Poetic and Highly Literary Words |[pic] | Poetic and Highly Literary Words. Poetic words form a rather insignificant layer of the special literary vocabulary. They are mostly archaic or very rarely used highly literary words which aim at producing an elevated effect. They have a marked tendency to detach themselves from the common literary word-stock and gradually
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All rights reserved Printed and published by the University of South Africa Muckleneuk‚ Pretoria ENG1502/1/2013–2014 98917056 InDesign CGM_Style CONTENTS Page Preface Learning unit 1: What is Language? 1.1 An Introduction to Foundations in Applied English Language 1.2 What are texts and domains? 1.3 What is language? 1.4 Why study language? Conclusion References Learning unit 2: Let’s listen to the sounds of the English Language 2.1 The discrepancy between spelling and sound 2.2 Basic concepts
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There are many characters in the play Agamemnon by Aeschylus and they are all important in their own ways. One of the characters is Cassandra‚ a seer who was brought back with Agamemnon after Troy’s defeat. At first Cassandra seems like a minor character since she does not speak much‚ but as the play progresses‚ her character develops and she starts to play a larger role in the play. Cassandra is used by Aeschylus to a great extent. She and her supernatural powers help to make the audience feel more
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Robert Burns Poetic Analysis Robert Burns is considered one of the most influential writers in the eighteenth century. Burns is regarded as a pre-Romantic poet‚ which can be seen through his writing that elaborated on his sensitivity through nature‚ religious practice‚ and traditional culture during his time. Coming from a humble background made him the voice of the common Scottish man. Robert Burns was born in Scotland during a tempestuous time. There were several transitions that impacted the
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Hussam Hasan Karim University of Basrah College of Arts/ Department of English Contrastive analysis as Applied Linguistics Contrastive analysis is a branch of linguistics. It is a linguistic enterprise aimed at producing inverted (i.e. contrastive‚ not comparative) two-valued typologies (a CA is always concerned with a pair of languages)‚ and founded on the assumption that languages can be compared (Carl James‚1983( . contrastive analysis includes all fields of linguistics such as phonology
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Luna Hwang Poetic Device Imagery Irony De*inition Example Describe with details to make the O snow‚ which sinks so light‚ brown earth is hid from sight readers to imagine the picture Form of humor by reversing the meaning We are not busy! We only have 10 test in this week! Isn’t it relaxing? Symbol Using
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world‚ then most advertisers and the companies would have to be put behind bars for the offence. It is not entirely clear what is meant by legalized form of lying. There are lies that advertisers cannot legally utter‚ and then there are exaggerations‚ poetic over-statements‚ or misleadingly incomplete information which advertisers can get away with. A great many of the statements that advertisers make are not literally true‚ but then‚ they are not expected to be taken literally. Our chocolate is out of
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Alliteration was used in the intro verse of the song (People‚ proud‚ citizens‚ country‚ stripes‚ stars) to emphasis the words‚ creating a rhyme to allow the audience to remember those words and symbolism is used to symbolize American flag. Anapestic pentameter ‚ two unstressed syllables followed up by a stressed syllable. “Stripes and stars” creates an imagery of American flag and patriotism. Eminem uses sarcasm to describes American should be proud but in the later of the song‚ it is clearly conveyed
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Poetic Reflections on Mortality and Ephemerality Have you ever hypothetically pondered the details of your own fatality? Everyone covets a bit of certainty that not many realities allow‚ but mortality -while a glum concept- is a definite fate we will all ultimately encounter in our respective lifetimes. “Nothing is more predictable than death. Each of us will die without any need to take adventuresome risks.” (Kelly‚ 1986). This is likely the reason prolific poets Emily Dickinson
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Applied Business Law – 27 Individual Work 1 Jessica Gaskins You are an employee at a nice paper mill and want to impress the boss by burning the midnight oil (but not too close to the wood pulp). For four consecutive weeks‚ you work forty-five‚ forty-two‚ thirty-nine‚ and thirty-one hours. If you are a nonexempt employee covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act‚ how many hours of overtime pay‚ if any‚ would you be entitled to? What would be the rate? The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 is
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