Ehrlich creates visual scenes by using specific details‚ akin to how she describes how toughness is interpreted as “weathered skin‚ calloused hands‚ a squint in the eye‚ and a growl in the voice” (368). Ehrlich writes in a relatively denotative formal style. Her intellectual vocabulary contributes to a dignity of tone‚ while some of her words romanticize her cowboy friends‚ describing “that one caress of the face or one ‘I love you’ will peal for a long while” (369). The formal diction that Ehrlich uses
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We Are Still and Always Will Be “We Are Still Only Human” by Verlyn Klinkenborg is an analysis of expectations and human nature in which there is too much of a positive outlook for the future of society. Klinkenborg uses a serious tone that makes his essay fit for a speech. He also uses many techniques to show tone including diction‚ imagery‚ details‚ language‚ and sentence structure. “The politeness that afflicts me is not civility‚ which is an urbane quality compatible even with cynicism”(ll
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of the visitor‚ the author uses an oxymoron “bright dark eyes”. Also we can see the despair of a stranger‚ because he uses “short‚ sharp sentences”‚ to emphasize it the author told us that they had “a forcible ring”. 2. Give synonyms of colloquial style to the following literary words: “to flounder”‚ “hazardous”‚ “content”‚ “a trifling indisposition»‚ «errand”‚ “to perceive”. To flounder – to struggle Hazardous - dicey‚ chancy Content – pleased A trifling indisposition – reluctance Errand – trip
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opposite from Burnham. The author uses diction in order to show us the difference between the two. Not only by the character’s literal actions but the way he expresses them on paper. For example‚ when the chapter is focused on Burnham the writing style is formal opposed to colloquial. The author does this to show readers that Burnham is a more stable character. Formal writing is very set in stone‚ which means there aren’t very many sentences that can stick out and surprise you. Much like Burnham
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Ruchit Janjani Marrene Franich Humanities October 4th 2012 The Kitchen-Modernism The novel Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto can be classified and used as an example of modern writing because of it’s use of many stylistic characteristics such as Interior monologue‚ multiple points of view and stream of consciousness to advance the theme of the rejection of traditional appearances towards the morals and traditions of Japanese culture. Interior monologue is a story told through images‚ not words by
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simple sentences (“It is safe”)‚ as well as more complex sentence structures such as “And I do not have to look into their hearts and take what I need; there are wishes that can be granted simple for the asking”. This creates a more interesting writing style and keeps the reader’s attention due to the entertainment. Due to the point of view the narrators’ comment are included such as “- I never use electrical mixers-“. The extract can be split up
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Alter – Ch. 7 “Composite Artistry” The Bible as a whole is unique and foreign to those who have been brought up‚ immersed in Western style of literature simply because the Bible appears fragmented rather than one unit. At first glance‚ the biblical writers and redactors do not seem to possess a sense of unity where their work is concerned. • Alter counters that maybe they “had certain notions of unity rather different from our own” (165). Many passages of Scripture refuse to conform to the Western
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the author to create such an appealing effect. The first person narrative is introduced in the first line of this passage and is very important throughout the prose‚ especially when the protagonist encounters the decapitated head. The narrative style enhances the sensations of utter surprise and horror by describing the experience in a more personal viewpoint. Simple descriptions such as “I stared into its raw eye-sockets until waves of sickness spread over me. Then I ran’’ enhances the disgust
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The Faithful Wife: point of view "The Faithful Wife"‚ written by Barbara L. Greenberg‚ uses first-person narration to depict the style‚ language‚ and theme of the poem. By using first-person narration‚ Barbara Greenberg was able to portray events and ideas very persuasively to the reader. In addition‚ this first-person narrator creates dramatic irony concerning the title in reference to the body of the poem. The reader from the start is aware of the point of view that the poem is being told
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In each of his poems‚ Robert Frost uses multiple stylistic devices and figurative language to convey certain theme‚ mostly having to do with nature‚ that ultimately show his modernist style and modernist views on life. In the poem “Mowing‚” the speaker of the poem is mowing his field trying to make grass. While doing this‚ he ponders the sound that his scythe is trying to “whisper” (Frost 26). The poem is organized into two sections: an octet and a sextet. In the octet‚ Frost mainly focuses on
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