group of words used to give particular emphasis to an idea or sentiment. The special emphasis is typically accomplished by the user’s conscious deviation from the strict literal sense of a word‚ or from the more commonly used form of word order or sentence construction. From ancient times to the present‚ such figurative locutions have been extensively employed by orators and writers to strengthen and embellish their styles of speech and composition. Figures of Speech are expression used by a writer
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Text Analysis I General information 1. Who is the author? 2. What is the title? 3. Is the title clear or obscure? 4. What feelings and expectations does the title arise? 5. Who is the narrator: ➢ The author him/herself (a person who knows everything about the facts and the characters but takes NO part in the action of the story) ➢ External narrator ( i. e. an outsider who speaks of people they knew but whose role in the plot is merely that of an observer)
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wanted to destroy everything: to be alone without any memories at all. Life began five years ago” The structure of this passage emanates the lieutenant’s passion of the subject of his childhood through short sentences‚ each blunt and to the point. The obvious anger and resentment is clearly expressed through the repetition of words such as “eradicate” and ”destroy” helping the reader understand the pain of the lieutenant’s childhood. The words “life began five
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economic terms (bank loans‚ funds) • Abbreviation (Corp.) • Newspaper cliches () This text has headline. The main function of it’s to inform the reader briefly of what the news is to follow about. Syntactically headline is interrogative sentence. In the article we can find colloquial elements among them we find contracted form (it’s‚ won’t). We can find rhetorical question (Will Japan really force change on its elite institutions?). All this elements serve for render the official character
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The forms of figurative languages are divided into two main groups: schemes (or figures) and tropes. Rhetorical schemes describe the arrangement of individual sounds (phonological schemes)‚ the arrangement of words (morphological schemes)‚ and sentence structure (syntactical schemes). Rhetorical tropes are devices of figurative language. They represent a deviation from the common or main significance of a word or phrase (semantic figures) or include specific appeals to the audience (pragmatic figures)
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Satanic Simile and Milton’s Redefinition of the Epic The epic similes in John Milton’s Paradise Lost serve a greater purpose than that of decorative speech‚ in that they find a niche in the sector of functional language where they are used to impart understanding of Milton’s greater theodicy. He precisely echoes the poetic text of epic writers such as Homer and Virgil‚ but with the identified intention of creating a work that superseded those traditional epic poems. Milton sought‚ as an author
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Answer the Following questions in a word‚ a phrase or a sentence each: - 1X9=09 1. What do you think the phrase‚ face of heaven‚ signifies? 2. What is the meaning of “Ethiope” ? 3. Name the commodities taxed in Monaco. 4. What was cost to hire a guillotine and an executioner from France ? 5. The death sentence was converted into life imprisonment because. a. Monaco had abolished death penalty. b. Carrying out death sentence was expensive. c. Monaco wanted to show mercy on the criminal
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Fundamental Terms Study Guide – Vina Nguyen – December 1‚ 2012 Definition Conceptual‚ generalized‚ philosophical. Brings out hidden meaning. The subject of the sentence completes the action. Ignores real issue by turning attention to the individual‚ often in the form of a person attack. The repetition of identical‚ initial consonant sounds at the beginning of successive words. A passing reference to a famous person‚ place‚ or thing; whether it‟s a he‚ she‚ real‚ mythological‚ or literal. Occurs
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or at scourging Quakers; or taking scalps in a sham-fight with the Indians; or scaring one another with freaks of imitative witchcraft.” (Pgs‚ 77-78) This is an example of alliteration because Hawthorne uses a repetitive ‘s’ sound throughout the sentence. 4. Metaphor: implied comparison between two things of unlike nature. “…was admirably adapted to Pearl’s beauty‚ and made her the very brightest little jet of flame that ever danced upon the earth.” (Pg. 84) This is a metaphor because Pearl is being
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prose.” RESEMBLANCE METAPHOR: transfers attributes from one object to another‚ identifies. The bishop was a pillar of the church (pillar=strength : bishop= strength) He was a very serpent on my path (serpent= evil‚ danger: he=evil‚ danger) SIMILE: compares two things to clarify the meaning of one of them by using “as” or “like” to link them The Assyrian came down like a wolf on the fold (Assyrians are a fierce as a wolf attacking sheep) PERSONIFICATION: attributes qualities of humans
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