FIGURES OF SPEECH Idioms or figures of speech are combinations of words whose meaning cannot be determined by examination of the meanings of the words that make it up. Or‚ to put it another way‚ an idiom uses a number of words to represent a single object‚ person or concept. Unless you recognise when an idiom is being used you can easily misunderstand the meaning of a text. An idiom is a figure of speech that is used to help express a situation with ease‚ but by using expressions that are usually
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A study on media coverage of environmental issues by Maxwell T. Boykoff & Jules M. Boykoff states that in order to understand the long patterns of media coverage of environmental issues we must look at the characteristics and roles of first order and second order media norms that affect what news to print and sometimes fail to translate the scientific assertions which claims more about environmental degradation caused by anthropogenic activities. Mass media coverage of human contribution to climate
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Step 1- first impression Step 2- contrasts Step 3- purpose of the author in writing the poem Step 4- line-by-line analysis of the literary devices used in the poem Expository paragraph Sonnet from the Portuguese V: I lift my heavy heart up solemnly by Elizabeth Barrett Browning I lift my heavy heart up solemnly‚ As once Electra her sepulchral urn‚ And‚ looking in thine eyes‚ I overturn The ashes at thy feet. Behold and see What a great heap of grief lay hid in me‚ And how the red wild sparkles
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Passive Lovers T. S. Eliot was the dominant force in twentieth-century British and American poetry. With poems such as The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock‚ he introduced an edgy‚ disenchanted‚ utterly contemporary version of French Symbolism to the English-speaking world. Most poets recognize that in producing a sensational poetic work‚ many concerns arise with the use of various literary tools to convey ideas‚ opinions or simply an observation. Through vivid imagery and metaphors‚ TS Elliot
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is an epithalamium regarding the mortality of marriage. The speaker acts upon his lust‚ flattering his lover with bribery and continuously asking her to marry him. The poem implies marriage in the third line‚ with the word “hand‚” because it is a synecdoche to marriage. His lover responds with the statement “taking a mortal thing [marriage] so to immortalize [her name]” is senseless‚ because “[her] name [will] be wiped out likewise” (Spenser 6-8). Spenser’s use of alliteration‚ metaphor‚ and hyperbole
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Rhetorical Analysis Frederick Douglass paints a clear picture in his narrative for people to see how slaves did not get to experience the luxuries of freedom‚ even after their escape of slavery. He compares the hardships of slavery and the blessedness of freedom‚ yet does not emphasize a lot of joy towards his freedom in New York. Douglass’ intentions were to not only stress the wretchedness of slavery but to also emphasize the fear he held inside from his tortured past. Therefore‚ Douglass implies
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Look again at ‘At a Potato Digging’ by Seamus Heaney and at ‘A Sheep Fair’ by Thomas Hardy‚ which both deal with the theme of the hardship of rural life. With close reference to the ways each poet uses language‚ compare and contrast what the speakers in the poems say about rural life. You should include relevant contextual material. Which poem do you find more interesting? Give your reasons. Seamus Heaney and Thomas Hardy both depict images of rural life as difficult and uncomfortable. In their
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How have three of the texts you have studied provided insight into the individual’s relationships to the urban landscape? The three texts; T.S Eliot’s The Preludes poem‚ Jennifer Strauss’ Migrant Woman on a Melbourne Tram poem and the short story The Pedestrian by Ray Bradbury‚ provide an insight into each individual’s relationship with the urban landscape through the underlying motif of urban alienation. The writers explore the alienating effect of city life as people are forced to suppress and
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the colonial past is central to the moral and political turbulence we are still grappling with as Australians”. The illustrative use of turbulence is used to highlight the prevalence of past disharmonies and he uses the inclusive pronoun “we” as a synecdoche for all Australians to unify the audience. By directly quoting authorities such as John Howard and Bill Stanner‚ Pearson supplements his ethos and strengthens his case by evaluating both sides of the situation. The metaphor‚ “cult of forgetfulness”
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Modern History: Task 3 Jordan McMenamin “Describe the rise to prominence of the personality you have researched” “(nelson Mandela) …. One of the most influential‚ courageous and profound human beings that any of us will ever share time with on this earth.” –Barrack Obama‚ 5th December 2013‚ upon the death of Mandela A freedom fighter‚ anti-apartheid campaigner‚ and a political prisoner‚ Nelson ‘Rolihahla’ Mandela‚ a visionary of racial
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