one-celled‚ plant-like animals in the water. . . . On the level of slang‚ a redneck is a stereotypical member of the white rural working class in the Southern U.S.‚ originally a reference to necks sunburned from working in the fields." (Connie C. Eble‚ "Metonymy‚" The Oxford Companion to the English Language‚ 1992) • "Bush has bombed Afghanistan and Iraq." • "The suits on Wall Street walked off with most of our savings." • "The B.L.T. left without paying." (waitress referring to a customer) oxymoron
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Design Chance • Hierarchy Anarchy • Art Object/Finished Process/Performance/ Work Happening Hassan: Modernism vs Postmodernism (2) Modernism Postmodernism • Distance Participation • Presence Absence • Centring Dispersal • Metaphor Metonymy • Selection Combination • Narrative/Grande Anti-narrative/ Histoire Petite Histoire Hassan: Modernism vs Postmodernism (3) • • • • • Modernism Master Code Origin/Cause Metaphysics Determinacy Genre/Boundary Postmodernism
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Semiotics Mind Map 1. Process school. Figure: See section 6. “’It sees communication as a process by which one person affects the behaviour or state of mind of another” Fiske (2011: 2) The Message 2. Semiotics Figure: See section 7. “The second school (semiotics) sees communication as the production and exchange of meanings” Fiske (2011: 2) Signification __? The message interacts with people on order to produce meanings The Message 3. Signs and Codes “Signs are artefacts or acts
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Gothic Elements in Stephen King’s: The Shining. The classic elements were invented by Horace Walpole in 1764 in his novel The Castle Of Qtranto. These elements have been used in a variety of ways in different aspects books films short stories even today. Stephen King uses these elements in his novel The Shining alternating them to fit his needs. The first classic element is the incorporation of setting in an old castle‚ with secret rooms scary passages‚ underground burial vaults. Seeming abandoned
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The analysis 1. The title of the story. The function of the title is to inform the reader briefly of what the text or story that follows is about. Sometimes titles show individuality оf the writer. They are characterizing by shortness and catching character. A skillful worked out title tells the whole story on enough of the story to satisfy the reader ’s curiosity. 2.The plot of the story. Most novels and stories have plots. Every plot is arrangement of meaningful events. The plot has such
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Mimicry‚ Ambivalence‚ and Hybridity Daniel Dafoe’s 1719 novel‚ Robinson Crusoe‚ is a rich text for understanding the mechanisms of European colonialism and the relation between the colonizer and the colonized (represented by Crusoe and Friday). Dafoe represents Crusoe as being the ultimate incarnation of an Englishman: industrious‚ self-determining and ready to colonize natives. Crusoe encounters a native and he names him Friday‚ teaches him English‚ the words of God‚ and slowly “civilizes”
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internal rhyme in “held” and “ourselves”—that leads the speaker to so easily give up on her life and what it contained. This is explicitly stated‚ as it is “For His Civility” that she puts away her “labor” and her “leisure‚” which is Dickinson using metonymy to represent another alliterative word her
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Ronis Aba September 27th‚ 2012 Period 6th “No better king had ever lived‚ no prince so mild‚ no man so open to his people‚ so deserving of praise.” This is an ultimate description of the heroic events of Beowulf‚ an old Anglo-Saxon poem about a warrior who battles and destroys three horrifying monsters. Although written long ago‚ the emotions expressed within this work‚ emotions of bravery‚ valor‚ and ethics still speak to us centuries later. The anonymous author of the poem
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Dramatic Literacy Devices Allegory A symbolic narrative in which the surface details imply a secondary meaning. Allegory often takes the form of a story in which the characters represent moral qualities. The most famous example in English is John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress‚ in which the name of the central character‚ Pilgrim‚ epitomizes the book’s allegorical nature. Kay Boyle’s story "Astronomer’s Wife" and Christina Rossetti’s poem "Up-Hill" both contain allegorical elements. Catastrophe The
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“Lose Yourself” Eminem’s Use of Literary Devices “Lyrics are poetry.” – Mr. Heinegg Look‚ if you had one shot or one opportunity To seize everything you ever wanted in one moment Would you capture it or just let it slip? Rhetorical Question Yo‚ his palms are sweaty‚ knees weak‚ arms are heavy There is vomit on his sweater already Assonance Mom’s spaghet. He’s nervous But on the surface he looks calm and ready Metaphor To drops bombs‚ but he keeps on forgetting What he wrote down‚ the whole crowd
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