literary terms notes Nonfiction-literature that is based on fact (facts‚ true) Examples: textbooks‚ biography‚ newspapers‚ magazines‚ and autobiography Fiction-literature that comes from the author’s imagination (fake‚ not true) Examples: short story‚ novels Types of Fiction: Short story-a piece of fiction short enough to be read in a single sitting Novels-book length fiction Plot-the series of causally related events that make up a story Parts of Plot: Exposition-the part
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The second-person narrative is a narrative mode in which the protagonist or another main character is referred to by employment of second-person personal pronouns and other kinds of addressing forms‚ for example the English second-person pronoun "you"or "your". Example: You are not the kind of guy who would be at a place like this at this time of the morning. But here you are‚ and you cannot say that the terrain is entirely unfamiliar‚ although the details are fuzzy. —Opening lines of Jay McInerney’s
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"Hawk Roosting” Commentary The “Hawk Roosting” revolves around one key idea‚ control. Control is evident through various aspects of the poem and is a key factor of the theme. The theme of this piece being‚ although we stem from Creation‚ we are in control of our lives to a great extent due to our divine right of dominance. This idea is symbolized through the literal theme of the hawk’s control over life; “My feet are locked upon the rough bark. It took the whole of Creation to produce my foot‚ my
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A comparison of Dulce and Decorum Est by W.Owen and An Irish Airman Foresees His Death by W.B .Yeats using different figures of speech to attract the reader’s attention The subject of both of these poems is war. Different types of language are used to attract and persuade in some cases‚ and in others to narrate a story. I am going to examine and discuss how these two poets use different these different types of language show the author’s opinion of war. Although‚ these are both war poems they
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Traditional Grammar is the speculative work of the medieval and the prescriptive approach of the 18th Century grammarians basically it refers back to the Aristotelian orientations towards the nature of language as it is shown in the work of the ancient Greeks and Romans. Origin: The very beginning of the twentieth century was typically marked by a new approach to grammar as suggested by linguists such as Ferdinand de Saussure and American linguist like Frantz Boas‚ Bloomfield and Edward Sapir
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http://www.lokus.no/?marketplaceId=28898996&languageId=2&siteNodeId=29031134 In order to make our language flow better and to create a connection between different sentences we use various words and grammatical constructions; conjunctions‚ relative pronouns‚ ing-forms‚ infinitive constructions and a number of special words/expressions. Using Conjunctions There are coordinating conjunctions (sideordnende/sideordnande) which bind together sentences of the same kind. The most common are: and:
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In the second half of the speech‚ MLK changes tone completely. Here the speech starts to display a vision of harmony and equality First he uses the pronoun (us) grouping himself with his audience. Then says his famous line (I have a dream) I refers to all black people‚ repeating this to emphasize his vision of the new America. And he supports this by quoting from the declaration of independence “We hold
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1. The intended audience of Jacoby’s essay are both females and males. First off‚ the essay is intended for females because it highlights the inequalities that they face. Reading about how different Oprah’s life is compared to the Saudi women’s life makes them question why they cannot live a life like Oprah’s. Jacoby’s essay is also intended for males because‚ in a way‚ it confronts the way they treat women. In particular‚ the last paragraph seems geared more towards males by saying "the blessings
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tense‚ Maybe‚ Might‚ Time Expressions‚ Contractions (will‚ will not)) and Personal Pronouns Specific Objectives: At the end of the workshop‚ the students will be able to: 1. use verbs in future tense‚ 2. express possibility (might‚ maybe)‚ 3. inquire and express about probability‚ 4. provide warnings‚ 5. use time expressions‚ 6. use contractions for will‚ will not‚ and 7. personal pronouns. Language Objectives Students will be
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encourage the people and produce an environment of unity in the midst of terror. Churchill effectively unites the British people during a time of crisis in his speech by rhetorical appeals such as logos‚ ethos and pathos‚ the repetitive use of the pronoun "we‚” as well as consonance and variation of sentence-length. Churchill’s use of rhetorical
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