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    The stylistic elements that an author chooses are instrumental in ensuring that the theme or tone that he or she wishes to convey is in fact conveyed to the reader. Harper Lee obviously realizes this‚ for in the novel To Kill A Mockingbird (Harper Lee‚ To Kill A Mockingbird‚ [New York: Warner‚ 1982] 278) she wisely selects a distinctive style to relate the moving story of a young child discovering harsh truths regarding human nature <br> <br>The predominant stylistic element Miss Lee uses is her

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    Orwell Analysis Paper Prompt 3 “Read carefully paragrphs 11-13 of Orwells Shooting An Elephant. THen write a well-organized essay explaining how the author uses stylistic devices and rhetoical strategies to convey his attitude toward the shooting of the elephant. Elephants were once‚ and are currently‚ considered prized possessions in some parts of the world. The taming of these majestic creatures dates all the way back to BC and‚ since then‚ elephants have continued to hold high value

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    the rules characteristic of the source and target languages. Hence the system of the two languages is also included in our sphere of interest. These systems consist of grammar units and rules‚ morphological and word-building elements and rules‚ stylistic variations‚ and lexical distribution patterns (lexico-semantic paradigms). In translation we deal with two languages and to verify the information they give us about the extralinguistic objects (and concepts) we should consider extralinguistic situation

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    with an expanded system of connectives and its careful paragraphing‚ makes it similar to scientific prose. Its emotional appeal is generally achieved by the use of words with emotive meaning‚ the use of imagery and other stylistic devices as in emotive prose; but the stylistic devices used in publicistic style are not fresh‚ or genuine. The individual element essential to the belles-lettres style is‚ as a rule‚ little in evidence

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    categorizes a films ’ elements as either narrative or stylistic. The film _Scott Pilgrim vs. the World_ is exemplary in its effective use of film form by not only involving its audience‚ but catering to each of the five principles of form. To begin with‚ the principle of function simply implies that with every element that is introduced in a film‚ there is always a reason- or in this case‚ a function‚ attributed to its presence. The narrative and stylistic elements of _Scott Pilgrim_ all have their own

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    is the narrator in this extract‚ thus the conclusion may be made that the narration is anonymous. Though‚ the reader is made to feel the author’s attitude towards the main character and the event described in the passage with the help of numerous stylistic devices. The theme of the excerpt is the main character’s (whose name is Jolyon) discovering that his wife had left him and taken nothing of her personal things. And the idea is deep feelings and suffering which Jolyon has to experience because of

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    The short story The Things People Say‚ written by Elizabeth Kolbert examines the consequences of group polarization and cyber polarization using the outbreak surrounding President Obama’s birthplace and citizenship. During the 2008 elections the media spread the concept that President Obama was not born in the United States and that the birth certificate he produced was a fake. The author analyzes not only the falsehood of the story itself‚ but also the larger idea regarding the internet’s interference

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    English Paper Two Tips 1. Look at past questions and use them to break down your texts for revision If you look through past paper questions‚ you’ll spot that the sorts of questions you receive will always be about generalised things. Off the top of my head‚ things like Setting‚ Character‚ Beginnings and Endings‚ Death‚ Love‚ Chronology etc. all tend to crop up with reassuring regularity. So‚ this is the way in which you should approach your texts when revising them. Remember that in the actual

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    Since the first brush stroke was taken in Europe‚ the paintings that have been produced have played a vital role in revealing our world ’s past‚ history‚ religion and daily lives of its citizens. Each time period and movement have influenced artists from its first existence to even this very day‚ creating an extraordinary timeline of art and history as one. Frans Hals ’ Merrymakers at Shrovetide of 1615 and Francois Boucher ’s Interrupted Sleep of 1750 are no exception. Despite their different time

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    Ragtime Analysis

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    Алёшкина (АЯ-41(2)) The analysis of the extract from “Ragtime” (by E.L. Doctorow) “Ragtime” is an E.L. Doctorow’s novel that was published in 1975 and later won the National Book Critics Circle Award. E.L Doctorow himself is a famous American writer who is widely known for his unique works of historical fiction. The novel itself belongs to the epic kind of literature. It’s a contemporary realistic novel because it depicts actual events of the beginning of the 20th century taking place in the

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