In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein‚ Victor Frankenstein‚ a student at Ingolstadt College creates a man out of other body parts that are sewn together and reanimates it bringing it to life. Frankenstein abandons the monster forcing the monster over the edge where he then kills everyone Frankenstein loves. In Frankenstein‚ Mary Shelley uses literary devices such as similes‚ rhetorical questions‚ and imagery to convey meaning to her readers. To begin‚ Shelley uses similes throughout the book to connect
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AP Language Rhetorical Analysis In Jennifer Price’s critical essay‚ “The Plastic Pink Flamingo: A Natural History‚” she assesses the irony in the popularity of the iconic plastic flamingo in American culture in the 1950s. Price illustrates her irony and negative attitude towards the way Americans destroy the lives of the flamingo and replaced it with an obnoxious‚ inanimate‚ over celebrated Floridian souvenir with adverse diction juxtaposed with positive word choice and through factual history
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Alain de Botton claimed that humorists entertain‚ but can also say things without punishment. I agree with him because we have freedom of speech in America. Even though‚ everyone might not agree with what’s being said‚ it is good to voice your own opinion and not just follow the crowd. Humorists can sometimes say some bad jokes. It is best to ignore these jokes if you don’t agree with them. For example‚ Saturday Night Live gets away with saying stuff about our government or our media. The humor on
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The art of seduction has been accomplished in numerous ways throughout history and has always remained dependent on the assumed appeal of the person being seduced. In Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 130”‚ the genre of Carpe Diem was exemplified with a largely satirical approach. In doing so‚ the speaker tried to appeal to his mistress by appealing to ethos with Aristotle’s first version of ethos‚ appeal of your own good character‚ more specifically‚ will-power or arete‚ as well as Aristotle’s second version
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Personally‚ both of my AP courses‚ AP Biology and AP English Language‚ were the most challenging. Throughout the year my grades for these two classes fluctuated quite often. My peers and I were given more work and more was expected from us being AP students. From this year coming to an end I have discovered several of my strengths and weaknesses‚ I found that‚ like most students‚ I procrastinated and I had trouble managing my time however I was still able to maintain a positive attitude by being
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In American literature Vonnegut had been categorized as a black humorist‚ a novelist that encouraged readers to laugh at the absurdity of modern life. Kurt Vonnegut had been unafraid to peer into the destructive depth of our lives. since becoming publicly known in 1960s‚ Vonnegut with his soothsayer smirk had been recognized for mastering the most ordinary written form of language‚with a bag full of blunt remarks. Described as an inimitable social satirist" while the New York Times anointed him the
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Pd 06 Armstrong AP Language & Composition Current Event In recent years‚ universities‚ especially Ivy League’s such as Yale‚ Harvard‚ and Princeton‚ have failed to uplift to their job. Not only have they halted in educating its students‚ but it has put them in positions were they are forced into studies they are not even sure they have a desire in. Financing‚ in particular has taking its positions amongst a high percentage of students‚ pushing them toward Wall Street jobs‚ in which they
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Journal Entry 3 October 28‚ 2012 LAN101: AP English Language and Composition Master Teacher: ; Classroom Instructor: Journal 3 Tone and style are two important literary devices commonly used to elicit emotions from readers. Tone is defined as the writer’s attitude towards the material and the audience. Authors create tone through use of other literary devices‚ such as diction‚ syntax‚ and imagery. Style is the manner in which an author chooses to write to their audience‚ and can reveal
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Imagine life without humorists. Everyone would be serious all the time. There would be no one to tell jokes and no one to ramble on about various topics that effortlessly make us chuckle and giggle. There is no doubt that humorists strive to entertain the public. Stand-up comics make themselves sound and appear as fools in front of millions of people‚ just to get the satisfaction of knowing that they have made someone laugh. Cartoonists‚ stand-up comics‚ satirical writers‚ and hosts of television
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Are you ready to rock your AP English Language and Composition Exam? Take our free practice quiz - 20 questions from our AP English Language and Composition Exam Prep and Review. Practice Quiz Top of Form Questions 1-10 This passage is adapted from Daniel Webster’s "The Seventh of March Speech‚" given on March 7‚ 1850. Mr. President‚ I should much prefer to have heard from every member on this floor declarations of opinion that this Union could never be dissolved‚ than the declaration of
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