Written by ASUMAN BİRDAL STYLISTIC ANALYSIS : “A CUP OF TEA” by K.Mansfield The common view that a literary text is likely to be comprehended better if it is studied in parallel with stylistic analysis which emphasizes the crucial role of the linguistic features of the text contributes much to the development of literary criticism. M.A.K.Halliday is one of the text linguists who sees ‘grammar’ as a network of systems of relationships which account for all the semantically relevant
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Throughout history many have felt that the government has not had the peoples best interest in mind and have united peacefully to bring about change. These movements include the great Boston Tea Party‚ the Women’s Suffrage Movement‚ and never could we forget Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.`s Civil Rights Movement. The Boson Tea Party‚ a mass protest on December 16th 1773‚ was a protest against the British government. This protest has immeasurable importance to the history of the United Sates. It was here where
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Which Cup of Tea Do You Prefer? Which cup of tea do you prefer? I mean entertainment. Generally‚ entertainment can be defined as the activities that can provide diversion or permit people to be amused in their leisure time.[1] But no matter what the form may be‚ entertainment is exactly the movement which makes you happy and relaxed. There are three major types of entertainment I have summarized: The visual entertainment‚ the interactive entertainment‚ and the self entertainment. First of all
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Mortenson can be described as a man of great honor‚ respect‚ but also deceitful. Although Greg Mortenson holds true to his valiant efforts in Pakistan and Afghanistan‚ he also proves guilty to the lies represented in Three Cups of Tea. In the beginning of Three Cups of Tea‚ Greg Mortenson descends from K-2‚ the second-highest mountain in the world in honor of his late sister. After failing the climb‚ he travels back down and loses the trail path. Mortenson describes lost exploration with his encounter
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“Behaviour of Fish in an Egyptian Tea Garden” In the poem “Behaviour of Fish in an Egyptian Tea Garden” by Keith Douglas‚ a beautiful woman uses the power of seduction to attract many men. Douglas uses simile to describe the woman as a “white stone” while calling men different types of fish like “magnate‚ an important fish” and “flat-eyed fish”. Throughout the whole poem‚ Douglas seems to use the word “fish” many times. It seems he is describing the environment as an aquatic environment. Since
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Every year‚ my summer consist of my family and I traveling around the states. Boston Massachusetts‚ was one of the states that built the love and appreciation I have for nature. The Boston Tea Party Museum was located between Congress St and Seaport Blvd. The city its self was appealing. Trees and flowers you’d Normally see on the TV‚ Big Houses with paintings so bright you think it was painted every-week.The lawns was tidy‚ plantings and the trees were clipped to purity. Where I was standing‚ the
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QUIZ 02 ECO402 Quiz # 2 ECO402 (Microeconomics) Semester Spring 2008 Total Marks 15 Instructions: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. This quiz covers Lesson 14-17. Last date for submission of quiz is 12/05/08. Upload your quiz with in due date and time. No quiz will be accepted after due date and time. In MCQs‚ write only one option in the answer sheet which you think is correct. More than one answer will be marked zero. 6. No quiz will be accepted through e-mail. 7. Please submit your solution
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“Failure” “Failure‚” chapter one‚ in “Three Cups of Tea‚” by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin‚ tells about a man’s compassion and determination through life‚ and the obstacles that would ultimately lead to his failure. Greg Mortenson was born into a compassionate family that greatly cared for the welfare of others. Being a kind man who loves his family‚ he maintains a close relationship with his sister‚ Christa‚ who suffers from frequent seizures. Mortenson‚ twelve years her senior‚ appointed
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“Behaviour of Fish in an Egyptian Tea Garden” by Keith Douglas is about a beautiful woman and her power to seduce‚ manipulate men of any age. The author uses metaphors and similes by comparing the woman “as a white stone” and men as fishes “A cotton magnate/…A crustacean” to show how men’s behavior are like of any other animal species or as predictable as fish. The author keeps the imagery of a large aquatic marine environment to consistently illustrate
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Chapter 6 Vocab terms: * Spartan – sternly disciplined and rigorously simple‚ frugal‚ or austere. ”The room was so spartan there was no place to hide the pouch except under his clothes.” * Shalwar - loose‚ pajamalike trousers worn by both men and women in India and southeast Asia. “You are the rich man?” he asked‚ looking doubtfully at Mortenson’s frayed running shoes and worn mud-colored shalwar.” * Juddered - to vibrate violently “And as they juddered over potholes at hundred
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