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    of our past.The poet coveys the idea that a photograph only allows you to see the emotion that was shown in the time frame of which that the photo was taken in. This is shown by using many language techniques such as personification‚ symbolism and pun to convey the idea of what is behind the smiles.   "Here the formal times are surrendered to the cameras indifferent gaze” is an example of personification. By saying "the cameras indifferent gaze" it is telling you that the camera lack of interest

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    to create chuckles from the readers while simultaneously achieving the goal of sending a message of our schools’ budget to the public. High comedy is created and deployed in this article through puns and irony to hide the moral or universal truth hidden within the topic. Firstly‚ within the article puns‚ or wordplay‚ is frequently used to smooth down the moral of the script. Several accounts can easily be comprehended throughout the text to keep the reader interested. An example would be‚ “...until

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    “That’s really funny!” That phrase may bring back memories that are associated with happiness. High comedy comes in more forms than just sophisticated jokes‚ it also involves elements such as wit‚ wordplay‚ sarcasm‚ puns‚ hyperboles‚ and allusions. The two most important elements of high comedy allusions and wordplay are used by many comedians‚ television shows‚ and literature. Allusions and wordplay are important elements because they require the audience to think about what is said‚ keeping

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    her work with comical situations or puns and one-liners. In the beginning of the movie‚ Mel Brooks insults the intelligence of Frankenstein by making the personality of the protagonist that of a fool. Due to Frederick’s pride‚ he calls himself “Frankensteen” and everyone thinks he is mentally challenged‚ not including his assistant‚ which is not the brightest assistant ever. Needless to say‚ the film is full of comical puns‚ but the first and remarkable pun is when Inga‚ Fredrick’s assistant played

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    Evidence shows that "when my love swears that she is made of truth"‚ has more than one consistent tone throughout the entire sonnet. The author uses imagery to help the reader picture a good image of what is going on in the poem at a particular time‚ or to describe past or future events. I will also discuss the choice of words the author chose (diction) and how a lot of words and phrases have a double meaning. This particular sonnet does not have a form of alliteration‚ therefore I cannot discuss

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    In Medias Res in Latin means “in the middle of things.” This poem was published in 1985 by poet‚ critic‚ and editor‚ Michael McFee. Michael McFee was born in Asheville‚ North Carolina and earned both his BA and MA at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. He teaches in the creative writing program at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. He has also been poet in residence at Cornell and at Lawrence University. He lives in Durham. This is a picture poem which means that the poet

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    reflects on his own childhood memory in the poem “Mid-term Break”. The reader discovers through reading the poem that Heaney returns home for the funeral of his younger brother’s car accident. The author illustrates the theme grief through diction‚ puns‚ and structure. The diction chosen in this poem are not only for the readers to understand the situation but are also very powerful and meaningful. In the beginning of the poem‚ the protagonist is “counting bells knelling classes to a close”. The

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    examined here). Upon closer inspection of these sections‚ one can derive Lucky’s message. Throughout the course of his speech Lucky makes a startling commentary on the nature of God‚ the cessation of man‚ and makes use of several crude and obscure puns; further emphasizing the degeneration of our species. As the speech begins‚ its focus is immediately clear. “Given the existence… of a personal God… with white beard…” He paints a portrait of an archetypal Christian God‚ one who is wise‚ magnanimous

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    Turtles rank slightly better than the rest.” (Thomson‚ Rotten Tomatoes) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie is a great movie for anybody who has an open mind or is young at heart because the action is head pounding‚ the comedy is classic and full of puns‚ and the concept of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is simply unique. The TMNT movie is packed with face-kicking‚ back flipping‚ totally tubular action. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are classic crime fighting heroes. The only difference between them

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    comedies were more amusing than other comedies of his time. He used many techniques to illustrate humor‚ and sometimes we have to know the inner meanings to find it comical. The play of words or puns were very popular in the comedies of Shakespeare. Quince makes a good pun when he mentions the French crown. It is a pun because it

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