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    biased and those which are unbiased? Comment on their impact once you have matched them up. Fact Negative language An interpretation of a law for social networking sites Positive language Warnings about social networking sites Rhetorical question Reassurances for the reader A suggestion for how the reader can help protect young people online Opinion ‘It is not easy talking to a young person about their social networking online or offline.’ ‘… is it any wonder

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    'Away' by Michael Gow

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    Life is merely a journey. On a journey‚ an individual experiences a range of obstacles‚ either expected or unexpected‚ which shapes their life. Such obstacles initiate the process of change and transformation. Clearly‚ through a close study of the play ‘Away’ by Michael Gow‚ the poem ‘Whither will I Wander’ by William Shakespeare and the picture book ‘I had trouble in getting to Solla Sollew’ by Dr Seuss‚ the characters experience various degrees of change and transformation. Factors that impact

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    Stylistic Devices 1 IMAGERY Simile  (Vergleich): An explicit comparison between two things which are basically quite different using words such as like or as. She walks like an angel. / I wandered lonely as a cloud. (Wordsworth) Metaphor  (Metapher): A comparison between two things which are basically quite differ­ ent without using like or as. While a simile only says that one thing is like another‚ a metaphor says that one thing is another. (adj. metaphorical) All the

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    Prompt: Read the following excerpt from William Hazlitt’s Lectures on the English Comic Writers (1819). Then write a well-developed essay analyzing the author’s purpose by examining tone‚ point of view‚ and stylistic devices. William Hazlitt’s purpose in writing this passage was to enlighten the reasons of why with so much tragedy and despair around us we are still able to feel happiness or laugh at a poorly told joke. Hazlitt’s tone is a mixture of condescending and explanation. The passage is

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    refer to. | ‘tok-tok-tok’ – a knock on the door‘tik-ti-la-ok!’ – a sound that cocks make every morning | 6. METONYMY - A figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated; also‚ the rhetorical strategy of describing something indirectly by referring to things around it. | Nagdiwang ang Malacañang sanhi ng pagpapalaya ng mga Pilipinong bihag ng mga pirata sa Somalia.(Malacañang – Pangulo at kanyang mga opisyal) | 7. SYNECDOCHE – a

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    related. An example of a simile is‚ "Linda looks as thin as a toothpick." Metaphor These are similar to similes‚ but instead of comparing things they go as far as to say to objects are the same. For example‚ "Life is a rollercoaster." Rhetorical Question Rhetorical questions are questions that do not require or expect and answer. They can be used to make the reader think about a point being made in the question. For example‚" How am I supposed to live without you?" shows the story’s love interest

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    idolize celebrity’s and athletics more than intellectual people. Friedman effectively persuades an audience of intellectuals to value their academic prowess with a logical definition of "Geek‚" comparisons that highlight the extent of the issue‚ and rhetorical questions that encourage actions. In the beginning of his essay‚ Friedman defines “geek” to catch the reader’s attention and offend them‚ so that they will take action. He cites the Webster’s New World Dictionary defining “geek” as a street performer

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    Rachel Carson‚ she portrays her strong emotions about American’s attitude towards the environment and the mindset obtained that it is justifiable to kill species because of an inconvenience they might cause. Carson is able to render that through rhetorical strategies such as exemplification‚ repetition‚ and cause and effect. Carson uses exemplification to help the reader understand her point on the pathetic mindset Americans have towards killing. She states “In southern Indiana‚ for example‚ a group

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    Half-Caste‚ it is undefined. Agard compares the word half-caste to Tchaikovsky’s piano‚ Picasso’s canvas and English weather. Firstly‚ John Agard uses rhetorical questions throughout the poem; ‘what yu mean?’ this shows that nobody knows what Half-Caste means it is down to the reader’s own opinion. This is repeated a lot throughout the poem. Rhetorical questions were very effective in this poem as it made the reader think imagine what the phrase half-caste means. Another technique that Agard uses is

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    AP English 3 11 September 2013 Rhetorical Analysis: Imagery In the sermon‚ “Sinners In The Hands of An Angry God‚” Jonathan Edwards utilizes imagery as one of the rhetorical devices in order to scare his audience back to the pious ways of the first generation Puritans. Edwards’ vivid descriptions of hell and eternal torment are examples of the emotional appeal pathos. He uses figurative language including metaphors‚ similes‚ and personification to illustrate this unfortunate scenario in the

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