Task: To describe how tension is made in Act 2‚ Scenes 1 and 2. English AFL Final Draft By Imani Anderson-Whittington Shakespeare created a lot of tension in Act 2‚ scenes 1 and 2. The tension made is one of the effects caused by the varied sentence lengths‚ pathetic fallacy‚ animal sounds‚ alliterations‚ oxymorons‚ emotions portrayed by the characters‚ and rhyme. Firstly‚ sentence structure is affective because it increases and decreases the ‘flow’ of the play and also‚ the rhyming scheme
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“Australian poetry gives us insight into the human condition.” Discuss this statement with reference to at least 3 poems. Human condition encompasses the unique and inevitable features of being human. It includes all aspects of human behaviour‚ irreducible part of humanity that is inherent and not dependent on factors such as gender‚ race or class. Human condition also includes concerns such as the meaning of life and anxiety regarding the inescapability of death. The techniques used in the poems
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personification like if the house has its own soul ans character. The words ‘frown’ and ‘leer’ intensify darkness of the narration. Speak of how the visual and audial picture of two gaunt trees is created. What part in the general effect is played by the onomatopoeia (rattled rather than rustled)? The author describes the trees in order to emphasize the gloom at home. The house itself and its surroundings induce depression. The
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Alternative Rock has a certain vocal style that makes the genre different from the rest of the branches of Rock and Roll. The Offspring is a band that predominantly thrived in this genre in the late nineties. The band has had serval different members‚ but the current members of The Offspring include: Greg Krisel on the bass guitar‚ Pete Parada on the drums‚ Kevin “Noodles” Wasserman on the lead guitar‚ and Dexter Holland on the vocals. The bands released their songs on behalf of Columbia Records
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phrase ‘After I no longer speak’. Here Duffy creates an incredibly strong image of silence and death when the voice has been stilled permanently. The horror is continued in the image created by ‘they break our fingers’ and there is in this the onomatopoeia of the sound of snapping bones as ‘wedding rings’ are ‘salvaged’ for profit. Here again the poet uses the two conflicting images of the wedding band‚ a symbol of eternal love and theft and profit through death in juxtaposition. The first two
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his nostalgic impulses. With his ‘manhood cast/Down in the flood of remembrance’‚ he weeps‚ an act considered inappropriate for a man. These two poems both use striking language. Firstly‚ they both use onomatopoeia to convey the setting of the poems. In “Half-past Two”‚ the onomatopoeia is used to convey the ticking sound of the clock‚ whereas in “Piano”‚ it is used to convey the musical sounds of the piano. Secondly‚ they also both use alliteration. In “Half-past Two”‚ the phrase ‘time
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How does Mark Twain present the theme of escape in the extract displayed in Chapter 20? Published in the 1885‚ Adventures of Huckleberry Finn‚ Mark Twain’s follow-up to the Adventures of Tom Sawyer‚ is set in the Mississippi River before the American Civil War in the mid-19th century. The novel is written in a subjective style from the viewpoint of its protagonist‚ Huck Finn. Who is escaping from his previous live and drunken father. Huckleberry Finn is an immensely realistic novel‚ revealing
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Symbols pertaining to how a person is seen have been placed around in our daily lives through the use of television‚ social media‚ and news. Everything and everyone around the world has a type of symbol attached to them. Brent Staples‚ author of “Just Walk on By‚” addresses this topic through his own personal experiences. Staples builds his persona through the use of rhetorical devices such as imagery and personal anecdotes. Additionally‚ the author uses pathos to further his message and express
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English Review Simile: a phrase that uses the words like or as to describe someone or something by comparing it with someone or something else that is similar. Example: “She ’s as fierce as a tiger” is a simile‚ but “She ’s a tiger when she ’s angry” is a metaphor. Metaphor: a word or phrase for one thing that is used to refer to another thing in order to show or suggest that they are similar. Theme: A topic of discourse or discussion. Example: Italy‚ dark mansion‚ etc. Irony: The use
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unlikely comparison between two things without using the words “like”‚ “as” or “than”. A metaphor can be one simple sentence or it can be extended throughout an entire stanza or poem (or used in prose). Example: Her rosebud lips pursed to kiss him. Onomatopoeia is a word that imitates the sound it is describing such as "click‚" "buzz‚" "bang‚" or "slurp"‚ or animal noises such as "oink" or "meow" . A simile is an unlikely comparison between two things using the words “like”‚ “than” or “as.” Example:
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