Mora feels about being judged and seen as an alien and her interesting use of diction‚ metaphors and similes. I think the tone Mora has is one of somebody who feels like an outsider‚ due to being judge by the people who surround her daily. Moras choice of diction in the first four lines is very interesting and has continued to interest me throughout the poem. Diction is a writer or speakers choice of words. Mora’s diction lets you know a lot about the poems meaning and also about the speaker or the
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A SOAPSTone for Their Eyes Were Watching God Author Zora Neale Hurston was born in Eatonville‚ Florida in an all black community She moved away at age 13 and later joins a travelling theatre company. Later in life during the Harlem Renaissance‚ she worked with Langston Hughes on a play that was published posthumously‚ but never finished because of creative differences She wrote the novel in seven weeks while studying voodoo in Haiti She suffered a stroke and forcibly was put under hospice care. She
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such as the setting‚ characters‚ diction‚ atmosphere‚ and the mood. In both of these stories‚ they had many contrasting aspects such as the setting‚ characters‚ and the atmosphere. A Matter of Taste takes place on another planet‚ most likely in the future‚ whereas the setting of The Cask of Amontillado takes place in Italy‚ during Carnival season. The characters of both stories contain humans‚ but the characters of A Matter of Taste
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It was the late 1600’s and people of strong religion in Salem‚ Massachusetts were becoming oddly stricken by recent events regarding the practice of witchcraft. Through this period of time twenty people were executed due to mere assumption to have been involved in witchcraft or Devil worship. Living through these events and making accounts of them were two men by the names‚ Cotton Mather and John Hale. Both Cotton Mather and John Hale‚ influential Puritan Ministers‚ were supporters of the Salem Witch
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Analysis In his article‚ “The Death of Benny Paret”‚ Norman Mailer sorrowfully retells his first-hand account of the tragic death of the boxer‚ Benny Paret and the horror that he witnessed that day. Using figurative language such as similes‚ and diction to enhance the readers’ emotions‚ the author conveys to the reader a sense of shock‚ loss‚ and regret. Mailer retells his heartrending witness of the death of Paret in order to order to convey to his readers of the inhumanity and nobility of death
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poem‚ she uses the idea of actual death to symbolize rebirth; the ending of old way of living and the struggle of creating a new way to life. Ironically‚ the entire poem is a huge metaphor for a different meaning. This is done by the usage of diction‚ tone‚ rhythm‚ meter‚ and‚ most important for a metaphor‚ imagery; all of which are in a way connected. Imagery is
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The sirens are portrayed differently in the Odyssey and in the “Siren Song”. The change of tone‚ point of view‚ and diction between the two sends a different portrayal of the sirens. The tone and point of view play a big roe in both of these writings. In the Odyssey the tone is suspenseful. Odysseus tells the event from his point of view‚ so in first person. This gives the story more action because it is a closer encounter of his feelings. What he feels and experiences from the sirens is best perceived
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William Blake’s 1789 and 1794 poems‚ both entitled "The Chimney Sweeper‚" contain similar diction where the child is speaking and cries out; Blake uses simple and informal diction to create a childlike atmosphere. Each poem is set apart by point of view‚ creating different tone. In his 1789 version of "The Chimney Sweeper‚" the point of view is from a young child‚ producing a happy and innocent tone for he views everything that happens to him as a blessing‚ unaware of what his father has truly forced
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shown through the issues created by the winds before even arriving. Joan Didion explains through diction and meticulous details the change in atmosphere created by the Santa Ana wind. Didion begins by using creative diction and imagery to create tension. Words such as “uneasy”‚ “unnatural”‚ “ominous” and “mechanistic” gives the audience a clear idea that the wind is not welcomed. Through Didion’s diction the audience can feel something bad waiting to happen. All these words help prove to the audience
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important uses that he used was his use of diction‚ allusions and apostrophe. May certainly uses a high level of diction than most every day poets. May will use words to allow the reader to almost feel what is happening in the story. An example of this would be when May is describing how to classify wars‚ “Identify war by what it takes away / from fecund orchards” (7-8). May uses “fecund’ which means fruitful in vegetation and offspring so the use of diction in these lines means that you classify how
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