significant features of the phrasing is conciseness. As a reader first time reading this book‚ I seldom find it difficult to understand the words or sentences‚ because the author uses common words and simple sentence structures. The excerpt starts with anaphora. Almost every sentence begins with “they”‚ followed by a transitive verb and then the object. In addition‚ the author express his thoughts and feelings straightforwardly. He rarely uses very long and complex modifiers or symbolic images which are
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Letter From Birmingham Jail In Martin Luther King Jr.‘s piece “Letter From Birmingham Jail‚” he unravels his feelings about the Alabama white clergy men statement titled “A Call for Unity.” The clergy men stated how they believe that the segregation dispute should be dealt with the courts‚ and shouldn’t be taken in the citizens hands. Being confined in a jail cell‚ King writes a lengthy letter refuting the clergy men’s opinions. He asserts his feelings by using the three appeals pathos‚logos
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As the poem progresses‚ we continue to ironically see death as patient. According to Vasanthi‚ one thing that influenced her poetry was love. Newton‚ for example‚ was one of Dickinson’s first male friends that eventually led to her lover. However‚ when things did not work out between the two‚ she secluded herself. Next‚ she met editor‚ Samuel Bowles. Nevertheless‚ when he got sick‚ she wrote him a letter nicely stating that she wanted something else. Analogous to the mystery and cruelty of death
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In Sylvia Plath’s "The Arrival of the Bee Box" and T. S. Eliot’s "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" both speakers are burdened by great mental anguish caused by their feeling of insignificance and powerlessness in the world. They both fear and accept the prospect of death‚ while acknowledging life as its opposite. These are the two sides of the human experience. Through an internal monologue‚ Prufrock explores his feeling of uselessness and displacement in society‚ while in "The Arrival of the
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logos shows the audience that King is a bright and intelligent man who knows a lot about human rights and justice. By his use of constant examples and comparisons with famous historical figures I could infer that he knew what he was doing. His use of anaphora and pathos allowed me to personally feel connected to his subject and I felt genuinely bad for his cause and what he went through day to day. I believe that Kings use of logos‚ ethos and pathos made his argument very persuading. I feel that if I
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to what extent? In David Finkel’s Thank You For Your Service‚ people see the real side of the majority of our troops when they come home from war and need mental help. Finkel uses figurative language such as repetition‚ schemes and tropes such as anaphora‚ and vivid imagery and diction all to help support his goal of showing the reader how much support our troops really
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Contrast in “Days of Obligation” Acclaimed American author Richard Rodriquez’s autobiography “Days of Obligation” conveys that his feelings for both Mexico and the United States can be expressed through contrasts. Rodriquez uses pathos‚ tropes‚ and schemes to articulate his feelings. His purpose for writing about the contrasts between Mexico and California is to help readers understand the differences that affected his life. Rodriguez’s relationship with his literate audience is personal‚ since
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achieved this by bringing up the subject of the afterlife – “and‚ if God choose‚ I shall but love thee better after death”. In the sonnet‚ Barrett Browning repeats “I love thee” over and over again rather than using different words for love. This anaphora is to enforce the already existing knowledge about the strength of her love‚ and that what she feels is love‚ nothing more and nothing less. Also‚ by repeating it she is enforcing it on the readers that she loves him and there is nothing else to
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A variety of words can be used in the act of describing someone who is physically impaired; society today chooses to use words such as disabled‚ handicapped‚ or differently able. Nancy Mairs‚ who is physically impaired with multiple sclerosis‚ chooses the word “cripple” to describe herself. In her piece “On Being a Cripple‚” Mairs relays to her audience how she accepts being crippled‚ and she brings attention to her interpretation of the language used by society. Mairs portrays how she feels by
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|Lexical stylistic devices | |Metaphor |Перенос качества с предмета на предмет; neck‚ which was a relief map of boil scars; this girl | | |was a lioness. | |Personification |the face of London;
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