Valentine GT English 5 September 25‚ 2013 Literary Analysis on an Excerpt from A Summer Life When people are faced with the problematic decision between right and wrong‚ and have chosen the wrong decision‚ they often battle the guilt that eats away at them afterwards. In an excerpt from his autobiographical narrative‚ A Summer Life‚ Gary Soto looks back into his past when six year old self committed a theft. He achieves a humorous telling of the story due to the new perspective that he has
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How does Obama use rhetorical devices in his speech effectively to engage his audience? Throughout Obama’s speech he uses many different examples of rhetorical devices such as alliteration‚ personification‚ triad‚ allusion and an inclusive pronoun. Alliteration is used effectively in Obama’s speech. An example would be “depths of despair to the greatest heights of hope”. The fact that he goes from the worst to the best corrects the listener’s minds and provides an insight into just how good things
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EN 115 23 October 2012 Essay Two: The theme of ‘Illusion versus Reality’ in Matthew Arnold’s ‘Dover Beach’ ‘Dover Beach’ is a poem by the English poet Matthew Arnold. The locale of the poem is the English ferry port of Dover Kent‚ facing Calais‚ France. This was the place where Matthew Arnold honeymooned in 1851 (Wikipedia Contributors). In Matthew Arnold’s ‘Dover Beach’‚ the speaker draws visual imagery to show that what is generally perceived is false and hence an illusion
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Tractor – Ted Hughes This is a poem in which Hughes dramatises man’s struggle with an often hostile environment. Here‚ the poet is trying to rescue a tractor form its ’hell of ice’. Hughes uses personification. The tractor is personified in order to make the incident as dramatic as possible. Throughout the poem it is compared to animal‚ and its final release from the trap of the weather is like the birth of a baby animal. As well as the wonderful descriptions of the tractor and the weather in
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Case 2 – Edward Marshall Boehm‚ Inc. 1. Analyze the firms goals and objectives Goal: Make the world aware of Mr. Boehm’s artistic talent‚ to help world wildlife causes by creating appreciation and protection for threatened species‚ and to build a continuing business that could make them comfortably wealthy‚ perhaps millionaires. No one goal has grater precedence over the others. Strategic objective: The case does not tell a lot about strategic objectives that are specific and cover a well-defined
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Literary Techniques: Poetry Analysis 1 Diction and Imagery Literary Techniques • The meaning of a poem (i.e its focus‚ mood and the speaker’s attitude) is enhanced by four main types of literary techniques: • Diction • Imagery • Sound devices • Rhythm‚ Rhyme and Repetition Diction • Diction is the choice of words a poet uses to bring meaning across. In working through a poem‚ it is useful to question why a certain word is used‚ and what kind of effect is achieved with the choice and placement
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Writing in the Discipline: Relationship to the Ways of Knowing and Doing Writing in the discipline is founded on a relationship between knowing‚ doing‚ and writing. It is important that we understand the two categories creating disciplines: domains of knowledge and the ways of knowing. The domains of knowledge suggest declarative or conceptual knowledge and the knowing infers procedural or process knowledge. Michael Carter addresses this relationship in his article Ways of Doing‚ Knowing‚ and
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Examine the value of sustainable and integrated approaches to coastal management (10 marks) Sustainable approaches to coastal management are usually soft engineering‚ they are defences which copy or work alongside natural systems and processes‚ this means ecosystems remain playing a key role. An example of sustainable coastal management would be at Barton on sea where they use managed retreat at the caravan site‚ Sustainable approaches are good because they are natural‚ cheap‚ environmentally
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The California Dream has been hacked in everybody’s mind as the paradise on earth. Everybody in the world has at least once dreamt of going to California and live their dream. California is a prosperous land with beautiful nature‚ and last but not least‚ a land of opportunities. The California Dream consists of a big house with a beautiful backyard surrounded by a pictural landscape‚ sunny beaches and great acquaintances. But further than esthetics‚ Californian Dream prevails fast wealth and fame
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Florida is located on the on south east sea bound of the United States of America. It is a peninsula and is a popular destination from tourists from all over the world as well as visitors from other parts of the USA. There are many factors that make Florida a magnet for visitors. . The coast is the most popular area of Florida as it allows access to Florida’s many beaches‚ 75% of people in Florida live along the coast. Firstly Florida is very close to the Caribbean islands and it enjoys a very warm
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