English Belonging Essay #1 The concept of belonging indicates a sense of connection and similarities with ones surroundings‚ encouraged through enduring relationships and comfort zones. With the absence of such feelings ‘belonging’ is replaced by alienation‚ accompanied by an emotional detachments from ones surroundings. Understanding these connections and surroundings nourishes rather than prevents these feelings. In Peter Skrzynecki’s poem “St.Patricks College” and “10 Mary Street” the connections
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I. TASTE‚ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 II. CHOICE OF WORDS‚ . . . . . . . . . . 15 III. CONTRACTIONS‚ . . . . . . . . . . . 118 IV. POSSESSIVE CASE‚ . . . . . . . . . . 124 V. PRONOUNS‚ . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 VI. NUMBER‚ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 VII. ADVERBS‚ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 VIII. CONJUNCTIONS‚ . . . . . . . .
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Terminology 1.Paradox: statement that is self-contradictory on the surface‚ yet seems to evoke a truth nonetheless. Ex. whoever loses his life shall find it. 2. Soliloquy/ Aside: A dramatic device used by actors/actress that reveals specific information about themselves and their inner thoughts that are not revealed to the other characters‚ only the audience. 3. Euphemism: Substituting a more favorable word for another‚ which may be a socially delicate term Ex. He’s dead. (Socially indelicate)
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Introduction Italian is an Indo-European language‚ directly descended from Latin and closely related to Spanish‚ Portuguese and French. There is a wide variety of regional dialects‚ many of which are mutually unintelligible‚ and some of which have a literary tradition of their own. Most Italians are very conscious of their regional origins‚ and are quick to point out that they are Neapolitan‚ or Tuscan‚ or Sardinian‚ as well as Italian. Especially in the industrialised north‚ most educated
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viewpoint and so thereby will be considered a biased narrator. The use of the personal pronoun ‘my’ displays a sense of possessiveness and materialism so by Browning using this term‚ it conveys the duke’s possessive and controlling nature in as much as the duchess has become an art object which only he owns and controls. Although Browning’s choice of title can also be interpreted in another way and that is that the pronoun ‘my’ is used not as negative possession but in a positive caring way‚ that he wants
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Chaucer clearly describes the pardoner as a parody‚ using satirical language to represent the corruption of the fourteenth century Church. This is evident through his immoral intentions‚ “I preche of no thyng but for coveityse” highlighted by this candid tone and repetition. This is particularly evident as he admits to his own hypocrisy and deceit‚ “For myn entente is nat but for to wynne‚ and nothing for correccioun of synne” emphasised by the rhyming of the juxtaposed nouns. The discourse marker
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demonstrative det.‚ personal pronoun‚ …3.2 Function (or Functional) Categories Sentence or Clause level: Subject‚ Direct Object‚ Indirect Obj.‚ Prepositional Obj.‚ Complement to the Subj.‚ Complement to the Obj.‚ Adverbial Adjunct‚ Adverbial Disjunct‚ Adverbial Conjunct‚ … Phrase level: Determiner‚ Premodifier‚ Head‚ Postmodifier3.3 Meaning (or Semantic) Categories Adverbials: of time‚ place‚ instrument‚ manner‚ …Pronouns and Determiners: demonstrative‚ possessive‚ reflexive‚ interrogative‚
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I. INTRODUCTION Understanding Old English Old English (OE) is the earliest form of English spoken today. Seeing it at first glance‚ we will recognize that the appearance and sound are roughly different from Present Day English. The form started emerging approximately in the fifth century‚ around 449 AD and used for over 600 years before the Norman Conquest 1066 AD. During those 600 years‚ it was going through a constant change. By 1100‚ it had been a completely different language compared to its
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Robert Browning starts the poem Porphyria’s lover by describing a storm using personification‚ he uses words such as ‘sullen’ and ‘spite’ which suggests the weather is bad on purpose‚ the misery of the weather could be reflecting the mood of the speaker‚ we can begin to suss that something bad is going to happen as this is often the stereotypical weather for suspicious behaviour and murder stories. Browning hints that the unnamed speaker may not be mentally stable‚ ‘I listened with heart fit to break’
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it is through this relationship that Hosseini teaches us of Amir’s desperation for his father to love and accept him but also of the pride Amir holds for his father. Hosseini uses possessive pronouns to illustrate Amir’s pride: “my father’s estate”‚ “my father”‚ “my Baba”. Through the use of these possessive pronouns and the repetition of them throughout this episode of the novel the reader has the idea of pride‚ where Amir is concerned‚ emphasised by Hosseini. A subordinate clause is also used
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