work during the day. (compound sentence) This means that their child or children might be left alone for the entire day. With some children‚ this is not a problem‚ but with some others‚ this could wreck havoc. Day care can cost an arm and a leg (synecdoche)‚ and some parents do not have adequate day care options‚ especially for three months during the summer. All year school breaks are more spread out and are normally set around the holidays‚ when it might be easier for parents to find someone
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hands are dirty and beaten. Roethke shows great examples of this with the lines “The whiskey on your breath…/the hand that held…/was battered on one knuckle…/you beat time on my head” (Roethke 1-13). On the other hand‚ “Daddy’s Hands” relies on synecdoche to get the point across. Dunn talks about her Daddy’s hand as being both “soft and kind” and “hard as steel”‚ but she always felt “love in Daddy’s hands.” By sharing great description of her Daddy’s hands‚ Dunn allows the listener to fully understand
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sentence to create a balancing effect. An asyndeton was used when saying "...that we shall pay any price‚ bear any burden‚ meet any hardship‚ support any friend‚ oppose any foe to assure the survival and success of liberty". Kennedy also uses a synecdoche (using a part to represent a whole) by using America to represent the whole world. Finally‚ he uses an anastrophe with “Ask
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In his escape‚ Elmer is representative of a different kind of attitude towards the industrialisation of America. His is the side of hope and possibility – he has the freedom to leave the suffocating surveillance of the small town in a way that was not afforded so easily to the generations before him. He will become one of the many‚ a dot in the masses that are seen so disparagingly in Manhattan Transfer. Yet‚ the kind of surveillance Elmer is running away from continues to exist in the cities. Individualism
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without realizing that these lights would never ‘beam on’ her again. Hardy has also contrasted Emma’s face before death and after death. Her face was ‘lit’ up a week before she died‚ but now she has ‘the face of dead’. Here‚ face is basically a synecdoche because the poet has used the word ‘face’ to describe the whole being of Emma. Even had Thomas been with her on the drive he now realises that he would not have looked at her long enough to read her state of health nor the thoughts that he then
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Dramatic Literacy Devices Allegory A symbolic narrative in which the surface details imply a secondary meaning. Allegory often takes the form of a story in which the characters represent moral qualities. The most famous example in English is John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress‚ in which the name of the central character‚ Pilgrim‚ epitomizes the book’s allegorical nature. Kay Boyle’s story "Astronomer’s Wife" and Christina Rossetti’s poem "Up-Hill" both contain allegorical elements. Catastrophe The
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In her poem‚ #465‚ Emily Dickinson’s speaker allows the reader to experience an ironic reversal of conventional expectation of the moment of death in the mid-1800s‚ as the speaker finds nothing but an eerie darkness at the end of her life. Although the speaker reflects upon her life from beyond the grave‚ she remembers her final moments in the still room. In fact‚ the speaker recalls the room‚ “like the Stillness in the Air — / Between the Heaves of Storm” (3-4). Here‚ the speaker compares the aura
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Overcoming Vocabulary problem Captivity - he condition of being imprisoned or confined. Decree - an official order issued by a legal authority. Exalted - (of a person or their rank or status) placed at a high or powerful level; held in high regard. Interposition - To insert or introduce between parts. Invigorating - making one feel strong‚ healthy‚ and full of energy. Languished - suffer from being forced to remain in an unpleasant place or situation. Manacles - a metal band‚ chain
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devices usually called "figures of speech." We know that a word or phrase or statement is figurative when it cannot be taken literally. In this course‚ we will concentrate on the following figures of speech: metaphor and simile‚ metonymy and synecdoche‚ apostrophe (as well as other forms of address)‚ and personification. [We might pay some attention to symbol and allegory later in the course. But for now‚ please don’t be tempted to say or write “x symbolizes y.” Usually what you’re dealing
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even though everyone comes from different backgrounds. Kennedy explains “the principle that all men are created equal‚ and that the rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened” (2). This is also an example of a synecdoche because Kennedy refers the word “men” as a representation of men‚ women‚ and children in America. Kennedy says that “every American ought to have the right to be treated as he would wish to be treated “(3). The words of freedom pulls on the passion
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