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    Every author and play writer has some kind of reason for writing their piece. As readers and viewers‚ we use our knowledge to decipher the underlying message that comes across throughout works of art. Our Town by Thornton Wilder has many people with several diverse opinions sharing their ideas about the play. Thornton Wilder’s purpose for writing Our Town was to show the amount of control human beings have over their life‚ but fail to recognize until death. You can see this through daily events in

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    Metaphysical and Physical William Wordsworth‚ possibly the most influential writer during the Romantic Era‚ used his philosophical insight to direct the messages produced in his literature. The characteristics that define a romantic also define the writing style of Wordsworth. His poem entitled Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey provides countless morals that are based off the authors personal experiences. After a return to the cathedral‚ Wordsworth teaches a lesson learned from the

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    Following the theme of identity not through language but through the mark a person can leave on the world the poem “Dusting” was written. In its simplest form a signature is the easiest way for someone to expresses who they are and to leave their mark. In the poem this is the focus of the little girl who “each morning wrote [her] name on the dusty cabinet” and every other available surface in her house as her her mother to erased them all everyday (line 1-2‚DUSTING). In order to emphasises every

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    PAPA’S WALTZ I read the poem about ‘’Papa’s Waltz’’ in my reading. I found on line one and two when father came home from work drunk off of whiskey. I think that could cause father’s to be violence to his son. Because when you drink alcohol it effects your body such as emotions‚ mad‚ and more other thing. I got a source that tell you about the effect of alcohol www.learn-about-alcoholism.com/effect-of-alcoholism.htmi. This website have great facts about effect of alcohol. The father would been fine

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    elicit emotions (Harpman‚ 261). Mirroring the acceptance of the haunting of Beloved’s baby ghost‚ these portray inverse forms of facing traumatic memories. Furthermore‚ Morrison reflects the role of storyteller through utilizing familiar elements to convey a message‚ in reimagining Beloved through the lens of Denver’s birth‚ a story often told by Sethe. The emergence of a physically present ghost creates an atmosphere that forces memories to resurface for Sethe‚ and “the gothic not only grows real

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    allusion to Tiffany and Co‚ which is a high end and expensive brand. This line implies that the woman the singer is speaking of is easily controlled and gets lost in expenses and power. The lyric “We are all just prisoners here‚ of our own device” is a paradox because it contradicts itself. A prisoner is someone who is forced into a cell by the law‚ but here the singer is speaking of how their materialistic beliefs keep them

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    Through the comparison and other literacy techniques‚ we are able to better able comprehend the differences between the adults and the children‚ moral and ethical actions and thoughts‚ in I’m not scared by Niccolo Ammanitit. The functions of the literary devices are to conveys the different moral and ethically decision made by both the children and the adults in I’m not scared. Throughout the book the adults are seen as corrupt and unethical‚ this is showed when Ammanitit uses a similarly to compare

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    separates their way of thinking from others. Von Goethe’s words are proven true in The Crucible by Arthur Miller‚ and Sold by Zana Muhsen. These authors use the literary elements of conflict and characterization to show the distinctive mindsets of the characters in their books. In both works of literature‚ the characters face conflicts that they handle discordantly due to their diverse thoughts and beliefs. In The Crucible‚ the residents in the town of Salem had gone mad with accusations of witchcraft

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    2. Explain why this essay would be classified as formal or informal. (2 marks) 3. List and explain two examples of CARES techniques that the author uses to support the essay’s main point. (4 marks) 4. Provide examples for the following literary devices and explain their importance to the author’s message: metaphor‚ parallelism and rhetorical question. (6 marks) 5. Tomson Highway considers himself to be an ambassador for our country. Explain how Atticus Finch is an ambassador of hope and

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    In literature‚ repetition is a tool used to indicate emphasis and can help determine the tone of a passage. In the beginning‚ her tone seems regretful and nostalgic‚ which is most apparently reflected in her repetition- anadiplosis- of “gone”. This repetition is effective because it emphasizes her feelings of loss towards Old Leisure. Anadiplosis is used again‚ however‚ to indicate a different tone towards contemporary leisure‚ when Elliot mentions that “Even idleness is eager now- eager for amusement”

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