessons
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In the realist film “Sortie des Usines Lumiere a Lyon” by Auguste and Louis Lumiere in France also known as “Workers leaving Lumiere Factory in Lyon”‚ the scene of workers mainly women leaving the building is shown by the background music in a jaunty rhythm. It is a black and white film in 46 seconds shown in 1895 often referred as second movie ever made‚ filmed by Auguste and Louis Lumiere whom are famous for producing realist films. As in other Louis Lumiere films‚ realist films tend to represent
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"The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky" concerns the efforts of a town marshal bringing his new bride to the "frontier" town of Yellow Sky Texas‚ at a time when the Old West is being slowly but inevitably civilized. At the climax of the story‚ the stereotypical and seemingly inevitable gunfight‚ a staple feature of Westerns‚ is averted‚ and the reader senses that all such gunplay is a thing of the past‚ that in fact Crane is describing the "end of an era." Crane’s four-part story concerns man’s interaction
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The text "Sky high" contains six stanzas two of an adult and four of a child. In the first stanza H. Robert is reminiscing about her old back yard. "Silver skeletal arms throwing long‚ summer afternoon shadows on the lawn." The reader is drawn into the text by the technique of personification‚ bringing the text to life. The idea of feeling of sense of mystery is shown through the alliteration of the letter "s".. "..Struggling sapling‚ surround...spectators..." "Like colored flags in secret code."
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“To the Other Side of the Sky” and the article from the International Campaign to Ban Landmines both talk about the issue of landmines because Farah’s story supports the organization’s claims. In “To the Other Side of the Sky”‚ Farah gets hit by a landmine as a child. This blow caused many injuries to her body‚ like to her legs. According to the book‚ “‘Finally‚ I caught one quick glimpse‚ just one glimpse‚ and oh my God! That wasn’t my leg anymore‚ it was just meat! Oh‚ the redness of it‚ the utter
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In the book‚The Sky Is Everywhere” the author ‚Jandy Nelson ‚is trying to illustrate that losing a loved one is hard to moving on.When Lennie was younger her mother left her for a new family‚ Bailey took the mother’s position. Bailey was always there when Lennie needed someone to talk to. Lennie felt so close to Bailey be cause they would tell each other there own secrets. Suddenly Bailey dies‚ leaving Lennie to be on her own. Without Bailey ‚ Lennie discovers she’s a whole entire new person. This
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The Blue Sky Gallery‚ in Portland‚ currently displays a photo series depicting the daily struggles individuals from Central America face as they make the perilous journey to the United States. In this series‚ Michelle Frankfurter‚ highlights the atrocities presently facing migrants as they attempt to reach and cross the border. Michelle Frankfurter is a documentary photographer who has spent recent years capturing the difficulties immigrants face traveling to the American and Mexico border. Her work
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Sky Burial’ demonstrates that a person’s identity is defined more by circumstances than by culture of origin.’ Discuss. Culture is a very important and highly influencing aspect of both the Chinese and Tibetan lifestyles. Shu Wen‚ a young Chinese doctor‚ was brought up under strict Chinese culture with deep religion and ideology but she chose to leave it and her whole family behind for the love of her husband‚ Kejun. Shu Wen is a prime example that a culture may influence‚ but does not necessarily
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October Sky Reaching for your dreams is like looking at the Sunday newspaper comics‚ if you look from a far‚ you see the big picture‚ but if you look close‚ all you see are a bunch of dots put together. October Sky is a film based on Homer Hickam’s determination to win a national science fair. He is constantly ostracized by his community and family and does not have much money to support him either. Homer clearly doesn’t have a good chance at even getting to the science fair‚ let alone winning
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