FIGURE OF SPEECH : A mode of expression in which words are used out of their literal meaning or out of their ordinary use in order to add beauty or emotional intensity or to transfer the poet’s sense impressions by comparing or identifying one thing with another that has a meaning familiar to the reader. Some important figures of speech are: simile‚ metaphor‚ personification‚ hyperbole and symbol. Adjunction: Adjunction refers to a clause or a phrase‚ usually a verb‚ that is added at the beginning
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people are told to strive for even obtainable? There is a belief that once this goal is achieve all the troubles will some how fly out the window‚ but sadly that isn’t true. The American dream itself is nothing easy to gain‚ and the quest for this dream can tear anybody that isn’t ready apart. Through Jackson’s “The Residue Years” and Diaz’s “This Is How You Lose Her”‚ they were able to show how difficult it is to achieve the “dream” and how the journey
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eechhttp://engquizzitive.wordpress.com/gk-for-snap/ Simile: A simile is a figure of speech that directly compares two different things‚ usually by employing the words "like" or "as"... "if" or "than" are also used though less commonly. A simile differs from a metaphor in that the latter compares two unlike things by saying that the one thing is the other thing. Using ’like’ A simile can explicitly provide the basis of a comparison or leave this basis implicit. In the implicit case‚ characterized
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“Trifles”‚ a one act play written by Susan Glaspell‚ is about a woman named Mrs. Wright who is suspected of murdering her husband‚ John. Throughout this play‚ Glaspell uses symbolism‚ irony‚ and the setting of the play and draw the readers in. The men investigating the scene are unable to solve the crime due to the fact that each piece of evidence is a domestic item that is generally specific to women. However‚ the two women that are also involved throughout this scene begin to pick up on these clues
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Beloved Duncan Murdered Caroline Zuleba ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The flow of blood stopped and History recorded a tragic death. King Duncan over the past ten years has proved to be the most trusted noble. He is a good and Godly man‚ friend to the poor and defender of the downtrodden‚ but unfortunately he is no more with the people of Scotland. On the grim evening of November 10th‚ the great King Duncan of Scotland was murdered in his chamber
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for their wives. Over time however these standards are slowly changing and become less relevant. In Trifles by Susan Glaspell the husband John Wright is found murdered in his bed. The first and only suspect is his wife. There are many reasons why she looks guilty. For instance she is in the bed when he is strangled and said she did not wake up. Also little clues around the house such as things being out of place lead the reader to believe the
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periods gender specific roles. Leonard Mustazza very helpfully points out the difference between the genders and how the characters react to their position (Mustazza 1). Throughout the play‚ the male characters steers the readers into believing that a woman’s place is at the home‚ where she is spending most of her time cleaning and taking care of her husband. One knows this because the county attorney remarks‚ “I shouldn’t say she had the homemaking instinct” (Glaspell 746) after he was through surveying
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FIGURES OF SPEECH 05/04/2010 AcademicWritingSkills FIGURES OF SPEECH A figure of speech is a rhetorical device that achieves a special effect by using words in distinctive ways. ways 05/04/2010 AcademicWritingSkills FIGURES OF SPEECH y y A figure of speech is a use of a word that h diverges d f from its normall meaning‚ or a phrase with a specialized meaning n t based not b s d on n the th literal lit l meaning m nin of f the th words in it such as a metaphor‚ simile‚ or personification
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Australian poet who wrote many poems that portrayed Australia’s Cultural Identity. Her poems The Wonga Vine"‚ "Jet Flight Over Derby"‚ "A Country Town" and "Two Dreamtimes" strongly reflect the landscape‚ environment‚ history‚ beliefs and social issues that Australia‚ had during the times that Judith Wright lived through. Her poetry also reflects the modern cultural identity that Australia has now. Judith Wright was born in 1915 into a pioneering bush family. She grew up in New South Wales near
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this module will help develop your proficiency in English so you are ready to study at university. What sort of student do we want to produce by the end of this module? In other words‚ what outcomes do we expect? The most important outcome for this module is that the student should demonstrate that she or he has become a more effective communicator (especially within the distance-learning context at Unisa) who actively seeks to improve her or his knowledge of grammar by using the language in communication
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