principle KISS when writing - Keep It Simple Stupid. There’s no use in writing big long descriptive pieces in novels. They’re boring. And rain is rain! It’s not: “Long silvery sheets of cold refreshness filled the air from the heavens.’’ I like oxymorons - such as harsh happiness - but very few are used in Raw. But my basic two secrets for writing are scenery and conflict. Paint interesting scenes that are easy for the reader to picture and try never to return to exactly the same scene. Also‚ conflict
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Compare and Contrast the two plays Paper 2 Provide examples detailed Monologue – a long speech when all the characters are present on stage Twelfth Night – Characters who participate in comedy (Viola did grew) – entertainment – to connect to the audience- conditioned Importance of being Earnest – Attempt to change identity (nobody grows) stereotypes are made fun of Similar kind of genre Different endings when other characters find out the secrets Difference in social class is seen
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and shows that even the man’s dreams resemble death. Another example of personification is ’banished sun circles’‚ McCarthy also chooses a negative use of the feature here also; ’banished’ is a very gloomy way to personify the sun‚ it’s almost an oxymoron‚ but because McCarthy does this it gives the passage a dark mood as what is normally connotated as being good such as the sun has been given a shadowy spin to it. Another stylistic feature that is used in this passage is a syndetic list when he
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expected and what actually occurs 7) Understatement - makes an idea less important that it really is - The hurricane disrupted traffic. 8) Rhetorical question- a statement that is formulated as a question but that is not supposed to be answered 9) Oxymoron - a two word paradox‚ a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction - near miss‚ seriously funny 10) Imperative sentence- expresses direct commands or requests as a grammatical mood. These commands or requests
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the leading cause of divorce. The White House isn’t white. 10. Litotes Heat waves are not rare in the summer. The weather is not unpleasant at all. 11. Metaphor He has a heart of gold. He swam in the sea of diamonds. 12. Oxymoron Exact opposite Growing small 13. Onomatopoeia My teacher told me to shoosh‚ because I was making too much noise. Grandma loves to hear the pitter-patter of little feet around the house. 14. Metonymy In Julius Caesar‚ when
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A Game of Polo with a Headless Goat 1• What atmosphere is created in the first three paragraphs that describe the build-up to the race? 4 marks 1. The atmosphere that is created is a one of suspense‚ gusto and fervour. Everyone is speaking with a real passion and their keenness is overwhelming with enthusiasm. At first it all great and cheerful but then the cameraman doubts the scenario and thinks it wouldn’t pull through and this is where the suspense comes from and then it happens and there
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he is in really in love. Also midway through a speech about his love and Rosaline‚ his mind seems to wonder as he asks “where shall we dine?” this shows that he is thinking about food and not only about Rosaline. In addition to this his use of oxymorons such as‚ cold fire and sick health‚ makes his love seem quite stylized. Along with this‚ he speaks in rhyming couplets when talking about Rosaline in some points. This again makes it seem quite unnatural and as though he had thought it before.
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it has a mind of its own by “leaping” out of the boy’s hand in its excitement. ‘’leaped’’ at the boy‚ makes it seem as though this monstrous character knew what ‘’supper’’ meant like it was a living thing-breathing‚ respiring and hunting. The oxymoron “rueful laugh” suggests that the young boy regretted what he had done and tried to laugh it off which is not possible because after all he did lose his hand and he eventually does die after the doctor gave him an anaesthetic and he did not wake up
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4. Describe in detail how the passage works. Does it use questions and why? Does it repeat and why? Does it contain antitheses of any kind and why?’ Does it contain an oxymoron (or more than one) and why? Does it rely on Petrarchan devices and why? What are the main metaphors (or similes) and why? Are there puns or double entendres and why? You will not find all the devices‚ but you must show a strong understand of
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alienating and unrelenting 20th century setting. Irony and contrast are immediately evident as Icarus’s story unfolds in the second millennium of the common era. Beginning be depicting the setting and its inhabitants‚ the speaker highlights some oxymorons in current behavior. Witnesses to Icarus’s mishap run off to a “gang war‚” a cruel satire of urban life and ironical reversion of roles in just one line. Furthermore‚ Icarus’s report at the police station is “filed and forgotten‚” one element denying
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