The three poems Remember written by Christina Rossetti‚ A Mother In A Refugee Camp by Chinua Achebe and Poem at Thirty-Nine by Alice Walker share the same negative theme of loss and separation. Remember explores the pain felt by losing loved ones. A Mother In A Refugee Camp emphasizes the relationship between a mother and her child living in a refugee camp. Poem at thirty nine is a poem about the reminiscences of a loved one. Remember expresses the pain in losing and letting go of a loved
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1. Abstract Language: Language describing ideas and qualities rather than observable or specific things‚ people‚ or places. 2. Alliteration: The repetition of initial consonant sounds‚ such as "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers." 3. Allusion: A reference contained in a work 4. Ambiguity: an event or situation that may be interpreted in more than one way. 5. Analogy: a literary device employed to serve as a basis for comparison. It is assumed that what applies to the parallel situation
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‘LE LOUPGAROU’ The poem begin with a ’curious tale’ which ’threaded through the town’ (note the use of alliteration). Through greying women sewing under eaves. These ’greying women’ (meaning old women) may not have been literally sewing under the trees‚ but were ’threading the tale’; meaning‚ they were gossiping. Was how his greed had brought old le brun down. (what comes next is a tell of how his greed brought him down’ Greeted by slowly shutting jalousies (refers to the people who shut their windows
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Volume 2‚ Chapter 3 * Identify the important events The monster develops his five senses but he’s unable to differentiate them and is unable to distinguish light and dark when he blinks. He wanders from the laboratory to a forest near Ingolstadt‚ which offered him shade. The monster finds raw berries and nuts and discovers the flickering remnants of a fire. He realises that the fire can be kept by adding wood and that fire is used for warmth and to cook food. All of the people that the creature
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even though it is now in ruins. 7. “the lone and level sands” - It is nature that is constant and unchanging‚ this is emphasised by the alliterations used at the end. 8. Irony is used in the description of “that colossal wreck” – this is an oxymoron or a contradiction in terms. The ruins are described as “colossal” yet they are now in ruins. The diction used emphasises that nothing remains – “ruins”‚ “ decay” ‚ “shattered” and “nothing”. 9. Ozymandias is a Petrarchan sonnet metered in
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he never describes any particular women‚ nor mentions a trait distinctive to one of the women he met. Thus‚ the women to whom he wrote this poem remained a secret. Wordsworth starts off the poem saying‚ "She was a Phantom of delight". There is an oxymoron here since the word phantom suggests an evil mood‚ but it brings delight to the speaker. The word phantom is capitalized because it refers to the women where she is imaginary like a phantom. On the third line he says‚ "A lovely Apparition‚ sent"
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NOTES: A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift Johnathan Swift writes this satirical proposal to "prevent the children of poor people in Ireland from being a burden to their parents or the country" and to make them "beneficial to the public". Johnathan begins this proposal with a paragraph using violent and negative diction‚ using words such as "beg"‚ "forced"‚ "fight"‚ "thieves"‚ "helpless". Because of the alarming and intriguing nature of these words‚ this negative/violent diction appeals to
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|refers to supernatural forces‚ the second one – to strong drinks) | |Epithet |animal panic; apple - faced man; do - it - yourself attitude; smiling sun; careful attention. | |Oxymoron |low skyscraper‚ sweet sorrow‚ pleasantly ugly face‚ horribly beautiful. | |Antonomasia |I agree with you Mr. Logic; Mr. Owl Eyes.
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Parallel vs. Non Parallel 2.5 Wordy Sentence Chart 2.6 Be Specific‚ choose vivid verbs‚ include strong‚ precise modifiers 2.7 Denotation/Connotation…be ready to identify 2.8 Similes‚ Metaphors‚ Personification Extra… Alliteration‚ Hyperbole‚ Oxymoron‚ Idioms‚ Overstatements/Understatements Sentence Variety and Structure 3.3 Independent/Subordinate(Dependent) Clauses…Adj/Adv/Noun Clauses 3.4 Simple/Compound/Complex/Compound-Complex Sentences 3.5 Prepositional Phrases/Appositives/Verbals/Gerunds/Participles/Infinitives
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Inaugural Address by Thomas Jefferson: Evidence: Speaker: Thomas Jefferson “Called upon to undertake the duties of the first executive office of our country‚ I avail myself of the presence of that portion of my fellow-citizens” Occasion: Inauguration Speech “Friends and FELLOW CITIZENS” Audience: Common People “About to enter‚ fellow-citizens‚ on the exercise of duties which comprehend everything dear and valuable to you” Purpose: To inform citizens on what he will be establishing during his presidency
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