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    Guidelines for Rc Tones

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    Guidelines for RC Tones Very often‚ in entrance exams like CAT‚ there are questions in Reading Comprehension based on the "style" of the passage. Such questions can appear in various forms. Some of the forms of such questions are:  1. "Which of the following best describes the tone of the passage?"  2. "The tone of the passage is….... " 3. "The author’s approach/tone/style of writing in this passage can be termed/described as....."  Such questions should not be attempted unless you have

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    she was imprisoned. A major part of this film was the use of handheld camera. Filming from a handheld camera really portrayed the chaos in scenes such as the hostage situation in the news building. The tone of the movie is clearly set by means of loud orchestral music and soft frightening tones and sounds. V’s theme song throughout the whole movie is a loud‚ motivating orchestral ensemble that drives home the utter insanity within his mind. While V is leading a revolution against the government

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    The Crucible Tone Paper

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    The Crucible Tone Paper In Arthur Miller’s book/play The Crucible‚ the tone he adopts towards the subject of witch trials and witch hunts‚ and towards the characters that maintain them‚ is carefully written. His ironic and cynical tones throughout the play poke fun at the religious officials doing what they thought was right‚ executing people they thought were witches. They also further the outlook on the lack of justice in a harsh‚ Puritan society. Miller continually uses irony in situations

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    Lord of the Flies Tone

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    peace and joy while masking its more menacing underlying tone. While Ralph blew the conch shell‚ "his face was dark with the violent pleasure of making this stupendous noise‚ and his heart was making the stretched shirt shake" (16). Golding’s use of imagery here reveals Ralph’s joy and excitement at blowing the conch‚ but also describes his pleasure as "violent"‚ possibly hinting at a future darkness. Golding also employs diction to set the tone when he mentions the twins‚ Sam and Eric: "They breathed

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    Ogden Nash Tone

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    Changes in a poet’s life often impact the topics of their writing‚ but a poet’s unique tone can survive the transformations. Ogden Nash‚ a New Yorker born in 1902 grew up in several cities and towns along the East Coast of the U.S. Nash left his job as a copywriter and editor relatively early in his career to dedicate himself solely to poetry. From his very first poem to his last‚ Nash always incorporated a humorous tone in his poems. During the Great Depression and the beginning of the United State’s

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    Tone Of The Poem Landlady

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    his interest in acquiring the apartment develops. However‚ understanding the societal racism that plagued the peoples‚ he confesses that he is indeed African. For a while the landlady is silent‚ but afterwards she abruptly asks the man if his skin tone is light or very dark. The man is enraged and comprises sarcastic replies. One of his responses includes asking the landlady whether she is referring to plain or milk chocolate. He continues to make such comments to the point that he describes how

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    Virginia U. Jensen - “The actions of righteous women ripple on through time and space and even generations.” In “The Prologue‚” Anne Bradstreet writes a poem that seeks to understand her role as a female poet in a male-dominated Puritan society. She knows that her poetry is perceived as inferior because it was considered the province of men and appear to humble herself within the context of the poem by indicating her unworthiness‚ yet through the subtext‚ Bradstreet craftily challenges men and

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    comes to a close Zora Hurston uses a lot of figurative language. On page 192 Hurston uses personification to emphasize her point. She says‚ "There was a finished silence" which makes the reader pause even before they reach the end of the sentence. The reader could either interpret the silence as being over‚ or they could see it as being a complete and undisturbed silence that was coming about. Directly after that the readers questions are answered. By saying "The first time" Hurston suggest that its

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    Tone Of The Road Not Taken

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    lessons and realistic descriptions through his poetry. In his well-known poem “The Road Not Taken” he writes about an experience that all humans go through at some point in their lives. The poet helps us to better understand this message by his use of tone and literary devices throughout the poem. “The Road Not Taken” is about a traveler who comes upon a fork in the road. There are two paths‚ and he has to decide which one he should take. However‚ when you read between the lines of this

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    My Mistress Tone

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    Analysis of the sonnet‚ “My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun” William Shakespeare is well known for his unique style of writing‚ and really changed the tone of romantic poetry with his sonnet “My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun”. He wanted the readers to see a different side of what beauty was he wanted them to see a more realistic view of a women. In the 1600 time frame the writers made women seems so prefect and angelic; which is not at all the way most women really look. Shakespeare

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