Apart - Reading Performance Task Select one of the following proverbs or folktales and answer the following questions: 1. Who relates this proverb/tale? 2. To whom is the proverb/tale told? 3. When‚ where‚ and upon what circumstances is the proverb told? 4. Explain some ways the meaning of the proverb/tale connects with the persons telling and hearing it. 5. What meaning does this proverb/tale offer you in the context of your own life? PROVERBS AND FOLKTALES Why the snake lizard killed his mother (and
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Brutus wrong‚ and Cassius wrong/ Who‚ you all know‚ are honourable men”(3.2.135-136). By the time Antony says this‚ he had already used the word “honorable” to describe Brutus and the conspirators five times‚ which indicates repetition. By using rhetorical devices such as repetition‚ Antony can get his point across‚ which is that the conspirators might not have actually done a very honorable thing. Antony also has to get something across to the audience‚ which is that they “are not wood.not stones‚ but
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1. Proverbs expressing general attitude towards life and the laws that govern life. * Early to bed and early to rise‚ makes a man healthy‚ wealthy and wise. * It’s no use locking the stable door after the horse has bolted. * Laugh and the world laughs with you‚ weep and you weep alone. * See a pin and pick it up‚ all the day you’ll have good luck; see a pin and let it lie‚ bad luck you’ll have all day. * ‘Tis better to have loved and lost‚ than never to have loved at all.
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In my English 5b course‚ we are not only taught just to write‚ but to also be open minded and see the bigger picture with material that can be seen as meaningful and how to incorporate it into our writing. One thing we are taught is to rhetorically analyze different sorts of text and distinguish how authors communicate their messages to their audience‚ by using rhetoric and the ethical appeals. We have been taught that the word “text” usually means something that has writing included within‚ such
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In his “I Have a Dream” speech (1963)‚ Martin Luther King‚ Jr. conveys the fact that the Negro is still not free despite their freedom for over one hundred years. King supports this conveyance about the Negros bondage by stating tragic facts and then challenges his brothers and sisters to “continue to work with the faith that unearned suffering is redemptive” (Paragraph 8). His purpose is to put an end to discrimination in order to give African Americans the freedom and equality they deserve. He
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The reader is unsure at first just what might unfold‚ after all‚ the title suggests that this might be a poem about a holiday‚ a chance to get away from school work and relax. Instead‚ we’re gradually taken into the grieving world of the first-person speaker‚ and the seriousness of the situation soon becomes clear. Heaney uses his special insights to reveal an emotional scene - remember this was the patriarchal Ireland of the 1950s - one in which grown men cry and others find it hard to take.
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Two sisters‚ Lexus and Mazda‚ once lived in not-quite-so-ancient Japan. They grew up‚ played games‚ and attended school together. After graduating from high school‚ the sisters moved to Tokyo in pursuit of college education. Even though they shared their lives and the two-room apartment with each other‚ Mazda studied interior design while Lexus took up spiritual practices. To-riririri-riiing. Ririri-riiing. Ririri-riiing. Ririri-riiing. Ririri-ri- "Hello‚ you have reached the Subaru residence
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Language without rhetoric devices is like a dish without all the spices. Rhetoric devices plays an essential role in persuading things effectively. It creates the beauty of t he language. In” Students and Money‚ in Their Own Words" by Vivian Marquez successfully makes use of rhetorical devices in order to persuade the reader of her need for financial assistance. Some of the rhetorical devices she used successfully throughout her essay are an imagery‚ metaphor‚ and repetition. In her essay‚ Marquez
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injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity.” He directly relates where they’re at now compared to where they were‚ showing that they have made big steps towards equality. One of his most heavily used rhetoric devices is anaphora. He uses it when he says‚ “Now is the time”‚ “Go back”‚ “let freedom ring”‚ and the most famous one he used‚ “I have a dream”. This moves the audience heavily. Simply using it shows determination to get something done. By him saying‚ “I
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LaNece Woodson Dr. Patricia Pallis English 102 13 May 2016 Poetic devices used in” Subject for English B” Since the start of our nation’s history‚ individuals of African descent have ceaselessly experienced oppression by those of European descent. Despite the fact that the condition of racial issues in the 1990’s is a huge change from the times of servitude‚ racial pressure still exists. In the 20th century‚ no time surpasses the 1950’s and 1960’s in connection to racial foul play and savagery.
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