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    Tone is the author’s attitude toward the writing (his characters‚ the situation…) and the readers. A piece of writing can‚ and often does‚ have more than one tone. Tone is set‚ and identified‚ by the setting‚ choice of vocabulary‚ dialogue‚ and other details. Mood is the general atmosphere created by the author’s words. It is the feeling the reader gets from reading those words. It may be the same‚ or it may change from situation to situation. Words that Describe TONE amused humorous

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    Hip-hop was born in the South Bronx during a time where people of color were overwhelmed by poverty‚ poor living conditions‚ substance abuse‚ and gang violence. Black leaders of these communities acknowledged the consequences of these destructive conditions and the detrimental effect they would have on the African-American community. These individuals knew that in order for Black youths to survive‚ they needed to be provided with an alternative future to explore. The solution to this issue was to

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    Two Great Hip-Hop Singers There are many people that believe that hip-hop music can influence one’s behavior. There are two singers who are more important to me than any other musicians. They are 50cent and Eminem. Although 50cent was born 3 years after Eminem‚ 50cent music can be similar to Eminem. Their life stories couldn’t be more different. Eminem was born in 1972 and had a difficult life. His childhood was turbulent‚ and he was very poor until he became a successful singer

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    The Valley of Ashes The first paragraph of chapter two is a description of the Valley of Ashes. Fitzgerald uses carefully chosen words and phrases to create a withdrawn mood for this setting‚ Fitzgerald describes the “transcendent effort of men who move dimly and already crumbling through the powdery air.”(pg.23) This quote creates a clear description of the men desperately trying to reach the American Dream. Fitzgerald uses special words like transcendent‚ i interpreted that the men’s efforts

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    Literary Roots of Hip-hop Lyricism Introduction Rap is easily heard as a play of words‚ a sampling of music rhythms and melodies‚ and for the passers-by‚ a taunt against another taunt. But for those who will listen closely‚ rap lyrics may be full of history‚ a love story‚ political critique‚ innuendo‚ sarcasm as well as wit (Rose‚ 1994‚ p 14). The past decades had hip-hop fill up a cultural lexicon of vocabulary‚ characters and culture. Accordingly‚ the lexicon has been fed by hip-hop artists that

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    own downfall because of his inexperience and lack of respect for the weather. As the course of the story goes on it begins to seem more like a ‘what not to do’ manual that tells a story of the mishaps that could occur. Reading through the story‚ the tone that starts to show is that the author has no sympathy or compassion for the man. The Old Timer represented common sense and wisdom. The author‚ Jack London‚ displayed no sympathy towards the man. London seemed to make the character arrogant and disrespectful

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    Rap and hip-hop are two of the most popular genres of music. Rapping is a form of art‚ that lets any person express their views of life from whomever or wherever they may be‚ rich or poor. Their history traces back to the schoolyards and ghetto neighborhoods of the South Bronx‚ with young children just putting a beat to the stories about their lives and hidden truths of the world. Now‚ rap and hip-hop top the Billboard charts‚ and have emerged as two of the most influential cultural forces of our

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    Rap and hip hop historically served as a vehicle to recognize and empathize marginalized voices. Conveying a sense of dissatisfaction with personal‚ communal‚ and global conditions‚ rap music becomes a mode of edutainment and a calling for social change. However‚ the grating deliverances of rap songs can ironically alleviate the anger of the community simply through representation and shared narratives. Filipina American rapper and producer Ruby Ibarra continues to rise in fame and engages in this

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    beautiful memories of life. One of the tones of the poem describes how much they cared about their lives in a gentle tone. A representation of this tone in the poem Quite Frankly is “Ok but first they composed plangent depictions of how much they lost and how much cared about losing” (Halliday‚ Stanza 1‚ lines 2 and 3). This supports the first sentence because it plain out says that they cared so much about everything meaningful to them. So one of the tones that is in the poem is a gentle and caring

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    Montpellier’s thoughts and feelings‚ in great detail‚ to express the personality of an independent woman. As a result of Chopin’s descriptive imagery and diction in The Awakening‚ she was denounced by religious groups‚ critics‚ and society. The judgmental tone Chopin used towards society’s rules on how women should behave‚ emphasized

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