Thin Slicing is a term used by psychologist and philosophers‚ but what does it mean? According to Malcolm Gladwell‚ “It’s the tendency that we have as human beings to reach very rapid‚ very profound and sophisticated conclusions based on very thin slices of experiences.” Blink is a book by Malcolm Gladwell explaining this theory of thin-slicing. In the book Gladwell tells us many different stories that have to do with thin-slicing. The book has examples of successful thin-slicing‚ examples showing
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In this novel Dr. jekyll and Mr. hyde‚ Robert Louis stevenson uses Imagery‚ Diction‚ & Details to create a ¨ Frightful¨ mood. This story is about a lot of crazy and creepy things i think the best word to describe the story. There is a lot of plot twist in this story for instance when they are looking in the lab and find a ¨ more than conscious of the generous tide of blood.¨(95) There are a lot of weird things that happen. Most of it isn’t that scary but it might be creepy. I’m gonna give you three
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Throughout this novel‚ If I stay‚ written by Gayle Forman‚ diction is used to create a good piece of literature by making Mia’s flashbacks feel realistic and emotional. Mia has just realized she is involved a car accident and found herself unconscious lying in the ground. She is awake somehow‚ looking at her mangled self on the ground. She feels as if it’s a nightmare‚ but no matter how hard she tries‚ she can’t wake up. Mia uses colloquial diction when she says‚ “Wake up! I scream. Wake up! Wakeupwakeupwakeup
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Limitations Our experiment consisted of numerous limitation and uncontrolled variables which impacted on the validity of the outcome. These limitations include: the lack of repetition resulting in possibilities of outliers‚ inadequate temperature range and limited sample size at each group. The experiment also existed two other uncontrolled variables which are the size of liver and the amount of Hydrogen Peroxide‚ hence altering the authenticity of the practical result. At each of the five experimental
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In Isabel Allende’s The House of the Spirits‚ barbarous diction characterizes the Catholic Church as barbaric and antiquated. The head of the parish‚ Father Restrepo‚ relies on traditional Catholic teachings that use flagellation as a form of punishment. Father Restrepo is “a firm believer in the value of a good thrashing to vanquish the weaknesses of the soul and was famous for his unrestrained oratory” (Allende 3). The “thrashing” refers to flagellation‚ a process that tears at the person’s skin
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book‚ Night‚ Elie Wiesel uses vivid imagery and dramatic diction to bring to life his horrid and painful memories of the Holocaust and his time in Auschwitz. At the end of chapter 4 Wiesel describes the events that occurred leading up to the death of a young pipel. This scene is brought to life by Wiesel’s incredible use of diction to reinforce the imagery used to create a sense of emotion felt by the reader. Throughout this book diction is used to create a deeper connection to the events and people
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ghosts. The author uses diction in order to create a creepy and mysterious atmosphere‚ and imagery to depict the supernatural events that occur in the country house‚ Bly. In The Turn of the Screw‚ the author uses diction to help prove the existence of ghosts in the novella. To begin‚ James describes Bly to be big and old to set up a mysterious atmosphere‚ “No; it was a big‚ ugly‚ antique . . . embodying a few features of a building still older” (James‚ 17). The author uses diction to create a mysterious
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In her poem “Circe‚ After his Departure‚” Sewell’s diction characterizes Circe’s desire as a feeling that occurs internally rather than directly relating to Odysseus. Several of Sewell’s specific word choices repudiate the concept that Circe is passionately yearning for Odysseus. Sewell describes that Circe “still thinks of him‚/ still gazes idly out at a horizon on which no vague blur/or bright spot [...] appears” (2-4). Sewell’s choice of the word “idly” (3) contradicts the intense emotional attachment
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thing many of us enjoy‚ it’s tretorus‚ terrifying and most of all‚ degrading. In “Dulce et Decorum Est” Wilfred Owen uses graphic diction and irregular‚ slow moving lines to explain to the public how dreadful war really is. His graphic diction gave Owens opinion on how he felt about the propaganda the public was getting about the war. In the poem‚ Owen’s graphic diction and irregular‚ slow lines gave the the poem the sense of how slow the war moved‚ and how no man should ever experience it. The
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Literary Techniques: Poetry Analysis 1 Diction and Imagery Literary Techniques • The meaning of a poem (i.e its focus‚ mood and the speaker’s attitude) is enhanced by four main types of literary techniques: • Diction • Imagery • Sound devices • Rhythm‚ Rhyme and Repetition Diction • Diction is the choice of words a poet uses to bring meaning across. In working through a poem‚ it is useful to question why a certain word is used‚ and what kind of effect is achieved with the choice and placement
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