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    William Blake: the Tyger

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    ferocious creature. He referes to the creator as immortal because the tiger is so heartless that it could turn against its creator. That is why the creator has to be immortal to survive an attack from such a fierce creature. The poet even admires the technique that has been used to create the heart of the tiger with twisted muscels because it has been done so artistically. He also wants to know what chain could keep the brain in its place. The tiger never seems to forgive or forget anything. When the

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    John Steinbeck uses many techniques to present the character Lennie Small within this passage of his novella. The first line of the passage shows aspects of danger with the use of strident noises. For example “clang of horseshoes” and “shouts of men” are both effective as they are describing a form of sense. This suggests that there is danger in the distance that is arising. This helps create the atmosphere that assists in presenting Lennie. The onomatopoeic sounds suggests that Lennie is about

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    The Story of Tom Brennan

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    of his poems which clearly portrays the message of destruction by the use of techniques like repetition‚ symbolism‚ rhetorical questions and imagery to give the audience a deeper understanding of the poems message. Does it matter? Is a poem writing by Sassoon during the war. This poem by the use of many different techniques shows us the horrors experienced in ww1. Does it matter? Losing your leg? This is a rhetorical question asking the audience does it matter? Losing your

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    ChildLine Activity Cards

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    International leaflet activity cards Match the examples to these language techniques used in the text. Can you then sort them into two types of technique: those which are biased and those which are unbiased? Comment on their impact once you have matched them up. Fact Negative language An interpretation of a law for social networking sites Positive language Warnings about social networking sites Rhetorical question Reassurances for the reader A suggestion for how the reader

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    Christmas Morning Analysis

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    is no Santa Claus to the deteriorating relationships experienced by the main characters. Frank O’Connor engages the reader with his evocation of these different types of loss through his subtle deployment of a range of literary techniques including direct speech‚ rhetorical questions and punctuation for effect. One of the main themes explored in the story “Christmas Morning” is the loss of childhood innocence. Larry obstinately refuses to believe Peter Doherty and his gang when they declare that

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    Literary Techniques Irony Literary Forms Nonfiction (letter) Mechanics Punctuation Clauses Independent Sentences Structure antithetical balanced complex compound Compound-complex Syntax Techniques Antithesis Parallelism Repetition anaphora Rhetorical Question Analysis of a Text Meaning and Effect related to sentences and syntax Rhetorical analysis

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    'Away' by Michael Gow

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    characters experience various degrees of change and transformation. Factors that impact on the degree a character changes and transforms include: support networks and the ability or inability to accept reality. Through the use of language and visual techniques‚ each composer conveys how each character faces a degree of change within their journey. The ability to take on board the help of others and to maintain strong support networks to accept the present and move on to a seemingly better future has

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    Seattle Letter Analysis

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    lisa Nguyen Ms.Nys Pre-Ap English II / 4th September 4‚ 2012 Rhetorical Analysis Leader of his native tribe‚ Chief Seattle‚ in his persuasive letter to President Pierce‚ illustrate his mentality on how sacred the land he lives on is to him and to his people. He tries to gain President pierce attention on the fact that the two men have different views on what the land is. Seattle defines the land as his past‚present and furture‚but to Pirece it is mearly just land to use for the present.

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    William F. Buckley, Jr.

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    keep his audience engaged he sprinkles in rhetorical questions. Buckley opens his essay with a personal anecdote describing the acceptance of “whatsoever” he realizes that outside it was below freezing temperature and in the train it was 85 degrees. Buckley explains how the train conductor went back and forth through the aisle and not a single person moaned. There were ample amounts of people sweated‚ but still not one person mentioned it. This technique immediately establishes the essay as informal

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    My friends were white‚ my family was white‚ my world was white.” The female protagonist conveys her cultural identity‚ through the use of a compound word‚ describing her “Asian-ness” persona as being part of a white family. Pung also uses the technique of repetition‚ demonstrated through the word “white” coupled with the metaphor of “my world was white” to depict the fact that her whole lifestyle‚ revolves around “white” customs‚ as she neglects her original cultural origin being “made in Korea”

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