1. What is tone? Tone is a writer’s style‚ character‚ or attitude. It can have a positive or negative effect of the reader. 2. What is the difference between formal and informal tone? Formal tone means that you should not use some words that are used in casual writings. Informal tone is similar to a spoken conversation. 3. What is your angle on writing your research topic? I don’t have an angle. It is going to be as unbiased as possible. 4. What is the difference between context and conventions
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Wilfred Owen expresses a resentful and panicked tone in his poem Dulce Et Decorum Est in order to emphasize the strength of the individual soldier; while in Charge of the Light Brigade‚ Tennyson suggests the loyalty and unity within the soldiers who without a second thought follow orders to their deaths with a tragic yet anticipating tone. The two poems are meant to relay the innate brutality that is war. It reminds the audience that war is death and that it should not be glorified. Dulce Et Decorum
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Montpellier’s thoughts and feelings‚ in great detail‚ to express the personality of an independent woman. As a result of Chopin’s descriptive imagery and diction in The Awakening‚ she was denounced by religious groups‚ critics‚ and society. The judgmental tone Chopin used towards society’s rules on how women should behave‚ emphasized
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stand up as a whole to defend themselves. During the speech‚ King successfully expressed his opinions‚ and emotionally affected many listeners. This success came from his sensitive approach to audience‚ his unique use of style‚ and his inspirational tone. Primarily‚ the speech was given publicly to a huge number of audiences of both
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When people lose their dignity‚ they also lose a part of the very thing that makes them human. Despair‚ hopelessness‚ fear and apathy are all ways a human can lose their humanity. The eyes provide a window onto the soul‚ and thus a view on the person’s mental state. The eyes also function in reverse‚ as a symbolic gesture of control over someone. All of this is present in Night‚ by Elie Wiesel‚ an account of human tragedy‚ human cruelty‚ human dignity‚ and the loss thereof. At the start of the
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death. The author’s tone of this story is‚ sad.The tone of the story is sad and happy because he just watched a guy die‚ but the guy died for his country so there are two sides to the poem. A detail in the poem that leads me to believe that the a tone of the poem is sad‚ is when it says “ dim through the misty panes the thick green light‚ as under a green sea‚ I saw him drowning.”This show that a tone is sad because he watched as a friend internally drowned. But a reason the tone could also be happy
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I have decided to do create an artistic expression of the play Romeo and Juliet by writing a poem with a collage from the scenes as its background. Romeo and Juliet’s tragic fate has inspired me to write a poem that depicts a love that is doomed from the beginning. The poem focuses on fate‚ as a higher power‚ that controls all aspects of the play. I have chosen fate as the single-most important theme that affected the lover’s relationship. With the specific use of diction‚ images and sound‚ the poem
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In the poem‚ "Out-Out" by Robert Frost; the speaker has a somber‚ serious‚ regretful attitude‚ an ironic tone‚ and a vivid descriptive voice towards the events occurring throughout the poem. He (the speaker) is shown as a witness to the story that takes place. Frost uses this dramatic take on a chain of events to guide you through a series of emotions as the poem develops. The first thing I noticed in reading the poem was the calm and serene atmosphere that the speaker was describing. "The buzz
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One of the strongest interpersonal skills that we have is empathy. When someone is feeling sad for a specific reason‚ it really helps to talk with someone else who has gone through the same experience. That’s why there are groups like Alcoholics Anonymous and Mothers Against Drunk Driving. People who have gone through a similar situation to yours understand the emotions that you feel and the questions that you have. Don’t get me wrong‚ other friends are good to have around to listen to you‚ but
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The Pathetic "Lover" The Ballad of the Sad Café‚ by Carson McCullers (1951) suggests that there are two types of people in the world: the "lover" and the "beloved". The "lover" is a pathetic character so enamored by the "beloved" that it changes his/her attitude or personality completely. The feeling is so powerful that even though it causes the "lover" excruciating pain‚ he/she continues to love. The two main characters fall under this mysterious spell and it changes their lives forever. McCullers
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