people in America. Unfortunately‚ because of overcrowding‚ exploitation‚ and poverty‚ their dream of a better life was delayed. Many poems written by Langston Hughes‚ an African American poet‚ reflect this situation. Hughes uses intense tone and diction to aid in the unearthing of the tribulations of the blacks in North America at the time period of the 20th century. These situations are most evident in the poems A dream deferred‚ and dream variation. In the poem "A Dream Deferred"‚ Hughes uses
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Kennedy’s speech is extremely confident‚ driven‚ and determined with a youthful energy that lasts throughout. This is developed by his use of rhetorical strategies such as declarative sentences‚ antithesis‚ asyndeton‚ and metaphorical and formal diction. He also uses short paragraphs and sentences to his advantage. One of the most important rhetorical tools used in Kennedy’s speech was the use of declarative sentences. The inaugural address is the first speech given by a new president and must
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became under the influence of Ezra Pound. Pound recognized Eliot’s poetic talent and assisted in many of his publications and influenced his work. What stood out to Pound was‚ perhaps‚ Eliot’s distinct style of writing created from his intense use of diction and lengthy sentences that often derived from metaphors. Eliot is known to write with long sentences‚ many of which continue throughout a whole stanza. These longer sentences are typically extended metaphors or involve a metaphysical way of
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Margaret Shuff Mrs. Siegfried AP Language and Composition 12 May 2012 Chinese Cinderella- Analysis The most persuasive and intriguing aspect of an author’s stylistic choices are within the schemes‚ tropes‚ diction and syntax. Adeline Yen Mah‚ author of Chinese Cinderella‚ paints an authentic picture of her childhood in twentieth-century China; Mah’s childhood‚ fraught with painful memories and bad luck‚ accentuates her strength and courage and ultimate triumph over despair. Mah’s stylistic
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negative diction. In the first stanza we see list of verbs such as “stop”‚ “prevent”‚ “silence”. Yet all these verbs indicate an end of something representing the end of one’s life together with their love. We do encounter verbs such as “bring out” and “let…come” which would normally indicate beginning of something new. Yet in this poem these verbs have a negative meaning since the nouns attached to them are “coffin” and “mourners”. As for another aspect of diction‚ poet uses sensuous diction referring
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on his own childhood memory in the poem “Mid-term Break”. The reader discovers through reading the poem that Heaney returns home for the funeral of his younger brother’s car accident. The author illustrates the theme grief through diction‚ puns‚ and structure. The diction chosen in this poem are not only for the readers to understand the situation but are also very powerful and meaningful. In the beginning of the poem‚ the protagonist is “counting bells knelling classes to a close”. The word knell
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London. In 1920 the Constitution was ratified to give women voting rights. The Declaration of Sentiments addresses the importance of woman’s equality in the courtroom‚ women’s freedom of speech‚ and overall equality for women by emphasis of syntax‚ diction‚ and tone. The syntax in the Declaration of Sentiments makes Stanton’s points evident. She uses long sentences to add more details. “The history of mankind is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations on the part of man and woman‚ having
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two pictures portrayed by the authors are very different. The first passage‚ through its didactic use of syntax‚ unemotional tone‚ and consistent diction‚ gives a view of the Okefenokee Swamp that is tame and pleasant. The second passage‚ in contrast‚ creates a wild and savage picture of the same swamp by using varied syntax‚ dark tone‚ and wandering diction. The first passage is dry and informational. It could have been lifted straight from a textbook. The syntax is conventional and generally follows
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This Is Just to Say is a poem written by William Carlos Williams that can exemplify the theme of revenge through literary devices such as tone‚ diction‚ and allusion. Although‚ this poem is interpreted in varying ways‚ the way I have interpreted it is as sibling rivalry. A child has eaten their sibling’s plums as an act of revenge and has written a note asking for forgiveness‚ but he has no care to be forgiven. Tone used in the poem can be described as sarcastic and lighthearted. The writer‚ or
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Daniel Webster created a speech in 1825‚ which he delivered to the people who were fighting in the American Revolutionary War. Webster uses pathos‚ logos‚ ethos‚ diction‚ and syntax in his speech in different ways‚ some of them more than others. In this speech Daniel Webster uses pathos fairly often. He talks about “...human faces‚ glowing with sympathy and joy...” Webster is giving examples of people who are giving sympathy to people who have been fighting in the American Revolutionary War. He also
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