3 FALLIN AND RISING OF TONES TONE: Tone is the change in the pitch of the voice. The pitch falls a little from stress to stress. Then‚ it finally falls at the last meaningful syllable. The pitch remains low for the remaining unstressed syllables. In the rising tone‚ the pitch rises at the last meaningful syllable. It continues to rise for the remaining unstressed syllables. STATEMENTS We can use the falling tone in most normal statements. When you are making a normal statement about which
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In the short story‚ “Raymond’s Run”‚ the tone that the narrator uses is harsh throughout the beginning and middle of the story and softens into a tone of excitement and joy. This tone reflects how Hazel is a character that changes throughout the short story. For example‚ when Mary Louise asks Hazel if she was going to sign up for the May Day race‚ Hazel replies with the defensive internal comment‚ “A dumb question like that doesn’t deserve an answer.” Furthermore‚ when Mr. Pearson calls Hazel by
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In T.S. Eliot’s poem “Macavity: The Mystery Cat‚” a villainous character is described. Macavity is a tall and thin individual with a taste for thievery. His brow is “deeply lined‚” possibly a result of his thorough planning of crimes. He is neglected by society and wears a dusty coat. Macavity has sunken-in eyes and a highly domed head. He never combs his whiskers and thus appears mangy. He spends his time plotting illegal acts and carrying his plans out. Macavity is said to have broken “every
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In the poem “The Discardment” there is a definite shift in tone at a certain area in the poem. This shift occurs at the oxymoron “intolerable joy”. This shift seems to be from a more of a lighthearted tone to more of a bitter tone. In this poem you can mainly see through light hearted tone through the description of the joy that the woman has when she received the present. In the poem it states the following “She put it on with exclamations‚/ Her eyes shone‚ she called and cried/ She danced and mimed
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The conflicts between man and bigotry have caused casualties within man‚ which caused them to become victims. In the novel Black Boy Richard Wright explores the struggles throughout his life has been the victim of abuse from his coworkers‚ family‚ and his classmates‚ due to this he is able to return his pain and he becomes a victimizer. Wright depicts the victimizing tendencies of the members of his dysfunctional family. In the beginning Wright a first notice something is wrong with his family
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instead uses impersonal facts and government based statistics‚ rather than intimate components about who the soldier was personally. The author also displays the tone of the poem as lighthearted‚ making the speaker seem untroubled about the death of the soldier. In W.H Auden’s poem‚ “The Unknown Citizen‚” the author uses his objective tone‚ statistical word choice‚ and eulogy structure to bring to light the lack of relationship between the government and its soldiers. Auden portrays the speaker bestowing
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and wishes that it would stop by hoping there is nothing wrong with her. Eventually‚ the bully pushes her to her breaking point‚ which causes her to kill herself. The tone of this poem is hostile. The word choice in this poem portrays this tone because of the words such as blood‚ harm‚ and torment. These words create the hostile tone of this poem because the actions that the bully are doing are very aggressive and unfriendly. The word blood can be a neutral connotation‚ but in this case‚ it is negative
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14/09/2013 Important Formulae_for website_for CAT2012 students RATIO – PROPORTION – VARIATION 1. If a : b : : c : d‚ then ad = bc 2. If a : b : : c : d‚ then a + b : b : : c + d : d 3. If a : b : : c : d‚ then a - b : b : : c - d : d 4. If a : b : : c : d‚ then a + b : a - b : : c + d : c - d 5. If then k = NUMBERS 1. a 3 + b 3 + c3 – 3abc = (a + b + c) (a 2 + b 2 + c2 – ab – bc – ca) 2. The product of n consecutive integers is always divisible by n! (n factorial) 3. The sum
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A Cat Is Not a Can of Soup Have you been thinking of getting a pet? Wait a minute before you rush down to a pet shop. Adopting a pet from the Ferndale Shelter is often a wiser move than buying one. However‚ many families hesitate to visit the shelter because they aren ’t aware of its advantages or have mistaken ideas about what they will find there. To begin with‚ you may believe that you ’re more likely to find a healthy‚ well-adjusted dog or cat at a pet shop. From what I have seen here
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"The Second Coming " By William Yeats The poem "The Second Coming" by William Yeats was written in 1913‚ after the great horror World War I brought upon the world. Yeats uses very stunning and violent imagery throughout. The attitude and tone of the poem is set from the start. The poem mentions the way things in the "old world" are falling apart only to make room for change. The speaker has a very anxious attitude towards this "second coming" he believes is on the way. The second coming is described
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