In Man’s Search for Meaning‚ Viktor Frankl’s use of diction‚ syntax‚ tone‚ and imagery throughout this first-hand account is thorough‚ serious‚ and sarcastic at some points. However‚ it lacks the horrific imagery of concentration camps during the Holocaust to make the point of how his life there led to his success of Logotherapy more straightforward. The diction within Frankl’s book shows many degrading words said by the Capos‚ they oversaw the inmates barracks‚ towards him and the other inmates
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characters. This can be seen in page 46 where Farmer Metcalf “regarded the land girls as replacement labour and made no concessioning either to their sex or to the patriotic motives which brought them to his acres”. The use of “replacement” in the diction of “replacement labour” suggests that their job to provide manual labour in the farm is meaningless that it needs to be substituted by sexual labour. this shows that the land girl are seen as sexual objects as their real purpose to labour is disregarded
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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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James Alan McPherson uses abstract diction by paradoxically combining colors and inanimate objects‚ describing the skin color of the characters in the story‚ as well as slang to amplify the connection between the inanimate objects and colors and create a childishly colorful tone in his short story‚ “Why I Like Country Music.” Throughout the story the main character describes a childhood experience to his wife Gloria about why he likes country music. The author uses slang in sentences‚ which gives
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describes the beauty and greatness that England is presented in. And the how the inhabitants nationalistic inhabitants where it as if a statement‚Kincaid expresses Antigua’s overall consumption by England. In the passage Jamaica Kincaid uses concrete diction and details in her essay to show the assimilating effect England has on Antigua‚ and express her dislike
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She uses her diction to draw a parallel to the United States. “Grayness‚ blues‚ reddens” are essentially morbid forms of the basic “White‚ blue‚ red” of the American flag. She goes on to talk about “frieze of cabbage-roses and cornflower pales”‚ which is a famous line from Roosevelt’s speech. This American themed diction clearly shows how the audience this poem is built for is those who reside in America. Plath is deliberately
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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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