Lexical stylistic devices Metaphor. Sustained metaphor O Rose‚ thou art sick! The invisible worm That flies in the night‚ In the howling storm‚ Has found out thy bed Of crimson joy‚ And his dark secret love Does thy life destroy. [William Blake “The sick rose” http://www.poetry-archive.com/b/the_sick_rose.html] novel metaphor: Time is jealous of you and wars against your lilies and your roses [Wilde O. The Picture of Dorian Gray. Penguin books. 1994. P.30] Conventional metaphor "If all the world’s
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------------------------------------------------- Student`s Individual Work №1 ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Stylistic device (see the lecture №3) Simile An explicit comparison between two things which are basically quite different using words such as like or as. She walks like an angel. / I wandered lonely as a cloud. (Wordsworth) Metaphor A comparison between two things which are basically quite different without using
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Stylistic Devices in Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury ’s 1953 Fahrenheit 451 contains a number of interesting stylistic devices. Robert Reilly praises Bradbury for having a style "like a great organ. ..." (73). David Mogen comments on the novel ’s "vivid style" (110). Peter Sisario applauds the "subtle depth" of Bradbury ’s allusions (201)‚ and Donald Watt pursues Bradbury ’s bipolar "symbolic fire" (197) imagery. In recent articles I discussed Bradbury ’s use of mirror imagery and nature imagery.
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The Vicious Cycle | Born Into Poverty | Based on the song “In the Ghetto” Composed by: Mac DavisRecorded by: Elvis Presley‚ 1969 | Renee Jayne 12/1/2010 | When Mac Davis wrote the song “In the Ghetto‚” later recorded by Elvis Presley in 1969‚ he personified an inequality that he felt and experienced firsthand as a child. Growing up in Lubbock‚ Texas‚ Davis’ father‚ a small building contractor‚ employed an African American by the name of Alan Smith. Alan Smith had a son that was the same age
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Leiber and Mike Stoller‚ but people remember the person who put it on the charts‚ Mr. Elvis Presley. Presley used his infamous style of merging rock and roll with gospel music‚ a technique that has never been done before the 1950s‚ and pushed the limits of many Americans by erasing the existing line of “black” and “white” music. Going from poor to riches‚ Presley changed the view and sight of music. With out Presley music would have stayed segregated‚ the civil rights movement would not have moved forward
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A.J. Wronski Shakespear Style Analysis Mr. Mettey English IV December 19‚ 2012 Macbeth Stylistic Devices In the play Macbeth‚ William Shakespear uses several stylistic devices. These devices help contribute meaning to the central themes of the play. One of the main devices used by Shakespear to convey the theme‚ the fall of man‚ is symbolism. Strange occurences‚ birds‚ and blood are all symbols that hlep convey this theme. The first examples of symbolism are the strange occurences
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a lot of slang without regards to the origin of the word. Ghetto happens to be one of the words we use out of context. The word ghetto has always described the impoverish part of the city. The word actually originated from the Jews. According to the Teacher’s guide of the Holocaust‚ the Jewish people that stayed in the ghettos had faced prosecution and were forced to live there. When the Holocaust occurred‚ Adolf Hitler used the ghettos for concentration camps. The Nazi’s ran the concentration camps
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1. What is meant by the “ghetto defense”? Define it in your own words. 2. Reread paragraph 8. Define what Shellow means by the “ ’cultural psychosis “ or “psychosocial history’ strategy.” What does it have to do with the ghetto defense? 3. What is post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)? What causes it? 4. Why do leagal experts worry about the ghetto defense being used and accepted in court cases? What would be the implications? How would it protect the poor instead of the powerful? 5. What
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Religion All Shook Up People invision Elvis as many things; musician‚ rock idol‚ and sex symbol. There is another facet to Elvis some may not grasp. This facet is the idea that Elvis is another type of faith or religion to his fans. Erika Doss in her book “Elvis Culture Fans‚ Faith‚ and Image” explained this strange aspect of Elvis culture from her point of view. Now Elvis as a religion‚ that may be a big jump even for Elvis Presley‚ even if he is said to be the King of rock-n-roll. Doss
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Alliteration 1. Is derived from Latin’s “Latira”. It means “letters of alphabet”. It is a stylistic device in which a number of words‚ having the same first consonant sound‚ occur close together in a series. 2. Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse. Around the rock the ragged rascal ran. But a better butter makes a batter better. A big bully beats a baby boy. Park Place. Mary marveled at the magnificent monument. Anadiplosis The term anadiplosis
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