1. What is diction? (5 points) an author’s word choice words that are inverted connotation in dialect formal language in poetry 2. Which of the following lines from John Muir’s "The Calypso Borealis" shows an example of dialect? (10 points) "I wish you would write me‚ say once a year‚" I sat down beside it and fairly cried for joy. How long I sat beside Calypso I don’t know. "What were ye doin’ there?" 3. Read the following paragraph from John Muir’s "The Calypso Borealis" and
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22197 A Hopeless Tone is Created from Personal Experiences Established and weathered authors use certain literary techniques to further enhance the reader’s experience. Tone is one of these techniques‚ and is easily described as the general character or attitude of a piece of writing. Tim O’Brien’s combat experience in Vietnam led him to suffer from PTSD‚ and this condition led him to establish a hopeless tone in the first chapter of The Things They Carried. The author’s interview introduces
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Literary Analysis In the narrative “Salvation” Langston Hughes vividly paints a picture of himself as a little boy in a charismatic scene of a church where he takes us into his feelings of pressure‚ confusion‚ and disappointment in himself during his “saving” from sin by Jesus. He uses literary devices ‚to build up and develop detail of his experience‚ such as his use of dialogue‚ compression‚ and he writes in the mind of a young boy. Langston Hughes brings emotion and drama to his childhood
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Will Be “We Are Still Only Human” by Verlyn Klinkenborg is an analysis of expectations and human nature in which there is too much of a positive outlook for the future of society. Klinkenborg uses a serious tone that makes his essay fit for a speech. He also uses many techniques to show tone including diction‚ imagery‚ details‚ language‚ and sentence structure. “The politeness that afflicts me is not civility‚ which is an urbane quality compatible even with cynicism”(ll.5-7). Klinkenborg’s choice
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This is why‚ structurally‚ the length‚ diction‚ and tone are similar in both stories. They follow a similar format of explaining their relationship‚ how they interact with each other‚ and finally by recalling their first encounter. Their tone also follows a similar pattern by conveying disappointment‚ anger‚ and fatalistic. Their voice echoes each other because they’re the same person and they’re virtually talking to each other in the two different stories. For example‚ the monsters explain its role
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that if they cared so much‚ why don’t they take them off Germany’s hands. The tone used in the speech exemplifies the frustration and anger he feels as a German‚ as he believes that the rest of the world does not understand the hardships that the Jews have brought upon Germany. These ‘hardships’ include the economic recession after WWI‚ and the limited jobs available being taken by the Jews. The hatred seeps through the tone of the message‚ as Hitler never mentions Jews as humans
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Should we ‘Tone Down’ ANZAC Day to be considerate of ethnic minorities in Australia? Of course not. But a substantial amount of Anglo-Australians believe that we should. This makes absolutely no sense at all. Why would anyone be offended by ANZAC day‚ we are remembering the brave men and women who have fought and died for this country‚ as well as the ones that continue to fight for our country overseas. I don’t see how anyone may be offended by that‚ except for maybe the Turkish or the Germans
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“The Raven” While reading “The Raven” by Edgar Allen Poe‚ the narrator’s increasingly anxious tone sets an eerie mood throughout the story. At the beginning‚ a royal narrator‚ who is unnamed‚ relaxes in his chair‚ but something disturbs him by tapping on his chamber door; he tries to ignore the sound‚ but it reminds him of a late maiden‚ Lenore. Although it was easy to reach a general understanding‚ painting a complete picture required definitions of unknown words and phrases; the elaborate meanings
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death. The author’s tone of this story is‚ sad.The tone of the story is sad and happy because he just watched a guy die‚ but the guy died for his country so there are two sides to the poem. A detail in the poem that leads me to believe that the a tone of the poem is sad‚ is when it says “ dim through the misty panes the thick green light‚ as under a green sea‚ I saw him drowning.”This show that a tone is sad because he watched as a friend internally drowned. But a reason the tone could also be happy
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In “Solitude” Ella Wheeler Wilcox crafts an overall realistic tone through her use of imagery‚ details‚ and syntax to that it is relatable to the reader’s emotions. First‚ the author displays imagery throughout the poem to display the realistic tone. For example‚ the author writes‚ “Feast‚ and your halls are crowded; Fast‚ and the world goes by.” (Wilcox). In this example‚ the readers can clearly imagine this event taking place. In addition‚ the readers can visualize a person feasting‚ while
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