Hughes uses a variety of poetic and literary techniques to communicate his tone. Namely‚ he utilized figurative language‚ personification‚ similes‚ and metaphors to effectively get his message across. He uses the repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds; "Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?". Up and sun do not rhyme‚ but they have the same "uh" sound. Rhyme: Poetry having correspondence in the terminal sounds of the lines. "Does it stink like rotten meat?...like a syrup sweet?" Meat
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Keyboard:- The keyboard is the most common and widely used input device.Using a keyboard for too long can lead to health problems such as repetitive strain injury (RSI).To try to overcome this‚ different styles of keyboard have been developed‚ for example‚ the ergonomic keyboard. They are supposed to put your hands into a much more natural position than a traditional keyboard. Advantages:- The advantages of keyboard are: 1. Keyboards have special key that preform specific functions. 2. Instead
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LEXICAL STYLISTIC DEVICES Metaphor Genuine metaphors Trite(dead) metaphors Metonymy Metonymy Metonymy is the substitution of one word for another with which it is associated: ‘The White House said…’ (the American government) ; the press (newspapers and magazines); the cradle(infancy‚ place of origin);the grave(death); The hall applauded; The marble spoke; The kettle is boiling; I am fond of Agatha Christie; We didn’t speak because there were ears all around us; He was about a sentence away from
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simile only says that one thing is like another‚ a metaphor says that one thing is another. All the world’s a stage / And all the men and women merely players ... (Shakespeare) Life’s but a walking shadow ... (Shakespeare Macbeth) ‘Night’ is often used as a metaphor for ‘evil’. He uses ‘night’ as a metaphorical equivalent of ‘evil’. Personification: a kind of metaphor in which animals‚ plants‚ inanimate objects or ab¬stract ideas are represented as if they were human beings and possessed human
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Guilt in Fifth business In The Fifth Business‚ by Robertson Davies‚ Guilt is a theme that runs throughout both The Fifth Business and is a major force in one’s life. Davies demonstrates this by having one character feeling guilt while another who does not. Davies introduces the reader with Dunstan Ramsay and Percy Boyd Staunton. And Dunstan Ramsay and Percy Boyd Staunton are parallels to each other. Davies portrays the idea of competition through the relationship between Boy and Dunstan in their
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Essays by American Minorities 1. The Age of White Guilt by: Shelby Steele In this essay written by African American Shelby Steele‚ he tells of the hard times of his people. He leads the reader through his experiences in the civil rights movement and compares the life of an African American in the 1960’s and one in the present day. He writes that African Americans today would have to use ever ounce of their intelligence and imagination to find reasons for them not to succeed in today’s society
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a. Stage 3: Initiative vs. Guilt b. This stage is often associated with children who are in preschool. Ages between 3 and 6 c. They make and carry out plans‚ or they’re guilty for failing to do so. d. Some positive outcomes are that a parent who allows their child to do what he/she wants to do freely will allow the child to grow and become more of a unique individual. This freedom given to the child will serve to teach the child responsibilities and disciplines by himself/herself. A positive outcome
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“Negative emotions like loneliness‚ envy‚ and guilt have an important role to play in a happy life; they’re big‚ flashing signs that something needs to change.” -Gretchen Rubin The feeling of guilt is an emotion associated with many others such as remorse‚ regret‚ or even denial. When you put yourself in the situation of feeling guilty‚ it is an emotion you cannot compare. You feel as if everyone is blaming you‚ and only you‚ for something that you might of done wrong‚ or you are just one of those
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experiences influence and help us to understand the dramatic and poetic lines in her writing. Although Dickinson’s poetry can often be defined as sad and moody‚ we can find the use of humor and irony in many of her poems. By looking at the humor and sarcasm found in three of Dickinson’s poems‚ "Success Is Counted Sweetest"‚ "I am Nobody"‚ and "Some keep the Sabbath Going to Church"‚ one can examine each poem show how Dickinson used humor and irony for the dual purposes of comic relief and to stress
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just inferred that Dimmesdale would never do anything like this and didn’t even think to question him. Unlike Ms. Prynne who confronts her guilt and shame early on in the story‚ Dimmesdale holds onto his guilt secretly until he finally goes through a process of‚ at first blaming Hester‚ then realizing that it wasn’t all her fault‚ to having such strong guilt that he starts hurting himself‚ to doubting that he will ever get better‚ after which he comes out and shows everyone his scarlet letter‚ this
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