Government‚ as it is simply named in the book‚ is portrayed as being the great oppressor. The novel is based in a future where the government brainwashes its people and beats them into submission‚ all in the name of "goodness". This creates quite the oxymoron. The ultra-violence done by Alex and his droogs is unthinkably bad‚ yet for the police to beat the criminals is socially acceptable? It is made quite clear throughout the novel that the police even consider such brutality to be fun. When Alex is
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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- Oxymoron‚ two words placed next to each other to show contrast eg. Parting is such a sweet sorrow. 9- Personification‚ Giving human qualities to something lifeless eg. The door squeaked. 10- Parody‚ Conscious imitation of another word. 11- Repetition
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question in the next line that said‚ “All that I love?” The interrogative statement was posed for self-examination which was‚ in the next stanza‚ assured with the lines “Why‚ yes but for the moment-/ And for all time‚ both.” The two lines are an oxymoron for love can be both temporal and eternal. It was like saying often one remembers a lover but there are times when he does not. Tiempo even made love familiar and within reach by reducing it to things that people use and hold dear such as “Son’s
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with simple words. He speaks through Romeo‚ fickle Romeo‚ who summarizes it in these words: “Here’s much to do with hate‚ but more with love./ Why then‚ O brawling love‚ O loving hate‚/ O anything of nothing first create!” (1.1.176-178). Romeo’s oxymoron‚ “O brawling love‚ O loving hate” shows the tightrope that the naive love and the brutal hate dance on. While Romeo and Juliet fall to one side‚ his parents and hers fall to the opposite. When the Prince
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Although the novel is well known in the world and in present days is included in many schools curriculum‚ this is not to say that since its publication in 1900 it faced relentless criticism. In 1928‚ the novel has been banned in all libraries in Chicago. Chicago’s librarians found the context of the book “evil for children”; moreover‚ Dorothy was seeing as a symbol of “women in strong leadership roles”. Despite the fact that in 1920 occurred the mass leap forward for women’s rights in the U.S. society
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TOP 20 RHETORICAL ELEMENTS WITH EXAMPLES (HELPFUL FOR AP LANG) 1. Alliteration- the repetition of a initial consonance or sound (EX: She sells sea shells) 2. Anaphora- repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or verses (EX: Well‚ I say to them tonight‚ there is not a liberal America and a conservative America; there is the United States of America. There is not a black America and a white America and Latino America and Asian America; there’s the United
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the reader before Bartleby is? 7. Describe Bartleby’s physical characteristics. How does it foreshadow his final portrait? What incident unleashes Bartleby’s passive resistance? What escalates it at each point? Isn’t "passive resistance" an oxymoron? 8. What ethic does Melville implicitly oppose to the ethic of Wall Street? (This question leads into a discussion of the New Testament echoes running through the story.) 9. What are the stages of Bartleby’s progressive withdrawal from
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predictions about what the true story might be. Read the story aloud to the class. Discuss what makes the story different from the original story of The Three Little Pigs. Vocabulary words: perception‚ denotation‚ connotation‚ explicit‚ implicit‚ oxymoron‚ manipulation. Have students brainstorm a list of synonyms for each word. List on the board/chart paper to use throughout the unit. 1. Discuss RAFT activity and model for the class using a character from a fairy tale such as "Jack and the Beanstalk"
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point in time‚ but there is no justification for people to turn something that can be small and compromised into a vast worldwide crisis for all to see and hear! However not all conflict is bad‚ to the majority of people good conflict sounds like an oxymoron‚ and some people are comfortable with the idea of conflict or feel that at times it is necessary. For example; when someone has to defend themselves during a court trial in order to prevail their innocence or fight for their human rights! Also‚ in
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DIRECTIONS: Read the sample passage analysis of Macbeth‚ 1.1.1-13. Follow the example as you write a similar analysis for each of the passages listed below. Cite the exact passage being analyzed at the head of each analysis. Then be sure to include: 1. A brief description of the characters and their actions in the passage‚ 2. the dominant mood of the scene‚ 3. a discussion of at least two elements of style that contribute to this effect‚ and the significance of this scene within the immediate
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