common. 11. Metonymy - A figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated; also‚ the rhetorical strategy of describing something indirectly by referring to things around it. 12. Onomatopoeia - The use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to. 13. Oxymoron - A figure of speech in which incongruous or contradictory terms appear side by side. 14. Paradox - A statement that appears
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Walks in Beauty I. She walks in beauty‚ like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all that’s best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes: Thus mellowed to that tender light Which Heaven to gaudy day denies. *onomatopoeia-words that spell out sounds; words that sounds like what they mean. She Walks in Beauty I. She walks in beauty‚ like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all that’s best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes:
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do something to assist them.” John stated in paragraph 8‚” I have a great idea! I have a solution that we can all help accomplish.” The resolution of the family being poor was solved with this solution. The word “pop” in paragraph 9 serves as an onomatopoeia An idea occurred when John thought of a solution
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Omniscient point of view: Can read the minds of all characters‚ can be everywhere‚ see everything‚ penetrate innermost secrets of all the characters. Example #1: “The story of an hour” by Kate Chopin. Example #2: “Anna Karenina” by Leo Tolstoy. Onomatopoeia: Words that sound like what they mean. Example #1: Buzz‚ buzz‚ buzz Example #2: Hiss‚ hiss‚ hiss Oxymoron: The pairing together of opposite words. Example #1: Pretty ugly Example #2: Cold fire
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The first passage of “The Birds” uses sibilance to emphasise the politeness of the birds in the first two sentences. The phonology of the passage is that onomatopoeia is used in the word “whistling” and in the phrase “rustling like silk”. The phrase is emphasising how softly and smoothly the birds are flying. “As the slow sea socked at the shore” is another example of sibilance to show how polite these birds are. Passage one begins with an antonym‚ “black and white”. This shows that the sentences
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example in the following passage: How it clatters along the roofs‚ Like the tramp of hoofs How it gushes and struggles out From the throat of the overflowing spout! Note the way that the sound of the rain is created through the onomatopoeia of "clatter" and how the simile compares the sound to the "tramp of hoofs." Then the poem goes on to describe the different reactions of many different types of people to this rain and how it helps and heals them. The sick man’s fever is cooled
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In The Monkey’s Paw written by W.W. Jacobs and The Red Room written by H.G. Wells‚ there are many similarities and differences in the ways the stories are written and suspense created. For example‚ both stories belong to the horror genre where the supernatural appears due to human interferences‚ and both have a fast and frantic climax where the characters’ lives are put in jeopardy. However they do differ in places‚ one of the key differences being that The Monkey’s Paw is written in third person
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Bishkek Humanities University named after K. Karasaev The Faculty of European Civilizations The English Language Department “Peculiarities of the Lexical Stylistic devices (Metaphor‚ metonymy‚ irony‚ simile‚ epithet) in the novel “Pride and Prejudice” by Jane Austen” DIPLOMA PAPER Scientific Supervisor: E. B. Jumakeeva Done by: Satarova Rahat‚ group: A08-2 Contents: Pages: Introduction
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What do you find most striking about the poem Kubla Khan?’’Works of imagination should be written in very plain language; the more purely imaginative they are the more necessary it is to be plain.’’ - Samuel Taylor Coleridge. In this essay I am going to discuss one of the most famous and very striking poem Kubla Khan which was written by Coleridge. The poem is about the nature of creativity. Coleridge describes the dome of pleasure which he sees in his dream while he is opium- induced. While he
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Decuis vs. Calphurnia‚ Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar takes place in Ancient Rome‚ 44 BC‚ during this time period there was an assassination planned for Julius Caesar. Various rumors about this plan were circulating throughout Rome. Calphurnia‚ Caesar’s wife‚ tries to explain to him that it is safer for him to stay home. Meanwhile‚ a conspirator‚ named Decius‚ combats her argument and tries to convince him to come to a senate meeting. Both Decuis and Calphurnia use several rhetorical devices to
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