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    of mice and men

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    Explore the way’s Steinbeck presents and uses setting in ‘Of Mice and Men’ John Steinbeck uses a range of techniques to present setting in Of Mice and Men‚ for example he uses foreshadowing‚ pathetic fallacy‚ personification‚ alliteration‚ metaphors‚ similes and more. He uses these to add to the tension in the book and make it seem like they are actually in 1980s America. The Bunk House- Steinbeck shows the bunk house in many different perspectives. He writes about the people on the ranch having

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    In Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar‚ a play set in Ancient Rome‚ the characters Calphurnia and Decius are in opposition. Calphurnia hopes to prompt her husband‚Caesar‚ to stay at home instead of going to the Senate because she fears that Caesar’s life is in jeopardy. Decius‚ in this case Calpurnia’s adversary‚ wants to persuade Caesar that he should in fact go to the Senate where his doomed fate awaits him. Shakespeare uses many rhetorical devices in Calpurnia’s conversation and Decius’ conversation

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    to evoke meaning. Sound devices are poems that honor people important to the speaker or focus on the speaker’s own identity. People can communicate with poetry in many ways talking about their relationships using sound devices such as rhyme‚ onomatopoeia‚ alliteration‚ and repetition. “Annabel Lee” was written by Edgar Allen Poe who was born in 1904 and passed away in 1949 . This poem shows that Edgar Allen Poe had great literary success but he suffered many personal losses in his life.

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    proposed in conjunction to the large number of dead‚ Dawe Expresses his concern on the dehumanization and the lack of respect that the dead bodies of solders endure. Dawe does this primarily through the use of metaphor‚ personification‚ simile and onomatopoeia. Dawe’s intention for this is to create imagery of a factory like setting where the bodies have no identity and are “zipped”‚ “Tagging” and deep freezed‚ like meat in butchery. The line “whining like hounds” encourages us to perceive that there

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    sometimes been more generally regarded as a fundamental creative act employing language. Poetry uses forms and conventions to suggest differential interpretation to words‚ or to evoke emotive responses. Devices such as assonance‚ alliteration‚ onomatopoeia and rhythm are sometimes used to achieve musical or incantatory effects.

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    LANGUAGE TECHNIQUES 1- Onomatopoeia‚ Sounds like what it refers to eg. Pop‚ Bang etc. 2- Generalization‚ Doesn’t allow for individual difference. 3- Assonance‚ Repetition of vowel sounds eg. Slow road to no ware 4- Descriptive‚ Describing. 5- Paradox‚ Contradiction seemingly false at first but is found latter to be a truth. 6- Instructive‚ Inform/enlighten/instruct. 7- Euphemism‚ Acceptable/mild expression for something not very nice eg. Instead of died- Moved on to a better place. 8-

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    Answer the following questions in PEE paragraphs in your English books. Choose your best one to complete on a body outline. 1. How does the poet describe the setting of the poem? (the weather‚ atmosphere) 2. What effect does Porphyria have on the atmosphere in the cottage? 3. Why can’t Porphyria give herself to the narrator completely? 4. What does the narrator realise and how does this make him feel? 5. What does the narrator do and why? 6. What happens at the end of

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    out and telling you that in one boring sentence. As you can see there’s more to making a book scary than just a creepy title. You have to be able to drag out the part of suspense in order to really make it feel more suspenseful. You have to use onomatopoeia‚ which is to use sound effects in your writing‚ which helps it become more three dimensional. Finally‚ you must be able to create a frightening mood‚ or else it doesn’t seem scary at all. In conclusion‚ Edgar Allen Poe has an extraordinary act

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    behavior of said opulent people. The personification of the American flag “disapproving” of Jordan’s intemperance of material goods and egotistical behavior depicts the negative perception of others towards the habits of the wealthy. Furthermore‚ the onomatopoeia of “tut-tut-tut-tut” connotes the visual and auditory imagery of a scolding authority figure in response to this unacceptable demeanor. Fitzgerald used the American flag’s disapproval of Jordan’s self-centered mien of the affluent persons in the

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    comparison between two unlike things that actually have something important in common. 12. Metonymy- one thing is named or referred to by the name of another‚ (EX: the use of White House in referring to the presidential administration.) 13. Onomatopoeia- The formation

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