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    Imagery plays a very vital role in this poem and it helps with the interpretation of the poem. Onomatopoeia such as ‘’the thinkling bottom’’‚ Alliteration such as ‘’Big dark blobs burned’’‚ diction such as ‘’sweet like a thickened wine’’ and similes such as ‘’sticky as Bluebeard’s’’ allows the reader to feel like they’re also blueberry picking.The imagery in the poem references blood and flesh‚ which adds to the extended and dark metaphor. The poem blackberry picking isn’t just about a boy picking

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    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland‚ called the United Kingdom‚ GB or UK‚ is a sovereign state in Western Europe. It is made up of four countries: England‚ Northern Ireland‚ Scotland and Wales.[10] It is a member of the European Union‚ the United Nations‚ the Commonwealth‚ NATO and the G8. It has the sixth largest economy in the world.[11][12] About 61 million people live in the UK. Most people in the UK speak English. There are four native languages other than English. They

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    She sells sea-shells on the sea-shore. The shells she sells are sea-shells‚ I’m sure. For if she sells sea-shells on the sea-shore Then I’m sure she sells sea-shore shells. Betty Botter bought a bit of butter. The butter Betty Botter bought was a bit bitter And made her batter bitter. But a bit of better butter makes better batter. So Betty Botter bought a bit of better butter Making Betty Botter’s bitter batter better A Proper Copper Coffee Pot. Betty bopper’s battering batton made

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    memories). Natural‚ rural and domestic imagery creates a warm homely image in the reader’s mind. Captures a moment Deatiled description of the aunt baking portrays the love and attachement in their relationship (mention the dedication here ’For Mary Heaney’). Taken from "NORTH"‚ 1975 Theme 1: Slow passage of time emphasizing the attachment to childhood memories: ’Sunlit absence’ is a contradictory phrase (how- explain further) creating an underlying tone of meloncholy. Description of minute details

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    in which Heaney built his play around is the contemporary Margaret Thatcher. Creon represents Thatcher- the hot-headed ruler who denies the burial rights of the hunger strikers‚ just like Creon denying the burial rights of Polyneices. The story of this modern history was told through the ancient story of Antigone. The political outlook of this play altogether was very controversial and provided profound modern relevance to the readers today. This play altogether was described by Heaney himself in

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    and is injured from the crash‚ but believes he will soon be rescued. He finds some strange food to eat‚ which makes him sick. He finds a raspberry ‚ where he spots a bear. Brian builds a shelter and in the middle of the night he hears a noise. A skunk has entered his shelter and Brian throws the hatchet in its direction. It shoots it into Brian’s leg‚ causing him severe pain. Brian attempts to build a fire with no matches and eventually succeeds when he learns how to strike his hatchet against

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    poem from the genre of relationships‚ and involves the narrator being one person in a relationship who uses the poem to talk to the other person. The key way in which the theme of relationships is presented is with the use of an extended metaphor. Heaney utilises an extended metaphor which relates the different stages of developing a relationship to the different aspects of actually creating a building. The first three stanzas describe the process of building and the use of scaffolding and the final

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    VIII. English Language Arts‚ Grade 10 A. Composition B. Reading Comprehension Grade 10 English Language Arts Test Test Structure The grade 10 English Language Arts test was presented in the following two parts: ■ the ELA Composition test‚ which used a writing prompt to assess learning standards from the Massachusetts English Language Arts Curriculum Framework’s Composition strand ■ the ELA Reading Comprehension test‚ which used multiple-choice and open-response questions (items) to assess

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    There are five different traits that must be examined when deciding whether or not a character is an epic hero. The hero must be of noble birth or a high position‚ his actions often display courage and superhuman deeds‚ the setting is vast‚ the hero must be known nationally or internationally for his heroism‚ the hero must have humility‚ and the hero must face a supernatural foe (Characteristics of Epic Heroes) These characteristics match the poem of Beowulf and can be used to show that he is an

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    the tree instills greed in the men which causes them to kill each other. 5. A) What reason does the young rioter give the apothecary for needing the poison? The young rioter tells the apothecary that he needs the poison to kill the rats and skunk in his yard. B) In what sense is he lying? In what sense is he telling the truth? The young

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