THEME The poet explores the relationship between cultural identity and language. When you speak a language you also learn its culture. Lines 19 and 20 sum up the theme. Which language has not been the oppressor’s tongue? When another country is the conquerer‚ that country brings its language and culture to those who are conquered. SUMMARY ‘A Different History’ is in two linked parts: lines 1-18‚ then lines 19-29. The first stanza draws the link between western and Indian culture as
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Point | Evidence | Explanation | | | | Rhetorical question | . Who would you rather see marching through your streets? Us lot or the Hun? | Most authors use rhetorical questions to make the reader thin of a certain part in a book as a reader but Michael morpurgo used rhetorical question in the speech to make the reade3r think about the speech not as a reader but as a soldier | Emotive language | They’ll come marching through here burning your houses‚ killing your children‚ and yes
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Squealer’s speech‚ he tries to hide the fact that they took the milk and apples for themselves and their own benefits‚ but not just for their self-centered behaviors. Through this speech‚ Orwell is using the most obvious tactic of Rhetorical Questions. In this case the rhetorical question is‚ “… Surely there is no one among you who wants to see Jones come back?” This question is brought up many times in the book because it is his way of saying that he is better than Jones and it shows his power of knowing
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Owen uses a contrast within the title ‚ “Doomed Youth” ‚ he does this deliberately because using “doomed youth” ‚ puts the young people of war and he try’s to discourage them as it is nothing like what the propaganda claim it to be. The first question highlights animal imagery ‚ “dying like cattle” ‚ this shows the soldiers are nameless. There death lacks dignity ‚ dehumanised. Personification is used to mirror the guns ‚ “anger of the guns” ‚ in the noun phrase it makes the guns sound real. Owen
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Identifying language techniques Composers use various language techniques or features to make their texts more interesting and engaging to the responder. Some language techniques used by Stephen Herrick in The Simple Gift are: • simile: comparing one thing with another using the words ‘like’ or ‘as’ • metaphor: a comparison where one thing is said to be another • colloquial language: everyday speech characterised by informal language and shortened words (g’day‚ can’t) • direct
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Idea and Explanation Example Quotes Techniques Appearance vs Reality Approx4 2per e.g. List act scene line 2per e.g. Richard III- Richard‚ himself is very aware of the gap between his outwards reality and inward reality. As a consequence he carefully constructs his façade while fully acknowledging his Machiavellian motivations to the audience in his asides. Clarence going to prison and Richard says he will try to get him out but doesn’t do it. The ghosts visits
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Dear Errol Gladys 3. Techniques evident in Rainbows End Rhetorical Question/Slang – Dolly – “Fair dinkum?” Imagery – Dolly – “So you’re from the big smoke?” Slang – Dolly – “ ‘Spose” Metaphor – Dolly – “Oi you little monkeys” Slang – Cousin – “ ‘Nother time then‚ Dolores” Quote – Dolly – “You people?” Rhetorical Question – “Well who knows...?” Rhetorical Question – Gladys “Did you see that photograph that he sent over?” Symbolism/Rhetorical Question – Nan Dear – “A girl from the flats?” Imagery –
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Samuel Mendoza Period 2 March 9th 2012 RHETORICAL DEVICES ESSAY A speech is an oral presentation on an important issue. A speech consists of three important elements: its purpose‚ the reason for its presentation; its occasion‚ the event that inspires it; and it’s the audience‚ those who hear it at the time or who read or hear it later. Orators get their audiences attention and emotions into the topic by using rhetorical devices. Rhetorical devices are special patterns of language used to make
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Brutus’s Funeral Oration Brutus used only three persuasive techniques in his funeral oration in Shakespeare’s play‚ Julius Caesar. Despite being regarded as a great orator‚ or speaker‚ he limited his speech to the use of parallelism‚ rhetorical question‚ and tone. As well as a combination of the three. Brutus began his speech with parallelism. He said‚ “…Hear me for my cause‚ and be silent‚ that you may hear. Believe me for mine honor‚ and have respect to mine honor‚ that you may believe
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revealing the truth from the different genre of writing. Writing depends on different literal and rhetorical techniques that used to be a mean for the author to state his/her evidence. This evidence help the readers making their assumptions which are the Truth or the moral of writing. The third skillset I have learned is the rhetorical techniques‚ using critical and analytical thinking. Rhetorical device or technique is a technique that the author--the rhetor--uses to convey to the reader --the
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