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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stored. Along with the collective unconscious Jung says that we all have a shadow which encompasses our true selves. We all also have a persona that which is a mask that society has molded for us. Jung’s theories are seen in the novel “Deliverance” by James Dickey which is demonstrating both the needs of the shadow and Persona. And when we satisfy both humans can live a satisfying life. Through the adventure into the
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List all of the noun phrases in the passage‚ including the pronouns. After you have studied the list write an essay on how the noun phrases contribute to the text. How do they relate to what is being described in the extract? In Lindsey Davis’s Ode to a Banker‚ there are many uses of the noun phrase. The noun phrase is a phrase that contains a noun as well as other constituents (Yule 2010‚ p291). The noun can stand on its own as the noun phrase or include the use of articles and modifiers to enhance
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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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Two Thanksgiving Gentleman by O. Henry O. Henry is one of the most famous American short story writers. O. Henry’s real name was William Sydney Porter and he was born in Greensboro‚ North Carolina on September 11‚ 1862. O. Henry’s short stories are famous for their surprise endings and humor. O. Henry’s wrote such classic short stories as The Ransom of Red Chief‚ “The Gift of the Magi” and “The Furnished Room”. His stories often have characters from opposite society levels: the wealthy and
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found on newspapers everywhere around Sydney. It was January 1941‚ when James Gall and a group of workmates first saw the call to action. “What do you reckon‚ boys?” James didn’t answer‚ but made his decision quickly‚ barely considering his father‚ Frank James Gall who had fought in World War I‚ left with nothing but wounds and horrors from his time in the service. Nonetheless‚ after a quick brekky of vegemite on toast‚ James hopped aboard trains and trams‚ leaving Watson’s Bay to go to the Victoria
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Lexical stylistic devices Metaphor. Sustained metaphor O Rose‚ thou art sick! The invisible worm That flies in the night‚ In the howling storm‚ Has found out thy bed Of crimson joy‚ And his dark secret love Does thy life destroy. [William Blake “The sick rose” http://www.poetry-archive.com/b/the_sick_rose.html] novel metaphor: Time is jealous of you and wars against your lilies and your roses [Wilde O. The Picture of Dorian Gray. Penguin books. 1994. P.30] Conventional metaphor "If all the world’s
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Anna is lost in her sin In the Lady with the Pet Dog by Joyce Carol Oates‚ Oates breaks up chronological order into a boxlike structure with three distinct sections of a plot. Every section of the plot is written in different time and part of Anna’s life in order to express more clearly how Anna is lost in her sin since the day she committed adultery. Oates describes changes in her thoughts and her confused state of mind. Using the third person perspective‚ omniscient narrator‚ she makes Anna the
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The reading that I decided to summarize is called “The Emergence of the Star System in America” by Richard DeCordova. The topic is very useful because it emphasizes the idea of the star system. The system includes different kinds of information that was created about actors. The evolvement of the system was influenced and developed through three transformations like “the discourse on acting‚ the picture personality and the star” The reading is significant because the write takes the reader thought
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