In this excerpt from The Crossing‚ by Cormac McCarthy‚ the subject has killed a wolf and is presently brooding over his feelings regarding the fallen creature. His thoughts are displayed in a rather convoluted manner‚ many of which offset one another‚ and can cause confusion for the reader. Fortunately‚ through the usage of diction‚ syntax‚ and imagery‚ McCarthy helps to convey the impact that the experience of the situation has on the main character. Diction plays an enormous role in expressing
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24 October 2007 Desperation The movie‚ Night Crossing portrays an East German family about the year of 1978. This was right after they stopped allowing East Germans to travel freely back and forth East and West Germany. This is just one more of the acts furthering the restrictions placed on East Germans. Others included requesting visas to leave the East and being constantly in fear that a spy would report them to the SS for being “unpatriotic” when found even speaking about other ideas‚ or
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Crossing the Atlantic: The Story of an Indian Immigrant I had always been a good child. No matter how much work I had‚ I did it. Even if I had two hours of homework‚ you could count on me to help you. Now that I am an adult‚ I realize what a wonderful childhood I had. I went to a great private school with the best teachers and students. I even had the privilege of having my very own textbooks. Those who weren’t as lucky‚ had textbooks destroyed by students who had them before they were even born
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The meaning of "Crossing the Bar" is about dying and meeting God when you arrive in Heaven. I believe that in the poem the Pilot was capitalized to represent God‚ and being able to be greeted by him when he dies. In lines eleven and twelve when he says "And may there be no sadness of farewell / When I embark;" you could tell that the speaker was accepting his death‚ and did not want anyone to be saddened by him leaving. The tone of this poem is sad since the speaker is dying‚ but it is also
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The Okefenokee Swamp is certainly an interesting and intriguing place to learn about regardless of how you see it‚ but the reality and facts of the swamp can be interpreted to give different perspectives and meanings of the place. This is evident in the two unique and stylistically different passages describing the Okefenokee Swamp. In passage one‚ the style of the writing is for the most part‚ factual. Passage one focuses on providing the un-tinted facts about the swamp without trying to incur any
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The Coen brother’s neo-noir film Miller’s Crossing is classified as a film noir based off the style and genre that it is a film that is marked by a mood of pessimism‚ fatalism‚ and menace. This film has a lot of dark lighting and people being killed so it sets the movie to have a dark tone. There is a lot of menacing throughout the movie between Tommy‚ Leo’s gang‚ Johnny Casper’s gang‚ Bernie‚ and of course Verna. This movie neo-noir gangster film with a hint of black comedy especially from Tommy
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------------------------------------------------- Techniques for creative teaching Creativity Home About Creativity Defining creativity Elements of creativity Fostering creativity Teaching Creative teachers Techniques for creative teaching Creativity as a course module Evaluating creativity Learn More Resources Research Creative teaching In order to teach creativity‚ one must teach creatively; that is‚ it will take a great deal of creative effort to bring out the most creative thinking
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GLOSSARY OF TECHNIQUES USED TO CREATE MEANING Active voice/passive voice Writing that uses the forms of verbs which create a direct relationship between the subject and the object. Active voice is lively and more direct. Eg. ‘We had fun’ is written in the active voice; ‘Fun was had’ is written in the passive voice. Alliteration The repetition of the consonant sounds at the beginnings of words. It is used to produce sound that adds to the atmosphere or mood of the words‚ or perhaps
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The Idea of Technique tech·nique [tek-neek] 1. Method of performance; way of accomplishing. 2. Technical skill; ability to apply procedures or methods so as to effect a desired result. Acquiring technique is mostly a process of brain/nerve development‚ not development of finger strength. Skill is acquired in two stages: (1) discovering how the fingers‚ hands‚ arms‚ etc.‚ are to be moved‚ and (2) conditioning the brain‚ nerves‚ and muscles to execute these with ease and control. Many
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father. When you always try to do your best and be the best for your child‚ you can easily feel that you aren’t doing enough. That will only hurt yourself in the end‚ when you have to stand up to all the guilt build inside. Mark Soulka’s story ‘’Crossing’’ from 2009 is about a father and son going on a camping trip‚ but ending up having to face far worse challenges than what was expected. Already in the first few lines‚ we get to know that this story is about a man. It’s written in 3rd person
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