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    In the Snack Bar

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    Outcome 1 Essay on a single text In The Snack Bar by Edwin Morgan Kelly Mckinlay I picked this poem because I could picture the main character and his daily struggle clearly as I read the poem. Edwin Morgan used a lot of descriptions within the poem describing the surrounding area of the café and described the main character. The main theme that runs thought the whole poem is one of the daily struggle that an elderly gentleman’s has to go through although people might be aware of

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    regards to life after death. Also‚ this piece of literature covered a lot of terms we have learned while in class. For example‚ all of these terms found within our textbook “alliteration‚ imagery‚ repetition‚ and personification (Kirszner‚ & Mandell‚ 2012).” For example‚ when the narrative presents the audience with alliteration by describing the saw features combined with “the smell of dust the saw produced when cutting (Kirszner‚ & Mandell‚ 2012 p. 420”. Then there was the stove length stick of wood

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    awaiting the moment when Grendel attacked him so the monster could be aware that Beowulf’s strength matches his. 2. The kennings that associated Grendel with evil were that he was a shepherd of evil‚ a guardian of crime. 3. Examples of alliteration provided in these lines‚ 440-504‚ are flight‚ fastened and cracked‚ clutched. *PART 9‚ pp. 34-35. 1. The action of Beowulf’s men upholds the Anglo-Saxon code of honor in the sense that they are ready and prepared to attack if needed to protect

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    show the memory fade out into slip away. Besides‚ she had make use of words related to senses such as "touch"‚ "see" and "say". Moreover‚ she used repetition‚ alliteration‚ assonance and internal rhymes. For repetition‚ she repeated the word "I could" many times as to express her longing to remember the memory of the meeting. For alliteration‚ she used the words like "meeting me" to attract us. For assonance‚ she stress on the vowel sound ’O’ very much to catch our soundings. And for internal rhymes

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    Assignment #1 Part A 2. What are the symbolic significances of the candy store in Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s "The Pennycandystore Beyond the El" (Geddes‚ 318)? The candy store in "The Pennycandystore Beyond the El" is symbolic of a child’s youth. This poem is referring to the fact that our childhood passes by too soon and the candy store is a reminder that we need to seize every moment to enjoy it. The pennycandystore offers as a retreat or refuge to the bad weather outside and the stresses

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    Ballad of the Landlord

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    Ballad of the Landlord is about an African American tenant whose apartment is falling apart and doesn’t want to pay the rent until the landlord fixes the problems. At the end of the poem‚ the landlord calls the police and they take him away to jail for refusing to pay the rent. The speaker in this poem is a poor African American tenant. He is angry that the landlord won’t fix anything yet still wants him to pay the rent. I would characterize the speaker as someone who doesn’t want to be cheated

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    Language Devices

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    other (where something is said to be something else) Simile: A comparison between two things where one thing is said to be “like” or “as” another. Personification: When non-living things‚ objects and concepts are given human characteristics. Alliteration: Repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of several words in close succession. Assonance: Repetition of the same vowel sound in a sentence to create internal rhyming. Onomatopoeia: Words that imitate or suggest the sound that

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    snail” End-stopped: “Full of vise saws and modern instances;” Throughout this poem there is no rhyme scheme. The rhythm is written in an iambic pentameter (10 beats in a line). There are many devices of sound in this poem; alliteration‚ assonance and others. Examples of alliteration are “quick in quarrel; plays his part; a world too wide; shrunk shrank”. Examples of assonance are “their exits and their entrances; mewling and puking; eyes severe and beard”. These devices contribute to the poems effect

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    get us‚ the reader‚ to sense a particular thing. In this poem “Ozymandias” by Shelley Percy Bysshe‚ there are different types of sound devices. The poet uses alliteration multiple times throughout the poem. “Cold command” and “boundless and bare” are examples of alliteration because the beginning letter of each word is the same. Alliteration helps the poet to make their meaning clear because repeating the same constant is used to emphasize a point and it can give additional amusing effects to the

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    Figure of Speech

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    1. Alliteration The repetition of an initial consonant sound. is a term that describes a literary stylistic device. Alliteration occurs when a series of words in a row (or close to a row) have the same first consonant sound. For example‚ “She sells sea-shells down by the sea-short” or “Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers” are both alliterative phrases. In the former‚ all the words start with the “s” sound‚ while in the later‚ the “p’s” take precedence. Aside from tongue twisters‚ alliteration

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