evaluative meaning. The context is arranged so that the qualifying word in irony reverses the direction of the evaluation‚ and the word positively charged is understood as a negative qualification and (much-much rarer) vice versa. Irony thus is a stylistic device in which the contextual evaluative meaning of a word is directly opposite to its dictionary meaning‚ So‚ like all other SDs‚ irony does not exist outside the context‚ which varies from the minimal - a word combination‚ as in J. Steinbeck’s
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ANTITERMITICPROPERTYOF PLANT EXTRACT Artemisia vulgaris Linn.(Damong Maria) AND Manikarazapota Linn. (Chico) Daño Manuel Victor A. ErmoginoAlgen F. Southern Luzon State University College of Arts and Sciences B. S. Biology March 2013 Chapter I INTRODUCTION Coptotermesvastator or Philippine milk termitesare social insectsthat raise their young as a group of workers‚ soldiers and reproductive queen and king. They cause significant losses to annual and perennial
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3. Stylistic Analysis As long as a language is produced from a human being‚ it inevitably reflects its speaker’s background (e.g.‚ their birth‚ their generation‚ or their social class). Even if they use the same language such as English‚ Asians may hardly speak or write in the way British do. That being so‚ given the exceptional roots of Ishiguro as an English-language writer‚ it seems fairly understandable for many critics to assume that this idiosyncrasy (i.e.‚ some remnants of Japan)‚ more or
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logical syntactic structure‚ with an expanded system of connectives and its careful paragraphing‚ makes it similar to scientific prose. Its emotional appeal is generally achieved by the use of words with emotive meaning‚ the use of imagery and other stylistic devices as in emotive prose. The publicistic style also has some elements of emotionally coloured colloquial style as the author has no need to make their speech impersonal (as in scientific or official style)‚ but‚
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Joan Didion utilizes stylistic elements such as imagery‚ diction‚ and detail throughout each of the three parts of the passage in order to convey her fear and awe of the horrendous and aberrant Santa Ana winds‚ simultaneously revealing the primal and often times violent ways man reacts to external stimuli and correcting the mistaken belief that he is not subject to the whims of nature. Didion paints through her writing the true nature of the winds. These phenomena are first introduced through words
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Angela’s Ashes is an illuminating story written from a child’s perspective. The language of the book is simple‚ and the author recalls the memories of his youth with ease. The story mixes humor with the reality of poverty and depression. With McCourt’s dialogue‚ he effortlessly speaks with an “innocent eye”… Dialogue‚ innocent eye‚ dialect‚ use of quotations‚ comic relief. Intro here! The use of dialogue throughout Angela’s Ashes is well-chosen. When McCourt is in his younger years he uses a language
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Effectiveness of Eggplant (Solanum melongena) Extract and Gabi Corms (Colocasia esculenta) as Mosquito (Aedis aegypti) Repellent A Research Proposal presented to the faculty of the Science and Technology Department In partial fulfillment As a requirement in Research II Paul Brian Marcuelo Grade 8-Pollux Proponent Ma’am Sharon Villagracia Research Adviser Negros Occidental High School Bacolod City‚ Negros Occidental December‚ 2014 INTRODUCTION Beyond the nuisance factor‚ mosquitoes are
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English - Of Mice & Men - Analysis Homework. Extract 1 - How does Steinbeck’s use of language help the reader to understand the relationship between George and Lennie? - We notice the relationship between Lennie and George‚ is exactly how a brothers relation would be. One way we are shown this ‚ is to relate back to the relations during the dustbowl . They were extremely difficult and in most situations torn apart‚ whereas Lennie and George stick together in any circumstance. For example
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------------------------------------------------- Student`s Individual Work №1 ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Stylistic device (see the lecture №3) Simile An explicit comparison between two things which are basically quite different using words such as like or as. She walks like an angel. / I wandered lonely as a cloud. (Wordsworth) Metaphor A comparison between two things which are basically quite different without using
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Stylistic Devices in Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury ’s 1953 Fahrenheit 451 contains a number of interesting stylistic devices. Robert Reilly praises Bradbury for having a style "like a great organ. ..." (73). David Mogen comments on the novel ’s "vivid style" (110). Peter Sisario applauds the "subtle depth" of Bradbury ’s allusions (201)‚ and Donald Watt pursues Bradbury ’s bipolar "symbolic fire" (197) imagery. In recent articles I discussed Bradbury ’s use of mirror imagery and nature imagery.
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