The Analysis of the Text “Up The Down Staircase” 1. The extract called «Up the down staircase» is written by Bel Kaufman‚ who is an American professor and writer. She is best known for this novel. The semi-autobiographical novel is about an idealistic young teacher. 2. The subject matter of this extract is school life. 3. The events happen in the middle of the 20th century‚ in the US Public School The plot is developed on the basis of the conflict between different sets of values.
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Ragtime by Maria Sevostyanova EG-42 “Ragtime” is a novel about the American life at the beginning of the 20th century. This book was written by the American writer Edgar Laurence Doktorow in 1975. This story tells us about Coalhouse Walker Jr.‚ a black pianist‚ who leaves his pregnant girlfriend Sarah to make a career. Sarah tries to kill her baby but a family of honest and kind people takes her into their house to take care of her and her baby. The extract taken for the analysis
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“Without connection to others there is no me” Throughout our lives‚ everyone that we share bonds with and interact with on a regular basis‚ either forms or has some sort of influence on our identity. Consequently‚ the majority of us naturally find ourselves striving to fit in with these people‚ especially during the tough transition from childhood to adulthood. It is this part of the human condition that makes us feel as though we must forge ties with something outside of ourselves in order to establish
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Tractor – Ted Hughes This is a poem in which Hughes dramatises man’s struggle with an often hostile environment. Here‚ the poet is trying to rescue a tractor form its ’hell of ice’. Hughes uses personification. The tractor is personified in order to make the incident as dramatic as possible. Throughout the poem it is compared to animal‚ and its final release from the trap of the weather is like the birth of a baby animal. As well as the wonderful descriptions of the tractor and the weather in
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Foreshadowing “When he was nearly thirteen‚ my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow.”(3) Parallelism Simile “…his head was like a skull lookin’ at her.”(13) “By the time Mrs. Cat called the drugstore for an order of chocolate malted mice the class was wriggling like a bucketful of Catawba worms.” (18) "...Popped me like a cork onto pavement." (50) Metaphor “I wanted you to see what real courage is‚ instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand”. (149)
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Figurative Language Definitions Alliteration Alliteration is the repetition of a single letter in the alphabet (as in "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickle peppers.") or a combination of letters (as in "She sells seashells by the seashore."). It’s just about the easiest form of repetition a poet can use. Metaphor A metaphor compares two unlike things. "My baby sister’s a doll‚" you might say‚ compares your sister’s size and sweetness to that of the perfection of a doll. At another time you might
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Narrative Writing Lavern Hobins Everest University Online When writing a narrative essay you can express you can express your thoughts and feeling towards the topic you are writing about. This is an opportunity to be created in your work to get the readers attention. The lists of narrative essay components are dialogue‚ figurative language‚ choosing details‚ and intensify verbs. Dialogue is the intentional conversation that can have readers to think about your writing
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Pocahontas‚ a well known figure in history‚ was the main topic of John Smith’s letter to Queen Anne of Great Britain in 1616. John Smith was incredibly fond of her and believed that she should be welcomed and respected in England. John Smith speaks highly of Pocahontas‚ as well as Queen Anne in this letter. John has had many encounters (both good and bad) with Pocahontas‚ and he mentions these instances in a positive and respectful way. John Smith creates emphasis and uses different techniques to
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Yuliya Zubrilina Text analysis of “The little stranger” by Sarah Waters “The Little Stranger” is a 2009 gothic novel written by Sarah Waters. It is a ghost story set in a dilapidated mansion in Warwickshire‚ England in the 1940s. This novel features a male narrator‚ a country doctor who makes friends with a family with faded fortunes left simply with a very old estate that is crumbling around them. The stress of reconciling the state of their finances with the familial responsibility of keeping
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Act 1 Simile: Act 1 Scene 5 is "It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night like a rich jewel in an Ethiop’s ear" -Romeo (lines 45-46). Pun: "Prick love for pricking‚ and you beat love down" (1.4.28). Assonance: "For men so old as we to keep the peace." - (Act I/Scene 2/Line 3) Alliteration: “From forth the fatal loins of these two foes; A pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life.” (From the prologue to Act 1. This is an example of alliteration with the “f” and “l.”) Hyperbole: "If
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