so special. She does not have to be perfect or even seem close to it for him to feel as he does about her. The use of diction‚ figurative language‚ and imagery in William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 130 reveal the narrator’s true love for his mistress despite her flaws. In this sonnet‚ Shakespeare uses many techniques to depict how the narrator views his mistress. His use of diction greatly describes how the mistress in the poem looks‚ smells‚ and even how she speaks. He uses descriptive words like
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description to the life people in Santa Ana live. The Santa Ana winds changed the behaviors of people it touched‚ made people act differently‚ and even took a toll on the residents’ health. Didion’s usage of many stylistic elements such as syntax‚ diction‚ and figurative language greatly contributed to her essay‚ in the sense that it provided many concepts and ideas to her writing that it wouldn’t have had otherwise. Didion’s usage of syntax added to the type of language she built throughout her
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events that he went through with his father‚ Schlomo during the Holocaust. He utilizes diction‚ or his word choice to explain these events. He also utilizes imagery the reader can have a better picture in their head of what happened to him and his father. Syntax is also used to organize the words he uses. Diction‚ imagery‚ and syntax develop the father-son relationship between Elie and Schlomo. Wiesel uses diction to help develop the relationship between Elie and Schlomo in Night. “The two adults
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She uses diction‚ imagery‚ syntax and detail to show this feeling. Joan Didion’s diction and imagery throughout the story creates danger‚ tension and mysteriousness. In the first paragraph‚ she describes the wind as "uneasy" and "tense". She states that the wind "whines" through the canyons and "dries the nerves to a flash point". She describes sires blaring‚ babies crying‚ arguments and sulking. She also talks about Indians jumping into the sea and bar fights. Overall‚ through diction and imagery
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GENRES / BRANCHES OF LITERATURE CONTINUATION a. What is prose: types and elements b. What is drama? Types and elements c. What is poetry? Types and elements 5.LITERARY TECHNIQUES AND STYLE a. flashback‚ sons / chorus(es) dances b. Language / diction – proverb‚ vernacular‚ pidgin / colloquial (authorized jargon) c. Literary appreciation / critiquing 6.FORMS OF PROSE a. Fiction and non – fiction with specific examples. b. Distinguishing features c. Seen and unseen prose; parts of a novel
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airport‚ Mendez’s usage of past tense language must remain in the story to sound historical; however‚ his personal diction and limited selection of detail develops a genuinely inhibited and professional tone‚ which would have to change for the section to become dramatized as historical fiction. In order to present the scene as historical fiction‚ certain aspects of Mendez’s diction‚ like the use of past tense‚ must stay the same‚ while other qualities‚ like personal statements that formulate a
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the troops a sense of confidence and to help encourage the troops to repel the expected invasion of England. Elizabeth I conveys a tone of confidence by using these 3 devices in her speech: Diction‚ Imagery‚ _________________. In the speech‚ Queen Elizabeth illustrates a confident tone using diction. Diction is the choice of words an author uses. For example‚ Queen Elizabeth states “Let tyrants fear‚ I have always so behaved myself that‚ under god‚ I have placed my chiefest strength and safeguard
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divided‚ reflecting on the causes and meaning of the American Civil War. Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address requests the North and the South to put aside the disputes that are causing the division in order to restore the broken nation. Through powerful diction‚ figurative language‚ and rhetorical devices‚ Lincoln’s moving speech help accomplish his determination of uniting the nation back together. Lincoln introduces his speech by reminding both sides of the nation that at the end of the day there is only
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or anything else that one deems ridiculous”. Morley’s purpose of writing On Laziness‚ was to mock society for allowing lazy people to prosper and be praised more than the average hard-working human. In respect to Morley‘s reputation in satire‚ his diction‚ and tone‚ his audience can infer that his verbally ironic style was crucial to the overall purpose of the article. In consonance with literarydevices.net‚ the purpose of a verbally ironic article is to “convey exactly the opposite of what
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commonplace. Samuel Taylor Coleridge has a poetic diction unlike that of William Wordsworth‚ he relies more heavily on imagination for poetic inspiration‚ and he also incorporates religion into his poetry differently. Wordsworth’s conception of poetry hinges on three major premises. Wordsworth asserts that poetry is the language of the common man: Poetry should be understandable to anybody living in the world. Wordsworth eschews the use of lofty‚ poetic diction‚ which in his mind is not related to the language
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