English Raymond Hickey Essen University 1 Introduction For several centuries English has been well known for its many cases of conversion‚ for instance it is used very frequently by Shakespeare‚ almost as a stylistic device of his. And to this day it has remained a prominent feature of the language. The standard definition of conversion (Bauer 1988: 90-2; Spencer 1991: 20) is a change in word-class without any alteration in form‚ i.e. zero-derivation (Cruse 1986:
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Sister Zainab AP English 14 October 2014 Rhetorical Devices: The Scarlet Letter 1. Anaphora: repetition of the same word or groups of words at the beginnings of successive clauses. “…with the hot‚ midday sun burning down upon her face‚ and lighting up its shame; with the scarlet token of infamy on her breast; with the sin-born infant in her arms; with a whole people‚ drawn forth as to a festival…” (Pgs. 54-55) This is an example of the device anaphora because Hawthorne begins four consecutive clauses
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How to Use Transitional Devices By eHow Contributor Writer All writers use transitional devices these are words/phrases that help us transition from sentence to sentence‚ paragraph to paragraph. They are used to keep the writing fluid or flowing. Consequently‚ if you use them properly there will be no breaks or jumps from idea to idea. Other People Are Reading * How to Adjust a Transit Level * How to Read a Transit Level * ------------------------------------------------- *
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* Narrative poem—a poem that tells a story Ex: From Nighttime Fires by Regina Barreca “When I was five in Louisville we drove to see nighttime fires‚ Piled seven of us‚ all pajamas and running noses‚ into the olds‚” * Clichés—ideas or expressions that have become tired and trite from overuse Ex: From Magic of Love by Helen Farries “There’s a wonderful gift that can give you a lift‚ It’s a blessing from heaven above! It can comfort and bless‚ it can bring happiness—
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In each novel there are characters that have to accomplish quests in order to reach self realization and to show the development of this particular character. In the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God‚ Zora Neale Hurston makes good uses of literary devices like personification‚ figurative language‚ and tone to help enhance the development of Janie’s character to reach self realization. In Their Eyes Were Watching God it took a while for Janie get close to self realization and she learned it after
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Rhetorical Devices Schemes Term Definition Example Alliteration頭韻 the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words Alice’s aunt ate apples and acorns around August. Anadiplosis反覆法 repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the next clause The crime was common‚ common be the pain. Anaphora首語（句）重複法 regular repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases or clauses We shall fight in the trenches
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Harvard Business School 9-190-061 Rev. June 29‚ 1993 Analog Devices: The Half-Life System A problem with management information systems is that they are strongly biased toward reporting financial information to stockholders and government agencies. Unless quality improvement and other more fundamental performance measures are elevated to the same level of importance as financial measures‚ when conflicts arise‚ financial considerations win out. To address this issue‚ we designed a division
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7 Common Propaganda Devices 1 .Name-calling This involves the use of words to connect a person or idea to a negative concept. The aim is to make a person reject something without examining the evidence because of the negative associations attached to it. Examples of words include ‘Terrorist‘‚ ‘Nazi‘ and ‘Queer’. Name Calling is used as a substitute for arguing the merits of an idea‚ belief‚ or proposal. It is often employed using sarcasm and ridicule in political cartoons and writing. 2. Glittering
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Innocence Growing up every person in the world loses the purity they were once born with and the moment when one realizes that not everything in the world is the way it was thought to be‚ the world crumbles into pieces‚ but how does it happen? Joyce Carol Oates portrays an amazing detailed moment of theft of chastity‚ or at least what is left of it‚ in "Where Are You Going‚ Where have You Been?" With symbolic imagery‚ major bibliomancy‚ and extreme personal conflict Oates easily manages to get
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In his letter to Thomas Jefferson‚ Benjamin Banneker uses rhetorical devices to reinforce his argument against the cruelties of slavery. Being a man of color‚ Banneker did not possess the social status deemed worthy of communication with a fine man such as Jefferson. Nevertheless‚ Banneker was an intelligent man and used his knowledge to point out the contradictory characteristics between slavery and American values. Banneker uses repetition throughout his letter. Periodically‚ he refers to Jefferson
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