Brooklyn Cop – Analysis and Evaluation Worksheet Stanza One 1. Look at lines 1 – 4. Do you think that this is a stereotypical image of a policeman? Choose two quotes‚ and explain why they make you feel this way. (3) Stereotypical – “built like a gorilla” = he is big and strong / “..but less timid” = brave Non-stereotypical – “two hieroglyphs in his face that mean trouble” = he is looking for trouble (1 mark for each quote and linked opinion) 2. Quote the line that shows that the divide
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Wednesday‚ February 18‚ 2009 Meeting 1 (What is semantics?) What is Semantics? FOLK NAMES TECHNICAL TERMS CONTENT • Meaning • Wordings (words & structures) • (discourse) semantics • Lexico-grammar EXPRESSION • Sounds/letters • Phonology/graphology A tri-stratal semiotic system of language When the lights are out‚ they are invisible. When the stars are out‚ they are visible. There are three types of context: 1) Situational context what the speakers know about what they can see around
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describe the environment. Read the commentary on page 29-30 in Carter et al (2008) and Unit 6 of your study guide. Analyse the signs you have chosen‚ paying particular attention to the following aspects: purpose; language; style and audience‚ connotation; denotation; association‚ rhetorical devices; symbolism; contextual association‚ cultural. Your essay should follow the conventions of an academic essay which includes an introduction‚ a body (with several paragraphs)‚ a conclusion and references. Please
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meanings‚ which are categorized as either denotative or connotative. The denotation of a word is its explicit definition as listed in a dictionary. The expressiveness of language‚ however‚ comes from the other type of word meaning—connotation‚ or the association or set of associations that a word usually brings to mind. In Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” there are many examples of connotation and symbolism for example the denotation of the word Mallard: The name of a wild duck‚ associated with the
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Semiotic analysis of ‘Beauty and the Beast’ Beauty and the beast is a Walt Disney fairytale animation as a remake of an old French movie‚ ‘La Belle et La Bete’ . The movie in itself is a conglomeration of symbolic signs‚ indexical signs‚ connotations‚ denotations‚ paradigmatic and syntagmatic relations all in one. The animated movie contains various elements of signs‚ codes and myths in order to bring about a philosophical message to its audiences. The movie starts off with an old helpless lady
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builds the negative tone. In line “Let no one say the past is dead” (1) the words “no one” acts as an absolute. Personification is used in the line when death‚ a human quality is given to a non human thing such as the past. Also the word “dead” has connotations of the deceased and gone. These devices provides the reader the impression of bitterness the author has regarding to the past. In lines “Let no one say the past is dead” (1) and “Let none tell me the past is wholly gone” (25) there is repetitions
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swimming pool has a good connotation‚ but for this poem Lux uses it negatively and gives is a new connotation to help him get the mood of the poem across. He gives a swimming pool a negative connotation by using words and phrases like‚ sneers‚ terror‚ fatal‚ kill‚ cruel‚ rage‚ and fear. These words help describe how some of the characters Lux uses are feeling at the swimming pool which gives the pool its negative connotation. Lux also gives the word "Winter" a positive connotation to the overweight boy
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MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN L.N. GUMILEV EURASIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF PHILOLOGY Department of theory and practice of foreign languages COURSE PAPER Theme: “EXPRESSIVE FUNCTION IN THE PUBLICIST STYLE” Major: 050119 “Foreign Language: two foreign languages” Written by: Astana – 2012 Contents Introduction 1. The style and types of stylistic
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Symbolism Symbolism is the use of symbols to signify ideas and qualities by giving them symbolic meanings that are different from their literal sense. Symbolism can take different forms. Generally‚ it is an object representing another to give it an entirely different meaning much deeper and more significant. Sometimes‚ however‚ an action‚ an event or a word spoken by someone may have a symbolic value. For instance‚ “smile” is a symbol of friendship. Similarly‚ the action of someone smiling at you
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‘corporate identity’ (Berger‚ 2012:11). This paper in particular will be focused on the way that media text use connotation and denotation techniques. While the meaning of the connotation is the cultural meaning of certain text‚ it combines historical‚ symbolic and emotional matters to itself‚ the denotation represent the literal meaning of the words.In semiotics study denotations and connotations are used to show the relationship between signified and signifier. The media text that will be analysed is
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