Islamic Azad University - Takestan Branch English Language Department Master ’s Research Proposal Entitled: The effect of Task-based Instruction and Content-based Instruction On the comprehension and Production of Existential Constructions by Iranian EFL Learners February 2012 Introduction The acquisition and appropriate use of grammatical constructions have always been one of the significant dimensions of foreign language teaching. They have always been at the center of attention in
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The Crossover by Kwame Alexander coming to age novel was written in a unique poetic form uses line breaks narrative free verse also figurative language including metaphors‚similes and more.The Book shows drama and many emotional things such as Josh’s and Jb s dad dying because of this health issues‚the fight between Josh and Jb two identical twin brothers who had a strong bond that gets broken and threatened in many ways‚ such as Josh throwing a basketball at Jb s face and breaking his nose and
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epic similes throughout his work‚ The Iliad‚ it is easy to realize what his audience was familiar with during the time of his writing. I struggled to create my own two epic similes‚ noting that the most difficult aspect was choosing what to compare. When writing the imitation with Homer’s content‚ I knew the topic must have something to do with nature‚ but I found the 21st century topic selection to be must more broad. As I wrote these two epic similes‚ I learned the content of each simile depended
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punishment. Dante describes all of their horrid and gruesome punishments with his clear imagery‚ as he does in most Cantos. However‚ what makes this Canto special is the numerous amount of references to Ancient Greek mythology and the many similes. Dante’s use of said similes and mythological stories represent how clearly he is able to describe things outside of his use of imagery alone‚ and it shows how much he was influenced by Virgil. Dante starts off this Canto retelling two Greek mythological stories
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years apart and both written in London. Europe was going through its Industrial Revolution during this time. These poets see London in opposite Ways; using metaphors‚ personification‚ and imagery both poets show their points of views. Blake for the people’s sorrow and Wordsworth for its landscape. Even though both Blake and Wordsworth use metaphors they use them in a way that contradict each other. Blake says within his poem‚” In every cry of every man/ in every infant’s cry of fear/ In every voice
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tends to transcend the category of ‘season‚’ and more accurately takes on the form of a revival. By utilizing personification‚ Dickinson is able to bring to life the natural elements that form the essence of spring‚ while implicitly relating these intrinsic qualities of spring to her faith. Throughout most of her works‚ Dickinson tends
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In Antigone‚ Sophocles uses allusions to praise her courage in accepting her fate. Antigone shared many similarities to Danae. In Ode 4 as the chorus describes the misfortune of Danae it is stated that “a prisoner hidden in a chamber like a tomb‚ although she too‚ came from a noble line. And she my child had in her care the liquid streaming golden seed of Zeus‚”(line 2-4). This mirrors Antigone in the way that Antigone is too thrown into a cave and looked in it as if it was her tomb. Danae was imprisoned
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Allusion: To make a casual or an indirect reference to something. Example: “ A shudder in the loins engenders there The broken wall‚ the burning roof and tower And Agamemnon dead.” and basically the whole sonnet. Yeats‚ W. B. (n.d.). William Butler Yeats. Retrieved from http://www.online-literature.com/yeats/865/ (Originally work published 1928) Function: The entire sonnet is an allusion to the creation of the trojan war‚ which eventually led to the death of the king “Agamemnon”. To understand
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about the structure and patterns of language unique to specific authors. These patterns are what make a great book a great book. The arduous task of analyzing works for grammar and style has yielded a unique product‚ guaranteed to enlighten the reader of literary classics. Grammardog’s strategy is to put the author’s words under the microscope. The result yields an increased appreciation of the art of writing and awareness of the importance and power of language. Grammardog.com L.L.C. P.O. Box 299
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David Pham Professor Robert Guffey English 100 13 November 2012 Frankenstein: Into the Depths of Allusions An allusion is a figure of speech that is a reference to a well-known person‚ place‚ event‚ or literary work. These allusions are typically used by an author who intends to make a powerful point without the need to explain it. Mary Shelley ’s Frankenstein provides many examples of allusion ’s. She connects the story of “Prometheus”‚ Coleridge ’s Rime of the Ancient Mariner‚ and Milton ’s
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