chapter offers detailed guidelines for writing an essay that closely examines a text both for what it says and for how it does so‚ with the goal of demonstrating for readers how—and how well—the text achieves its effects. Key Features of Textual Analysis A summary of the text. Your readers may not know the text you are analyzing‚ so you need to include it or tell them about it before you can analyze it. Because Safire’s text is so well-known‚ he describes it only briefly as "Abraham Lincoln’s
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Analysis of the story “The Escape” by Somerset Maugham. Sometimes men cannot say “No” to women‚ although they want it‚ and that’s why they have to make up some situations to make women say them “No”. The short story “The Escape” written by Somerset Maugham is exactly about this case‚ about the conflict between man and woman‚ and this escape is the main theme of the text. The idea of the story is that one should put on his thinking and act very carefully‚ as sometimes procrastination can give better
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Film Soundtrack Analysis A motion picture would not appeal to its viewers without the orchestrated sounds within the background that intently helps draw out the emotions from the audience from watching the movie. Many great movie soundtracks can be overshadowed by the performance of a great actor or even just the motion picture itself. Hardly anyone misses out on giving credit to a great movie or performer but many people do not realize that a great movie and performer is nothing without the soundtracks
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Alford 1 Jacqueline S. Alford Professor Hayden English 1102 6 November 2011 An Analysis of “The Workbox” When is a gift more then a gift? Can a gift be given not out of love‚ but out of cruelty with intent to punish‚ threaten‚ and subjugate? The poem “The Workbox” written in 1914 by Thomas Hardy explores this topic. Throughout the poem the theme is shown to be that a kind gesture and concerned words can be a false veneer that is meant to thinly veil anger‚ cruelty‚ and dominance. Hardy’s
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Pygmalion: An analysis of Shaw’s comedic style In this modern interpretation of the Greek tale about a sculptor who falls in love with his perfect female statue‚ Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw tells the story of two opposite people and their conflicting desires. In this play‚ Shaw criticizes the British class system and makes a statement towards his feminist views. Shaw also incorporates three types of comedy‚ and these are: old comedy‚ physical comedy and comedy of manners. Old comedy is
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INTONATION IN ENGLISH AND VIETNAMESE UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION ENGLISH DEPARTMENT INTONATION IN ENGLISH AND VIETNAMESE ABSTRACT Intonation is very important for English learner because when you talk a sentence without having a correct intonation‚ it may change the intended meaning of the whole sentence. This study will briefly compare Vietnamese intonation and English intonation as well as the differences between these two language intonations and to offer some
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in your head? Well then welcome to one of Jamaica Kincaid’s famous short stories‚ “Girl”. In the essay “Girl‚” Jamaica Kincaid portrays the stereotypes and expectations placed on women and girls of her culture in the 1950’s. She uses authoritative tone‚ syntax‚ and progression of thought to show the expected responsibilities of girls and women in the narrator’s culture. Throughout the essay the narrator of the essay “Girl‚” uses a lot of examples to show the expectations placed on women and girls
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the environmental status of our planet will worsen if we continue to have a growing population. "If we keep heating the planet at our current pace‚ the seas will rise two feet in the next century.” Personal anecdotes‚ and using and assertive serious tone are techniques McKibben used to develop a convincing essay. Mckibben begins his essay with a personal anecdote describing his trip to the vasectomy office‚ where he’s thrown with all these questions about having one child‚ and the consequences of
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Analysis of the story “The Escape” by W.S. Maugham William Somerset Maugham is one of the best known English writers of the 20th century. He was not only a novelist‚ but also a one of the most successful dramatist and short-story writers. Maugham wants the readers to draw their own conclusion about the characters and events described in his novels. His reputation as a novelist is based on the following prominent books: “Of Human Bondage”; “The Moon and Sixpence”; and “The Razor’s Edge”. Though
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Laila Lane Professor Katherine Gray English 1102 Rhetorical Analysis Today’s young generation has been getting a lot of slack from older generations due to the amount technology they have. Those who have negative things to say about this generation sometimes say that they’re not as smart as the previous generations because of the new technology that is available. Literary critic at the San Francisco Chronicle‚ Cynthia Haven‚ argues that the young generation of today has actually written
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