Return From the Dead: Ligeia The word ambiguous describes that which is capable of two or more contradictory meanings. This word perfectly portrays the Poe story Ligeia in a nutshell. Throughout the text the reader is expected to interpret the story and make distinctions between which of the two possible meanings is in all actuality the "true" reading. But unbeknownst to a vast majority of the scholars who attempt to interpret and analyze the text‚ both of the conclusions to which the reader can
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Full Name Professor’s Name / Tutor Course Name Due Date John Swales Summary: In “The Concept of Discourse Community”‚ John Swales reveals that language use tends to be socially constructed‚ and that a discourse community tends to differ from a speech community. A discourse community is commonly defined as a group of people that share a common set of values‚ and establish ways in order to effectively communicate about their goals. A common example of a community discourse is a group of people that
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Allusions in Bill Collins’ “Sonnet” By definition‚ an allusion is a reference‚ within a literary work‚ to another work of fiction‚ a film‚ a piece of art or even a real event and it serves as a kind of shorthand‚ drawing on this outside work to provide greater context or meaning to the situation being written about (Wiehardt). In poetry‚ allusion is a must device for it standard form. If using allusions is great‚ smart and economical ways for the author to communicate with the reader with least
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WILLIAMS SUMMARY CHAPTERS 5 AND 9 COHESION‚ COHERENCE AND CONCISION Joseph William’s book Style: Lesson’s in Clarity and Grace gives guidance to make sentences and paragraphs flow and read better (Williams p 65‚ p 123). In chapters 5 and 9‚ Williams shows how having cohesion‚ coherence and concision give the reader a smoother and inviting experience. Cohesion refers to how well a sentence ends as it relates to how the next sentence begins (Williams p 65). Williams says coherency refers to
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Revision Paper Allusions in literature can be the deep meanings behind plays. When a play is read‚ the allusions‚ if there are any‚ are often overlooked. William Shakespeare uses two allusions to support the theme that love is complicated. These two allusions are the reference to Cupid‚ the mythical god of love and affection‚ and the reference to Aurora’s bed‚ the Roman goddess of the dawn. Interestingly‚ both of these figures are referenced in Act One. In Act One‚ Scene One‚ Romeo’s father‚
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(a) Explain briefly what is meant by the term ‘elaborated speech code’ . Elaborate speech code is usually associated with middle-class‚ well educated people. It uses a wide variety of vocabulary‚ is more context based‚ uses grammatically complex sentences‚ communicates abstract ideas and is mostly context-free. (b) Identify three policies that governments have introduced to compensate for material and cultural disadvantage‚ apart from Educational Priority Areas. Compensatory education is a policy
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Language is a verbal and nonverbal method of communication that can be spoken‚ written‚ or expressed. Within the Party‚ the authority was able to control‚ prohibit‚ and alter specific information from being evident to the entire population. The conformity and restrictions of their society was created to prevent intelligence and eradicate the minority. With the restrictions on language it leads to restrictions of creativity and ideas. In the novel‚ Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell‚ the Party
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Chun Kit Dixon Wong U0907754 Writing 1010 – 006 10 February 2015 In “Literacy‚ Discourse‚ and Linguistics: introduction” James P Gee presents his analysis of discourse. Gee discussed Discourse and discourse. With the capital “D which included saying‚ writing‚ doing‚ being‚ valuing‚ believing and so forth. The other discourse with the little “d”‚ it only means connected stretches of language that make sense (Gee‚ 1989:Page 5) Using the right grammar to talk to people it doesn’t workout every single
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In a foreword to The Fellowship of the Ring‚ J.R.R. Tolkien states that‚ “But I cordially dislike allegory in all it’s manifestations‚ and always have done so since I grew old and wary enough to detect its presence. I much prefer history‚ true or feigned‚ with it’s varied applicability to the thought and experience of the readers.” A common misconception is that applicability and allegory are the same concept. As Tolkien references throughout his foreword‚ applicability is the freedom of the reader
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Bentham’s idea of question-begging appellatives functions when the word or phrase puts forth ideological assumptions in an audience‚ or when the word or phrase pre-empts debate. Along with question-begging appellatives‚ Bentham has a concept of triplicate vocabulary‚ stating that there are dyslogistic‚ eulogistic‚ and neutral terms. However‚ Burke adjusts Bentham’s concept and states that neutral language does not exist (p.92). The phrase “save the bees” is a eulogistic question-begging appellative
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