Candace Flores English 102 Mrs. Teel 11 November 2016 Explication of “The Road Not Taken” The poem‚ “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost is about a man thinking about a decision he made. The decision he made in the poem does not suggest if it is positive or negative; the speaker takes note of that certain decision and the outcome of his decision had an immense effect on his. The poem is about decisions. The speaker wishes he could have been at two places at the same time‚ so he could have sooner
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stylistic elements of denouement‚ parallelism‚ calls to action‚ and colloquialism to enhance his writing piece. Through these writing styles‚ Gladwell is able to maintain the attention of the reader‚ create an informal mood with the reader‚ connect ideas‚ and add emphasis. Gladwell is able to add emphasis in his writing through the application of parallelism in his writing. Parallelism is the order of arrangement of words in a sentence. An example of parallelism would be‚ “I came‚ I saw‚ I conquered
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A Sophomoric∗ Introduction to Shared-Memory Parallelism and Concurrency Dan Grossman Version of February 23‚ 2012 Contents 1 2 Meta-Introduction: An Instructor’s View of These Notes 1.1 Where This Material Fits in a Changing Curriculum . . 1.2 Six Theses On A Successful Approach to this Material 1.3 How to Use These Notes — And Improve Them . . . . 1.4 Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Faulty Parallelism 1. What counts isn’t how you look but your behavior. What counts isn’t how you look but how you behave. 2. The president promised to reform health care‚ preserve social security‚ and a balanced budget. The president promised to reform health care‚ preserve social security‚ and balance the budget. 3. He described skiing in the Alps‚ swimming in the Adriatic‚ and the drive across the Sahara Desert. (faulty parallelism) He described skiing in the Alps‚ swimming in
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of his negative perceptions of the world. Three shifts in the poem amplify this meaning are shown in his dark descriptions of his surroundings‚ his self-loathing and later his doubts of the possible negative outcome of his attempts. An example that shows that Prufock isn’t skilled at engaging in social intimacy because of his negative perceptions of the world is the description of his surroundings. The simile use puts a twist on phrases that are expected to fit the usual “romantic" themes
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It is something that everyone has feared at least once in his/her lives. Loosing most all your material possessions‚ the constant anxiety of not knowing when or how your next meal will be attained‚ and enslavement to Mother Nature’s worst conditions. Having to become a street person is a very scary thought. The threat that anyone can be homeless and stuck out on the streets‚ however‚ is very real. Most people are only but one paycheck away from this dilemma. For those already enduring this life
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the confusion which the people felt after the bomb was detonated. This gives the poem more reality than it would do if there was a clear structure to it. Analysing the lines in the poem‚ I can see a trend of contradictions and dual meanings. For example “All the alleyways and side streets blocked with stops and colons” on the outside this line tells us that the escape what
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Leah McMunn M1 Ms. Rai ENG1D1 – 09 29 April 2011 An Eventful Journey of Living on the Streets Character traits shape the people we all are. For example‚ they help us face our fears through courage; they show us right from wrong through responsibility; and they show us who to believe in tough decisions through trust. Dana‚ the protagonist from Eric Walters’ Sketches‚ has a tough time learning how to show her traits. However‚ as a child on the streets Dana fights through many
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talking to somebody‚ texting can distract either person from the conversation. Or for example‚ in class‚ you’re listening to the teacher lecture and one of your friends text you and your phone goes off‚ it can distract the entire class and interrupt the teacher’s lecture‚ possibly earning you a trip to the principal’s office and having your phone confiscated. Texting can also be rude in many situations. For example‚ if you were in a restaurant and people wanted you to make conversation‚ but you decided
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America worries about problems that people in other countries would never get to dream of or even get to talk about in their lifetimes. America’s “first world problems” are things that usually are taken for granted. For example‚ the next updated electronic coming out or out and pair of tennis shoes put out on display at the stores. As Americans know that those items are all good to them‚ they don’t understand how a person from the eastern hemisphere struggling in a sweatshop for low pay deals with
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