Poetic Devices 1. Alliteration- The repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds at the beginning of words. Ex: She sells sea shells by the sea shore. 2. Assonance- The repetition of the same or similar vowel sounds. Ex: The blue moon rose too soon. 3. Enjambment- The continuation of a sentence from one line to the next line. When you are reading poetry‚ do not stop at the end of a line. Read through until you hit punctuation that tells you to stop. Ex: “The setting sun/ slithers into
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Aristotle’s Poetics is not one of his major works‚ although it has exercised a great deal of influence upon subsequent literary studies and criticism. In this work Aristotle outlines and discusses many basic elements that an author should adhere to in order to write a great tragedies and/or poetry. Two important topics that Aristotle addresses and believes to be crucial to the art work is the mimesis‚ or imitation of life‚ and that the audience has an emotional response from the work of art‚ or
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Contracts – MacDougall 2010-2011 Sara Li FORMATION Offer & Acceptance Offer & Invitation to Treat Mere puffs Invitation to Treat Offer Mere puff: no reasonable person would take it as an offer Can the terms of the K (ie offer) only come from one party? * Battle of the forms - last shot/first blow? (Denning in Butler Machine Tool v Ex-Cell-O Corp) * Strict offer & acceptance is reaffirmed in Gibson v Manchester City Council [1979] - only extreme cases might not
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Throughout centuries‚ Aristotle’s Poetics has been a widely used criterion for writers‚ filmmakers‚ and play writers. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest is among the classic films‚ that successfully applies Aristotle’s six definitions; plot‚ character‚ diction‚ thought‚ spectacle‚ and song. “Tragedy is an imitation of an action that is complete‚ whole‚ and of a certain magnitude… A whole is that which has a beginning‚ middle‚ and an end.” Aristotle further adds that the plot must follow a change of
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introduced to Edgar Allen Poe in high school and I fell in love with the words in his poem‚ “Annabel Lee.” Edgar Allen Poe’s “Annabel Lee” uses assonance‚ end rhyme scheme‚ and repetition to convey the emotional and physical loss of his love for Annabel lee. The theme of the poem is everlasting love. Poe writes the story of a lover in mourning for his significant other‚ whose name is Annabel Lee The poem consists of six stanzas‚ three stanzas of six lines each‚ one stanza of seven lines
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Two restless souls trapped in a world where money is the only salvation. Stuck in a place where only the rich can enjoy the privileges of life‚ my father‚ and Walter Lee Younger can only dream of one-day striking gold. Not long ago were they dreamers among the masses‚ eager to try something new. Once an oyster‚ now a boulder‚ the world seems to open its doors only for the select few and close them for those who dream. Like Walter‚ my father also witnesses the men downtown‚ "...sitting there turning
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influence the effectiveness of the entrepreneur in conducting business activities”. Therefore‚ following is a brief literature review critically evaluating previous researches on the entrepreneurs’ traits and entrepreneurship. In addition‚ a critical analysis will be discussed to validate the previous researches and relate them with the current findings of a selected entrepreneur. Literature Review Entrepreneur An entrepreneur is an individual possessing the qualities as well as traits using
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This line appears in Shakespeare’s tragedy "Hamlet" in Act I Scene 2 line 65 and is spoken as an ‘Aside’ by Hamlet when the new king‚ Claudius addresses him as "But now‚ my cousin Hamlet‚ and my son—" in line 64. Claudius calls Hamlet his ’cousin’ and ’son’ because after Old King Hamlet‚ Hamlet’s father‚ died his brother‚ Claudius took his throne and married his brother’s widowed wife‚ Gertrude‚ making him not only Hamlet’s guardian but also his step-father. In terms of the actual words‚ with “kin”
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Shenay Spruell ENG 125: Introduction to Literature Instructor: Jennifer Thompson April 04. 2013 Introduction There are many different elements to a poem. Literary works helps the audience with the understanding of the poem. Metaphors are used in a lot of literature and even songs that we listen to today. Giving the insight on a poem and the literary elements being used in it gives us as the audience a different aspect of what the author is trying to say. In this paper‚ I will be telling
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Stories of place Discovering new places is an important part of many enjoyable experiences. We use maps to guide us in our exploration but also to locate our findings. It is not rare that we use these personalized maps to share our knowledge of a place. Throughout the time‚ the importance of the relationship between personal stories‚ walking the land‚ experiencing places and knowledge became a continual topic of discussion. There is reasonably substantial literatures that explains how stories facilitate
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