humorous tone and amusing descriptions to make the reader laugh. “My father was a St.Bernard‚ my mother was a collie‚ but I am a Presbyterian.” Mark Twain try’s to make a humorous effect by describing how the narrator’s parents are by using dog descriptions to describe their personalities. For example‚ the
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Jiahui Chen Susan Finnerty BUS101 K 2014/9/11 Moody’s Credit Ratings and the Subprime Mortgage Meltdown 1.What did Moody’s do wrong‚ if anything? Moody’s committed no crime or infraction. Moody’s had decreased its ratings on lots of mortgage-backed bonds causing them to underestimate essential risks in these securities. 2.What stakeholders were helped‚ and which were hurt‚ by Moody’s actions? There are so many stakeholders benefited‚ they are shareholders‚ institution investors‚ and
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The confines of true love can be heartbreaking as is. Maybe‚ you and your love interest have a close knit social circle‚ or your neighborhood or tribe are extremely small‚ or you’re both married and you shouldn’t be in love with each others. “In the Mood for Love” has love become confined within the idea‚ that they should not be seen in love due to their current commitment to their spouse‚ especially in a 1960s conservative Hong Kong. Wong Car-wai constructs this fantasy world surrounding the two main
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“This is poem that has been composed by Kevin Halligan. The poem ‘The Cockroach’ is a sonnet written by Kevin Halligan. It is written in the iambic pentameter as there are ten syllables in each line and as it mostly follows the pattern of the syllables being unstressed and then stressed. For example the line “I (unstressed) watched (stressed) a (unstressed) giant (stressed-unstressed) cockroach (stressed-unstressed) start (stressed) to (unstressed) pace (stressed). The poem includes a few literary
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Monroe and Molly were twins that never saw eye to eye even as kids they always bicker over anything little even though‚ they always make up in the end and are never apart seeing they are the only two kids of their parents that survived. their mother had a thin chance of having children so it was a high risk of the twins not being born so their parents saw them two as their little miracles‚ as Monroe and molly grew their parents had seen the twins were polar opposites of each other‚ Monroe being a
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against a man named Fortunato who has insulted him. He meets Fortunato at a carnival‚ lures him into the catacombs of his home‚ and buries him alive. Edgar Allen Poe creates a dark and foreboding mood in his story "The Cask of Amontillado" through the use of vivid imagery‚ dark setting‚ and a revengeful tone. Throughout the short story‚ Poe uses powerful descriptions to show what he sees‚ hears‚ and feels throughout the dark underground catacomb. As Montresor leads Fortunato farther into the catacomb
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Miller uses the techniques of the modern theatre to the full. As such‚ the term ‘expressionist’ is often used to describe Miller as a ‘dramatist’. Discuss his use of dramatic devices in ‘Death of a Salesman’ showing how they convey the messages of the play. Arthur Miller wrote ‘Death of a Salesman’ in 1949. The play is based around the idea of the ‘American Dream’ and how a middle class family of four struggle to come to terms with Willy’s over-powering ambition and hunger
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When the Clinton controversy was brought up on Politically Incorrect‚ Marilyn Manson piped in with “oral sex is like handshakes and autographs‚ when you’re a celebrity it’s part of your job” (Manson 1998). Unsurprisingly‚ throughout the years Marilyn Manson has been an extremely controversial figure. Rumors as wild as Manson removing a rib for sexual purposes have been spread. With a rock-and-roll lifestyle and intense performance‚ it can be hard to shift the fact from the fiction. In Manson’s shock
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included words and phrases like “loathe” and “forced to do” in the context of essays‚ could a guess be made about their disposition? The attitude of a speaker or author towards an audience or subject is the definition of the term “tone.” Tone can be expressed through a certain choice of words‚ also through choice of syntax and diction. Furthermore‚ tone affects how a reader reads literature by influencing emotions and creating mood. Using such specific words can help readers understand more about certain
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parting‚ it is never easy to express the emotions one feels at that moment‚ let alone transform it onto paper. Alfred‚ Lord Tennyson writes a poem entitled “Break‚ Break‚ Break”‚ suggesting a theme of loss and heartache; Anne Bronte writes a poem called “Farewell”‚ which shares the same emotions and central theme as Tennyson’s poem. In both of these poems the speakers reflect on heartbreak through excellent lyrical techniques but have very different ways of relaying how they handle heartbreak to
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