What are stylistic devices? In literature and writing‚ a figure of speech (also called stylistic device or rhetorical device) is the use of any of a variety of techniques to give an auxiliary meaning‚ idea‚ or feeling. Sometimes a word diverges from its normal meaning‚ or a phrase has a specialized meaning not based on the literal meaning of the words in it. Examples are metaphor‚ simile‚ or personification. Stylistic devices often provide emphasis‚ freshness of expression‚ or clarity. Alliteration
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Cited: Gladwell‚ Malcolm. Outliers: The Story of Success. New York: Little‚ Brown and Company‚ 2008.
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Murder Mystery Dinner | thedinnerdetective.com thedinnerdetective.com Most Popular Murder Mystery in Los Angeles‚ Long Beach & Orange County Download Mystery Game Kit | PlayingWithMurder.com PlayingWithMurder.com Host a murder mystery party for 8-15 people and have a great time! Search Results Murder Mystery Story - Term Paper - Need10Homework www.studymode.com › Home › Miscellaneous It was a cold and gloomy Friday evening. The clouds were a deep shade of grey and the sky looked like it
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The Mystery of Emily Grierson As remarkable a story as A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner was‚ the irony presented about Miss Emily’s life was truly remarkable. The life and death of Emily Grierson drew a lot of attention from the entire town. Faulkner’s description of the women in the town seemed to make the audience feel as if they were curious about her way of life. This short story was set in the town of Jefferson where for many years Miss Emily lived with her father. When her father passed
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Exploring the mystery of Chichen Itza (1) Chichen Itza once cradled an ancient city of advanced civilization‚ the Maya. Thriving in both commerce and science‚ the Mayan civilization has its life in progressive path when Europe was still experiencing the bleak Dark Ages. However‚ at around the 1400s‚ its inhabitants left for unknown reasons leaving the city to the hands of time and power of nature. What was once a booming city lay abandoned‚ yet its beauty and mystery still calls out for people
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How could war be kind? War cannot be kind. Throughout Stephen Crane’s stories‚ we learn he is opposed to the civil war. Stephen Crane uses sarcasm in “War is Kind” and then gives gruesome details of a soldier’s experience in “A Mystery of Heroism” to prove he is opposed to the war. Sarcasm is meant to provoke thought and to poke fun at the other topic. “War is Kind” uses sarcasm to explain the horrors of war‚ and the effect it has on those related to those in the war. “Great is the battle-god‚ great
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Society All through literature and stories‚ words and characters will always represent different meanings and symbols. Readers will continue to venture deeper and deeper into the meanings of the words a writer puts on paper. The writer of the story may not even have a deeper meaning to the writing but we as humans have a need to explore. The short story known as “Sweat” by Zora Neale Hurston may also be one of those types of stories. The short English literature story “Sweat‚” written by Zora Neale Hurston
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LALALALALALLALALALLALA Story-story” is a circle game for all ages. The group of performers sit and a moderator (us) stands in the middle and provides a setting for the story. Then we point to a person in the circle and they begin telling a story (says 2 sentences). After the first storyteller has described the beginning of the story‚ the moderator points to another person‚ the story continues on; the new person picks up from the last word and tries to continue the narrative. Every performer should
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When we think of great mysteries‚ controversies‚ conspiracies or historical questions... many come to mind: Who really assassinated Liaquat Ali Khan? Who really murdered John F. Kennedy? Who was really behind Airplane crash of General Zia ul Haq? Who was really behind 9/11? Who assassinated Benazir Bhutto? Was Marilyn Monroe killed? Did aliens crash at Roswell? What was the mystery of Philadelphia Project? Another historical mystery or puzzle is: What was the real story behind the sinking of the
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UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS IGCSE LITERATURE IN ENGLISH: SYLLABUS 0486 NOTES FOR TEACHERS ON STORIES SET FOR STUDY FROM STORIES OF OURSELVES: THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS ANTHOLOGY OF SHORT STORIES IN ENGLISH FOR EXAMINATION IN JUNE AND NOVEMBER 2010‚ 2011 AND 2012 CONTENTS Introduction: How to use these notes 1. The Signalman Charles Dickens 2. The Yellow Wallpaper Charlotte Perkins Gilman 3. How It Happened Arthur Conan Doyle
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