TEXT ANALYSIS The text under analysis is written by John Boynton Priestly. He is one of the outstanding English authors. He was the success of his novel “The Good Companions” (1929) which brought him world fame. The genre of the story is a play (drama). Form of narration is dramatic dialogue‚ especially in author’s remarks there are descriptive narration. According to the title we can guess that the play describes some dangerous situation‚ it implies that “dangerous corner” is a dead end‚ a
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The poem “Father and Child” by Gwen Harwood shows Harwood’s father teaching her the concepts of life and death‚ from when she is a young child in “Barn Owl” up to when she is around forty at the time of his death in “Nightfall”‚ coming to accept the idea that life is not never-ending. In part one called “Barn Owl”; she has learnt to accept death as a component of life. The persona of the poem experiences a loss of innocence with the discovery of the tragedy of death. Before shooting the owl‚ the
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phrases with a similar structure - I went to the store‚ parked the car and bought a pizza. 6) Irony- what is expected and what actually occurs 7) Understatement - makes an idea less important that it really is - The hurricane disrupted traffic. 8) Rhetorical question- a statement that is formulated as a question but that is not supposed to be answered 9) Oxymoron - a two word paradox‚ a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction - near miss‚ seriously funny 10)
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Kelsie O’Brien Ms. Julia Salce AP Language and Composition 3 October 2012 Finding True Compassion In human society‚ man is surrounded by those less privileged‚ those in a state of desperation. In her piece “On Compassion”‚ Barbara Ascher describes brief scenes that capture the basis of transaction between the helpless and those in a position to give help‚ arguing that the only way society can achieve true compassion is by truly identifying with the suffering of others. Ascher observes the
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free verse poem consisting of eleven lines‚ which are broken into four stanzas. In the first stanza‚ the speaker offers a question‚ “What happens to a dream deferred?” which has infinite many answers. In stanzas‚ two and three he answers his first rhetorical question with five more questions. In the forth stanza‚ he provides a final answer to the original questions in the form of a declarative question. Hughes beginning the poem with a question‚ “What happens to a dream deferred?” His inversion of
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The Dying Generation The body is a material thing. Over time it becomes incapable to continue in the physical world. The soul is trapped within the body‚ and when the body can no longer continue in the physical world the soul wants to transcend to an otherworldly plane. In William Butler Yeats’s poem “Sailing to Byzantium” the speaker describes the journey to release the soul from his ageing body. The poet uses imagery of life such as birds‚ trees‚ salmon‚ and mackerel crowded seas. These images
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Sam‚ Sam I am." Anaphora Is the use of an expression the interpretation of which depends upon another expression in context).Repetition of a word or expression at the beginning of successive phrases‚ clauses‚ sentences or verses especially for rhetorical or poetic effect. Mad world! Mad kings! Mad composition! She didn’t speak. She didn’t stand. She didn’t even look up when we came in. Why I never walked away? Why I played myself this way? “Every day‚ every night‚ in every way‚ I am getting
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spirit especially exemplified in his most famous poem‚ “The Tyger‚” which was published in a book of poems he wrote entitled Songs of Experience. The poem takes the reader on a journey of faith‚ questioning god and his nature. By asking a series of rhetorical questions‚ Blake is forcing the reader to think about the possibility that God is not just the meek and gentle God that a child embraces‚ but a much more complex being‚ one that creates and allows both evil and beauty to coexist. In order to
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3. Comparison NOTE: The following is general information about the rhetorical mode. It is not meant to take the place of any specific instructions given by your instructor for this assignment. If your instructor wants you to write your paper in a different manner‚ then by all means do it the way your instructor requires you to do it. The Comparison/Contrast Essay When writing a comparison essay‚ you are trying to describe two things (or people or places or whatever) against each other. Remember
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English Glossary of Terms Alliteration: The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. Example: Carrie’s cat clawed her couch‚ creating chaos. Assonance: In poetry‚ the repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in non rhyming stressed syllables. Example: I must confess that in my quest I felt depressed and restless. Anecdote: An account regarded as unreliable or hearsay. Example: High school students go around the classroom telling
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