of linguistic devices usually called "figures of speech." We know that a word or phrase or statement is figurative when it cannot be taken literally. In this course‚ we will concentrate on the following figures of speech: metaphor and simile‚ metonymy and synecdoche‚ apostrophe (as well as other forms of address)‚ and personification. [We might pay some attention to symbol and allegory later in the course. But for now‚ please don’t be tempted to say or write “x symbolizes y.” Usually what you’re
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Literary Devices – Poetry Allusion: An event or fact from an external context assumed to be known by the reader (e.g. historical‚ biblical‚ etc.). An allusion can increase one’s understanding of the poem in question by drawing parallels with other subjects. Anthropomorphism: The showing or treating of animals‚ gods and objects as if they are human in appearance‚ character or behaviour. Apostrophe: Something that addresses an object‚ abstract idea‚ or person who is dead as though it could
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Analysis Of The Text «Doctor In The House» By Richard Gordon This text is an extract from the book “Doctor in the house” by Richard Gordon‚ a famous English writer‚ who was born in 1921. He has been an anaesthetist at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital‚ a ship’s surgeon and an assistant editor of the British Medical Journal. He left medical practice in 1952 and started writing his "Doctor" series. "Doctor in the House" is one of Gordon’s twelve "Doctor" books and is noted for witty description of a medical
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The Stylistic Analysis of “The Supreme Illusion” by Arnold Bennette I`d like to speculate upon Arnold Bennette and one of his works. Arnorld Bennette is a British novelist‚ playwright‚ critic‚ essayist and journalist. His first published novel was The Man From The North. This was followed by Anna of The Five Towns‚ The Old Wives` Tale‚ Clayhanger‚ The Card and Hilda Lessways. Bennette is credited with more than 80 books and during the 1920s was considered among the leaders of English literature
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Российский университет дружбы народов Институт иностранных языков Направление: лингвистика Stylistic analysis of Chapter II The Postumous papers of the Pickwick club Charles Dickens. Булатовой Анасиасии‚ 402ЛД Москва 2009 The passage is an extract from Dickens’ novel “The posthumous papers of the Pickwick club” from the chapter II which originally
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happens to be significant in terms‚ granted all stand affected. Uniquely‚ “The ceremony of innocence is drowned;” (6)‚ indicates an observance of purity being engulfed creates boldness‚ because man verses nature becomes challenged. Yeats also uses metonymy in “The blood-dimmed tide” (5)‚ and “ceremony of innocence” (6)‚ referring to colors as blood red for debt or death and white of innocence and purity. With this in mind‚ concrete evidence of spiritual reference directs the reader back to the title
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How does Margaret Atwood communicate her ideas to the readers? Consider: Atwood opens the poem by painting a picture-perfect and rather unrealistic and pretentiously beautiful Canadian suburbia. It was obvious‚ as readers can tell‚ that Atwood was irritated by the unnatural uniformness of the suburbia. Atwood collectively refers to the suburbia as “the sanities”. While many may think being sane is a good thing (as opposed to being insane)‚ the writer may have opined otherwise. Being sane does
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Joanna Hua Ms Royse Ap English 12-13-12 Gothic Essay Over the centuries‚ the American fascination for the grotesque and mysterious elements of Gothic literature never died off since its beginnings with Horace Walpole’s The Castle of Otranto in 1764. The novel was a success; its creative usage of a remote and obscure setting‚ the supernatural and medieval motifs were found so attractive that its imitations began rapidly publishing across America. Very soon‚ the Gothic genre was an established
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1) Alliteration Acquainted with the Night by Robert Frost I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet When far away an interrupted cry Came over houses from another street 2) Assonance “Early Moon” by Carl Sandburg THE BABY moon‚ a canoe‚ a silver papoose canoe‚ sails and sails in the Indian west. A ring of silver foxes‚ a mist of silver foxes‚ sit and sit around the Indian moon. 3) Blank Verse “Of Mans First Disobedience‚ and the Fruit” by John Milton Of man’s first disobedience
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Sixpence analyse Setting‚ historical and social context According to the analyzed context and it’s details we may consider that the action may take place in a country house of a rich and noble family somewhere in Australia or New Zeeland in the end of XIX - beginning of XX century.. Firstly Katherine Mansfield born and brought up in colonial New Zealand (could affect the setting ). Secondly in a text we can notice the word “Verandah” which has featured quite prominently in Australian and
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