Anecdote - whimsical - setting the scene (1) Using descriptive language to pull the reader into the painting (2) "quality of the draughtsmanship‚ the brush strokes in thin oils‚ had a Renaissance beauty‚ but the fearful and compelling thing about the picture was its modernity" Rhetorical Question (3) Describing her "safety zone"‚ using books as a symbol (4) Discrediting herself (4) - ethos Rhetorical Question (5) Build up her credibility: ethos (6) Symbol of foreign city as artwork. Personifying
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CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF LOUIS MACNEICE’S "THE SUNLIGHT ON THE GARDEN" The sunlight on the garden Hardens and grows cold‚ We cannot cage the minute Within its nets of gold; When all is told We cannot beg for pardon. Our freedom as free lances Advances towards its end; The earth compels‚ upon it Sonnets and birds descend; And soon‚ my friend‚ We shall have no time for dances. The sky was good for flying Defying the church bells And every evil iron Siren and what it tells: The earth compels‚ We are dying
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How effective is Old Major’s speech in chapter one? In Chapter one‚ Old Major gives a speech about how the animals should rebel against Mr Jones‚ the human and leader of the farm in order to please all of the animals by having satisfactory amounts of the essentials. This rebellion would lead into Animalism. Animalism represents communism and how all animals should be equal. Old Major symbolizes Lenin. Lenin was a revolutionary thinker who came up with the basic concept of the Russian Revolution
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which has come with the cutting down of the trees. The first stanza portrays the destruction of the trees by the men‚ Mew presenting her sorrow over the damage to nature against the ignorant men cutting down the trees. The poet uses the plural pronoun to disassociate herself and create distance between herself and the people cutting down the trees. This suggests Mew’s appreciation for the trees and nature. The compound noun “plane-trees” is a direct reference to the trees in Euston Square Garden
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The second-person narrative is a narrative mode in which the protagonist or another main character is referred to by employment of second-person personal pronouns and other kinds of addressing forms‚ for example the English second-person pronoun "you"or "your". Example: You are not the kind of guy who would be at a place like this at this time of the morning. But here you are‚ and you cannot say that the terrain is entirely unfamiliar‚ although the details are fuzzy. —Opening lines of Jay McInerney’s
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dehumanization The Road Gerund Phrase- Using verbs ending in ing as a noun Participle-Using a verb as adj Infinitive phrase-A verb that can be used as a noun‚ adj‚ or adverb. (most begin with a "to") Appositive phrase-A noun or pronoun placed beside another noun or pronoun to identify or describe it __________________________________________________________________________________ Pride and Prejudice Tapping into Background Knowledge- Romantic novel Jane Austen has had a huge impact on many ages
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reader into your "experience." Put effort up front‚ and you will reap rewards. * Write in the active voice It is much more powerful. Do that for each sentence in the introductory essay. Unless you are writing a personal narrative‚ do not use the pronoun "I." * Varying sentence structure Review to avoid the same dull pattern of always starting with the subject of the sentence. * Brainstorm to find the best supporting ideas The best supporting ideas are the ones about which you have some
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prepositional phrase consists of a preposition‚ object of preposition(noun or pronoun) and may also consist of other modifiers. A prepositional phrase functions as an adjective or adverb in a sentence. Examples: on the roof in a soft voice * Adjective Phrase –An adjective phrase is a group of words that functions like an adjective in a sentence. It consists of adjectives‚ modifier and any word that modifies a noun or pronoun. Examples: with a pretty face Filled with flowers * Adverb
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"Hawk Roosting” Commentary The “Hawk Roosting” revolves around one key idea‚ control. Control is evident through various aspects of the poem and is a key factor of the theme. The theme of this piece being‚ although we stem from Creation‚ we are in control of our lives to a great extent due to our divine right of dominance. This idea is symbolized through the literal theme of the hawk’s control over life; “My feet are locked upon the rough bark. It took the whole of Creation to produce my foot‚ my
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A comparison of Dulce and Decorum Est by W.Owen and An Irish Airman Foresees His Death by W.B .Yeats using different figures of speech to attract the reader’s attention The subject of both of these poems is war. Different types of language are used to attract and persuade in some cases‚ and in others to narrate a story. I am going to examine and discuss how these two poets use different these different types of language show the author’s opinion of war. Although‚ these are both war poems they
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