In Cold Blood Passage Analysis (Used with permission from Jennifer Cullen Westwood High School) You will be assigned to a group of 23 members. The group’s task will be to meaningfully practice the skills of passage analysis‚ in preparation for a timed writing. PART I (Homework) A. This is a forum to strengthen your analysis skill for the AP language Exam. You and your group will choose one meaningful‚ memorable passage from Sections I ‚II‚ III‚ and IV. Each passage s
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village’s well-being. In such a world‚ Kingston’s aunt represents the worst kind of transgressor‚ one whose private lusts disrupted the social order and threatened the very existence of the village. Kingston uses interesting and imaginative stylistic techniques to represent the “circle” or “roundness” of Chinese life and the struggle this creates for both the village and No Name Woman. The village that
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What is irony and how is it used in the story? Irony is a stylistic device‚ used by the author to keep the drama in the story going‚ for the reader’s enjoyment. It is the twist or unexpected event which blends the elements of the story together. In the instance of O. Henry he combines exaggeration [or hyperbole] and irony to add humor in the story. O. Henry is a master of irony and exaggeration‚ so that his stories have flavor and depth. In "The Ransom of Red Chief‚" O. Henry uses the three devices;
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realize how the progression in technology has made humans even more selfish. Chaplin’s monologue has a clear pattern of rhetorical devices being used. He starts off with ethos and then moves on to powerful pathos. Chaplin‚ as the writer and actor of this speech‚ used numerous examples of rhetorical techniques. Aside from the main persuasive techniques‚ Chaplin used techniques such as repetition‚ addressing separate groups and juxtaposition. Combining this rhetoric with raw unadulterated emotion
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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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Российский университет дружбы народов Институт иностранных языков Направление: лингвистика Stylistic analysis of Chapter II The Postumous papers of the Pickwick club Charles Dickens. Булатовой Анасиасии‚ 402ЛД Москва 2009 The passage is an extract from Dickens’ novel “The posthumous papers of the Pickwick club” from the chapter II which originally
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LEXICAL STYLISTIC DEVICES Metaphor Genuine metaphors Trite(dead) metaphors Metonymy Metonymy Metonymy is the substitution of one word for another with which it is associated: ‘The White House said…’ (the American government) ; the press (newspapers and magazines); the cradle(infancy‚ place of origin);the grave(death); The hall applauded; The marble spoke; The kettle is boiling; I am fond of Agatha Christie; We didn’t speak because there were ears all around us; He was about a sentence away from
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Literary Analysis Irony is a major stylistic device used in “Lamb to the Slaughter”. After Mary Maloney kills her husband‚ she puts the murder weapon‚ a frozen leg of lamb‚ in the oven to cook. She says to the detectives “Why don’t you eat up that lamb that’s in the oven? It’ll be cooked just right by now.” The author used dramatic irony in this part to show that things aren’t always what they seem to be. This also adds excitement and a conclusion to the plot. While the detectives thought they
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ocoa Electricity comes to Cocoa Bottom – Essay There are several literary techniques that are used in this poem such as “lamps…Oil” this is very ironic because they have brought old technology to come and see the new technology being unveiled. Also the fact that they are “waiting for sunset” is ironic because they are replacing natural light with artificial light. Near the beginning there is a Simile used “Cable was drawn like a pencil line across the sun” This uses one of the main themes of the
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A Sample of Complex Stylistic Analysis J. Galsworthy. The Broken Boot (E.M. Zeltin et. Al. English Graduation Course‚ 1972‚ pp.88-89: finishing with the words ".. .walked side by side.") Text Interpretation The passage under analysis is taken from John Galsworthy’s story "The Broken Boot". It is about an actor whose name is Gilbert Caister. For six months he had been without a job and a proper meal. He ran into a man whom he had come to know in a convalescent camp‚ a man who thought a
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