Carole A Johnson Professor Mary Lounsbory CTC English Composition II 30 June 2013 Use of a Literary Device in “Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day” William Shakespeare’s sonnet “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day” is a fourteen line poem that contains three quatrains followed by a couplet. The poem is also known as Sonnet 18‚ and is a beautiful poem describing just that‚ a summer’s day. If one wishes to be technical‚ Shakespeare does more than describe a summer’s day‚ he is comparing
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automatically to "les Anglais ont débarqué" (the Redcoats have landed)‚ which proves how much the French loved the English. Other potential phrases include "Ma tante Rose a débarqué" (Aunt Rosie’s arrived)‚ "j’ai mes fleurs" (i’ve got my flowers - roses‚ probably)‚ "j’ai mes ours" (i’ve got my bears)‚ or the flat and very BCBG "je suis indisposée"‚ equivalent to "I’m sick" in English and "Ich bin krank" in German. To be fair‚ let’s admit that Tampax and other tampons certainly changed the outlook
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idioms definition Definition: Idioms are phrases in English that are used in a figurative manner. For example‚ the idiom ’make hay while the sun shines’ is used figuratively to mean: It is important to continue working hard during a period of relative success. The phrase has nothing to do with actually making hay. Advantage learning idioms 1. A good way to attain the metaphorical concepts in the target language is to learn idiomatic expressions. Idioms are often metaphorical. (Kovecses 2002)
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importantby the same tokenagaintoandalsothenequallyidenticallyuniquelylikeastoomo- reoveras well astogether withof courselikewisecomparativelycorrespondinglysimilarlyfurthermo- readditionally Opposition / Limitation / Contradiction Transition phrases like but‚ rather and or‚ express that there is evidence to the contrary or point outalternatives‚ and thus introduce a change the line of reasoning (contrast). although this may be truein contrastdifferent fromof course ...‚ buton the other handon
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if taken in a literal context. For example‚ “don’t bring sand to the beach” is a clever way of telling someone not to take something that will already be supplied – such as taking alcohol to a bar. Using this idiom on someone not proficient in English would cause a delay in communication since the person would not understand the contextualization. They would be stumped and wonder why anyone would actually take sand to the beach in the first place. An analogy is a logical argument used to illustrate
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in his gait." (Thackeray). The essential quality of detached construction lies in the fact that the isolated parts represent a kind of independent whole thrust into The sentence or placed in a position which will make the phrase (or word) seem independent. But a detached phrase cannot rise to the rank of a primary member of the sentence—it always remains secondary from the semantic point of view‚ although structurally it possesses all the features of a "primary’ member. This clash of the structural
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Mr. DiMarco Politics and the English Language Answers In Orwell’s essay Politics and the English Language‚ Orwell expresses his raw opinion on the deterioration of the English language and how politics is a cause for the “vagueness and incompetence” that writing has succumbed too. Though the title of the essay introduces politics first and the English language last‚ Orwell’s thesis seems to consist of neither; it consists of the silliness of modern human writing. He states
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English Pronunciation Pronunciation can be a tricky matter when it comes to the English language. Unlike with languages like Hindi and Tamil‚ letters in English take on multiple phonetic forms (think of the a in ‘can’ and the a in ‘war’); thus‚ the concept of pronouncing a word the way it is spelled does not apply. This is partly the result of derivation; English is a derivative language. It means that many of its words and phrases have been borrowed from other languages (cafe‚ boutique‚ cocoa)
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No. |Verb type |Numbered line. |Words / phrase |Sentence from the text which contains the verb | |1 |Regular verb |1 |sheltered |NEON crescents twirl over the sheltered water of Tripoli’s main port‚ one of the hangouts of Libya’s growing kitesurfing community‚ thriving after the ouster of dictator Muammar Gaddafi in 2011. | | |2 |Irregular verb |2 |went |“We’d always be chased away by the security guards-wherever we went they | | |
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1 Learning English Summary : Why learning English is important? Because English is the language for doing international business and to communicate with others around the world‚ so that’s why learning English in a school‚ college or institute of further education is a must. To increase your English skill‚ you must always learn as often as you can and practice as well. Try to use proper grammar when you write‚ pronounce well when you speak or something like that. As you know‚ English has plenty
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