What is irony and how is it used in the story? Irony is a stylistic device‚ used by the author to keep the drama in the story going‚ for the reader’s enjoyment. It is the twist or unexpected event which blends the elements of the story together. In the instance of O. Henry he combines exaggeration [or hyperbole] and irony to add humor in the story. O. Henry is a master of irony and exaggeration‚ so that his stories have flavor and depth. In "The Ransom of Red Chief‚" O. Henry uses the three devices;
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highlight the correlation between violence and romantic experiences which develops a theme of darkness. The stylistic devices the author uses are imagery‚ similes‚ and allusions. In “The Bloody Chamber” Carter effectively uses blood imagery to convey how bloodthirst and passion intertwine. In the passage‚ the narrator discusses the French Revolution: After the Terror‚ in the early days of the Directory‚ the aristos who’d escaped the guillotine had an ironic fad of tying a red ribbon round their necks
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In the book Fahrenheit 451 Bradbury’s uses media as a result to the character’s behavior and thinking. During the 1980’s technology started to be used in schools for education purposes. The argument for weather technology in schools and life is needed for our society has been an issues in the public eye. Bradbury uses media in the book “Fahrenheit 450” to illustrate the impact on the society. Technology foster critical thinking abilities that textbooks can not. “ Experts posit that presenting
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The language used in the tragedy of King Lear encompass the development of plot and the definition of the characters in the play. The literal and figurative meanings of the language reflect the inner workings of the characters and enhance the subtlety of the tragic tone that the playwright is trying to achieve. At the beginning of the play‚ language is inflated by Goneril and Regan who strive to outdo each other in flattering their father for the vain attempt of winning the love-test devised by
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It is the day of being chosen to have to go do the worst thing possible. It is the Lazer Tag Grabel Games. These games happen every 10 years‚ and it is a laser tag game with two teams (Red and Blue)‚ if you get out‚ you fail and stay in school for the rest of your life. If you win‚ you get $10‚000 and not have to go to school for 2 years. It is located at a plaI tice called the Web‚ and all the posters say‚ “March 20‚ 2020 will be the next Reaping. We will soon find out the six children from the
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How is music alongside poetry used in Twelfth Night Critics call Twelfth Night one of William Shakespeare’s most poetic and musical plays. Shakespeare writes poetic lines for the major characters‚ Viola‚ Orsino‚ and Olivia‚ and gives the Fool‚ and other minor characters‚ songs to sing throughout the play. The particularly romantic lines of the play make it seem as if the characters are professional poets themselves. Shakespeare also uses the music and poetry in Twelfth Night to foreshadow what
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An aqueduct was the Roman solution to providing water to their towns and cities. The Romans constructed aqueducts with stone blocks that came from the quarries nearby. Romans also used concrete‚ mortar‚ tiles‚ or bricks to build the aqueducts. The channels of the aqueduct were then lined with a mixture of crushed tile and amphorae‚ called opus signium. The opus signium helped to waterproof the aqueduct channels. Finally‚ the Romans would layer the surface with a mixture of limestone and crushed
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the essay as informal and personal. It is a great way to capture the reader’s interest. Also‚ this particular anecdote is used as background information for the first point Roiphe makes in the following paragraph—that ". . . people . . . have at one time or another been fouled up by their childhood experiences." Another anecdote in the essay explains how Roiphe’s mother used to give Roiphe "mad money" before going on dates. "My mother and I knew young men were apt to drink too much . . ." and "mad
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very lovable main charcter who the story is told by‚ Tom natsworthy‚ he is a 13 year old boy who works in the historians guild aboard london a large city that has been put on masssive wheels and now roams about what is called the "hunting grounds" in search of "prey". He is what is called a tractionist these are poeple that after a catacylsmic war that completed decimated the planets population and created massive tracks ofunhabitable landscapes‚ devolped the technology to make thier cities mobile in
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SUMMARY Many people nowadays believe that combat sports‚ and especially boxing‚ promote violence and aggressiveness. The mass media have played a vital role in shaping the perception that the practice of martial arts in fact‚ attracts violent individuals or promotes aggressiveness especially in young people by frequently presenting martial arts in a negative way‚ prettifying the stiffened violence of Hollywood as well as promoting this distorted image. (Fuller‚ 1988‚ Grady‚ 1998‚ Stickney‚ 2005)
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