contributes to a positive sense of self and personal identity. Paradoxically‚ Felik’s immersion into his polish heritage inhibits his capacity to assimilate and contribute to inevitable sense of separation within the rift between father and son. The rhetorical question asking if his “father” ever attempted “to learn English?” combined with the metaphor describing the ‘clerk’ asking in “dancing bear grunts” reveals lack of empathy‚ as well as hostility between Feliks’ and his immediate culture‚ a product
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Sioux have moved on and changed‚ as the landscape became more violent. The chief’s inability to change is slowly destroying him. The use of the word "Etched as if the chief is permanently place within the land and he dies as the land dies. Many rhetorical devices like metaphors similes and personification are used extensively throughout the essay to portray the death of the land. "and cloudland touch and die" is perfect examples of this. Rather than just simply describing the horizon she breaths
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The image above was created by the Bangalore traffic police in India. The main purpose for the creation of this advertisement is to advocate against talking on the phone and driving‚ it uses many rhetorical devices including Aristotle’s three appeals - ethos‚ pathos‚ and logos - that he believed made a convincing argument. The picture is directed to any person who drives and talks on the phone and shows how dangerous the act really is. The photographer Mallikarjun Katakol and the graphic designer
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[pic] LITHUANIAN UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATIONAL SCIENCES FACULTY OF PHILOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH PHILOLOGY STYLISTIC FEATURES OF HUMOROUS DISCOURSE IN “THE FOURTH HAND’’ BY JOHN IRVING Course Paper in BA English Philology Programme Academic advisor: (signature)
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theme My love is like to ice‚ and I to fire: simile comparing his love for her to fire‚ hers for him to ice How comes it then that this her cold so great Is not dissolved through my so hot desire‚ But harder grows the more I her entreat? Rhetorical question relating to her increasing coldness towards him the more he desires her Or how comes it that my exceeding heat Is not allayed by her heart-frozen cold‚ personification of the frozen heart But that I burn much more in boiling sweat‚ alliteration
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strongly depict how much of her life has truly shaped her into the writer she is today. In using these three rhetorical devices‚ she creates a better understanding of the impact her childhood had on her literature. Her allusion hints at the many expectations others had of Cisneros as she grew‚ and her story wholly discusses how she met those expectations or went her own way. The primary rhetorical device Cisneros uses in her story is allusion. The title and the story as a whole alludes to the fairytale
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Annotation of "Who’s for the Game?" by Jessie Pope Saturday‚ 14 August 2010 10:49 a.m. Rhetorical question offers a challenge to the reader. Makes the reader feel guilty if their answer isn’t good enough. Who’s for the Game? Allusion to colour of British army uniforms Repetition/parallel construction develops Pope’s idea of courage Colloquial language sounds friendly‚ Light-hearted‚ conversational. Personal pronouns appeal directly to the reader. Who’s for the game‚ the biggest that’s played
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style. Key words: Stylistics‚ Stylistic devices‚ analysis‚ speech As an interdisciplinary field of study‚ stylistics promises to offer useful insights into literary criticism and the teaching of literature with its explicit aims and effective techniques. It is very useful in the analysis of various styles of writing. In this thesis‚ the author tries to offer a stylistic analysis of the famous speech by Martin Luther king‚ Jr. I Have a Dream. 1. Introduction: Definition of Stylistics and Stylistic
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be persuasive at the same time‚ by making the reader feel guilty too. Metaphor:Metaphor is the feature that compares one thing to another. For instance‚ ’my brother is a monkey’. Metaphor is used to create a strong image in the reader’s mind. Rhetorical question: A question that does not require an answer. This feature is used to make the reader think about the possible answer and involve them in the text. Simile: A comparison of one thing to another using words ’like’ or ’as’. For example‚ "The
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King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” is one of the most influential and convincing examples of a written argument that the world has today because King uses many rhetorical strategies to convince his audience‚ the eight clergymen‚ to reverse their stance on the issue. Dr. King was well
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