Daughter Leaving Home by Linda Pastan By reading the title‚ we as a reader can guess that it is a mother expressing her feeling on her daughter is grew and is time to leave home. We can tell she is trying to tell the reader how much she loves her daughter. Even she does not want to let her daughter go‚ but she chose to let her be independent. I believe this title is very important and conclude what the poet is trying to tell the reader. II. Organization (Stanzaic or Continuous? Importance?) This poem
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Anne Roiphe’s "Confessions of a Female Chauvinist Sow" first appeared in the magazine New York in 1972. In this essay Roiphe aims to convince her readers that women must put faith in the idea that they are equal to men‚ not superior. "Women who want equality must be prepared to give it and believe in it . . . ." Personal anecdotes‚ contrast‚ and comparison are techniques Roiphe skillfully uses to create a strong‚ convincing essay. Roiphe begins her essay with a personal anecdote describing the
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introduced to Marlow‚ we discover that he is adventurous through his desire to travel to the centre of Africa because it’s simply uncharted on both the map and in his mind. He acts as a guide for the reader. This is a very daring nature and it Marlow’s adventurous and daring nature is evident to readers when he ventures to rescue Kurtz after he goes far into the grass to take him back to safety. Marlow is in many ways a traditional hero: perceived to be tough‚ honest‚ an independent thinker‚ and a
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also make them engaged in his work through the deep connection created between the readers and the author. This makes the reader feel that there is a need to work together with David or rather that they should be together in the context (Gaskel‚ p12). For instance in the first article‚ Get your kids away from the screen‚ David says‚” what we need to do is to encourage them…We need to make sure…” This makes the reader feel involved in what needs to be done to the children. In the second article‚ climate
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of alliteration has worked. If‚ however‚ this list leaves you cold‚ create your own list‚ but remember to retain the concept of each C-word in your newly created list. |Clear |This is the most important C-word. If your reader cannot understand what you are trying to say | | |or if he/she has to reread a section of your document‚ you have failed to communicate. | | |Choose simple words/sentences—this is especially
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spent more time with him when she was a young girl. In the poem she says‚ “How I miss my father. I wish he had not been so tired when I was born.” She wishes that her father wasn’t too exhausted to spend time with her when she was a young girl. The reader probably feels sorry for the little girl and some people may feel like they can relate to the girl when it comes to spending time with parents. This also relates to ‘Do not go gentle into that good night’ because the man in this poem also misses his
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The author of the short story Only Ten hooks the reader in on the first couple sentences because of the mystery of The Shah and the way he describes him. He starts off the story with showing how difficult it can be for refugees to adapt and fit in in another country. As it shows in the orientation it is not uncommon for these people to have a hard time fitting in and opening up in the new place. This can happen to any person not just a refugee but it can be especially hard for them because of them
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Linda Pastan via “Ethics” explores the importance of experience and leads the reader through a psychological journey with an overlaying philosophical question: “If there were a fire in a museum / which would you save‚ a Rembrandt painting / or an old woman who hadn’t many / years left anyhow?” (3-6) Pastan brilliantly structures her poem to alter the central question so that it appears more difficult to answer. By leaving "a Rembrandt painting" at the end of line 4 and "years left anyhow" at line
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could one not desire this? Exactly‚ the readers are hooked; they cannot stop thinking about it. The readers are so consumed by all the good they see‚ and they cannot keep themselves from wanting this for their own lives. They simply cannot continue on with their lives until they have achieved this feeling of a “picture perfect” life. This is exactly what an advertisement desires from its reader. The advertisement is setting a hook to trap its reader; it is the basic method of selling a product
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third paragraph offers a solution for the problem. The final close offers an alternative. In writing a bad news letter‚ every effort should be made to reduce the impact. A well-written bad news letter will accomplish three objectives: 1. The reader will realise that the bad news decision is final. 2. The person will understand that the decision was both fair and reasonable. 3. The reader’s attitude towards the writer and the company will remain positive. A bad news letter has four elements:
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