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    Tanya Owens  January 18‚ 2015  AP Language  3rd Period    From Education Questions    1. What does Emerson mean when he says‚ “Nature loves analogies‚ but not  repetition‚”?  Analogies is a connection between two contents. The natural learning process  loves when you can connect two pieces together opposed to keep going over the  same things just to make it stick            2. Why is the relationship between “Genius and Drill”‚ as Emerson explains it‚           paradoxical?  Emerson believes the

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    reader. He asks who not only made the earth‚ but made the stars in the sky. In the final line of the three sentences of parallel structure Edward asks the readers again‚ who did this. These questions turn out to be misleading for again they are rhetorical questions. In his third and final break of the poem‚ Edward Taylor regurgitates the fact that God made everything and while doing this he breaks iambic pentameter for that reason. In conclusion‚ Edward Taylor’s use of parallel structure‚ metaphors

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    Teachers should refrain from seeking out students who can answer their questions and instead aim to get all students to participate. They should also be aware of asking numerous unrelated questions which do not serve a purpose and avoiding the use of rhetorical questions with young children as well as being mindful of how to respond to incorrect answers. Considering each of these aspects it can be said through observations‚ it is evident that teachers who re-phrase a question to a students often correct

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    “voice” but is actually performing its normal job. The “echo” only repeats back the last prominent sounds it hears from the “voice”‚ this explains why some of the words the “echo’s” category are different. This leaves with the “voice” asking numerous rhetorical questions‚ because the “echo” never really answers back. This technique enhances the meaning of the sonnet by showing the audience that all the answers we may need lay in the questions that we ask. For example‚ the “voice” starts the poem by asking

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    first step in getting the others to understand what his actual plans were. Another simple but powerful and emotional language technique used was exclamation. Old Major used quite a number of exclamations in his speech. For example‚ he asked a rhetorical question: “Why‚ work night and day‚ body and soul‚ for the overthrow of the human race!” Although his question didn’t require an answer‚ the placement of an exclamation mark instead of a question mark changes the context and emotion of his statement

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    various techniques. In Owens poem Anthem for Doomed Youth he uses a synthesis of aural techniques designed to convey the central idea of the misconception of war. In the first line of the poem “What passing-bells for those who die as cattle?” the rhetorical question implemented by Owen is designed to hint to the responder the reality of war‚ which is further reinforced by the conjunction of the simile “as cattle”. This signification part of the extract compares the young‚ for healthy men as perceived

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    to a powerful ending‚ concluding that he would rather have death than to be denied liberty. 6. A rhetorical question is a question posed to emphasize a point‚ not for the purpose of getting an answer. Henry uses this device extensively throughout his speech. Find one example in the speech‚ quote it and explain what point he is emphasizing with those particular questions. One example of a rhetorical question Henry used in his

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    Macbeth, the dagger scene

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    illusion and reality is clearly shown. Macbeth is the victim of his illusions. The ultimate questions would be to know if we can rely on our senses and if what we see is real. Those questions are at stake in this passage. Macbeth asks a lot of rhetorical questions in his soliloquy‚ the first being “Is this a dagger which I see before me‚ the handle toward my hand?” (l.32-33). He doesn’t know what to think about the dagger as shown l.35 “I have thee not‚ and yet I see thee still.” Is the dagger real

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    Whitman Line 26-29 1. The First Line- The speaker decides to do nothing but listen and be attentive to the sounds around him to appreciate them more. There is a threefold repetition of “I hear” in this section and that “I” is referring to Whitman’s speaker‚ to show his own experiences with sound and touch but the sounds he hears relates to everyone. “I” is the kind of person who is fascinated with the simple things people do in their everyday lives and he wants to experience these things with

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    Initially the character of Curley’s Wife is described to the readers by the men on the ranch that George and Lennie last work on‚ in their conversations with each other‚ before Curley’s Wife’s character is fully introduced with speech and description of physical appearance. Expressions‚ such as the idiom “she got the eye”‚ are used to describe her‚ implying that she is promiscuous and flirtatious‚ something that is later emphasised by her being referred to by the derogatory term of “tart£‚ implying

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