Crossing The short story “Crossing”‚ written by Mark Slouka‚ begins as a straightforward account of a man who takes his son to a remote area where he remembers similar experiences with his own father. He carries their packs across a shallow but fast moving river‚ and then goes back and carries his son across. They spend one night exploring the area‚ but the next day when he recrosses the river‚ he knows that the current is a bit stronger than the day before. When he takes the boy back across‚ he
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“The Escape” Analysis W. Somerset Maugham was born in 1874 in Paris‚ he is a famous English writer‚ who also received medical degree‚ but never practiced it. For a long time of his career of writer‚ he had no success‚ only in 1907‚ his “Lady Frederic”‚ a comedy of manners‚ was produced in London‚ and after it he became famous. Further on his plays were performed all over the world. He wrote his novels in Europe‚ where spent a lot of time travelling. He died in 1965. His novel “The Escape” is subjectivised
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The scheme of stylistic analysis 1. Speak of the author in brief: • the facts of his biography relevant for his creative activities; • the epoch (historical and social background); • the literary trend he belongs to; • the main literary pieces (works). 2. Give a summary of the extract (or the story) under consideration (the gist; the content of a story in a nutshell). 3. State the problem tackled by the author. 4. Formulate the main idea conveyed by the author
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Hyperbole- is the use of a word‚ a word-group or a sentence which exaggerate the real degree of a quantity of the thing spoken about. It is a distortion of reality for the purpose of visualization or strengthening the emotional effect. It is also an important expressive literary device‚ often employed for humoristic purpose: One after another those people lay down on the grass to laugh- and two of them died. Гипербола - вид тропа: чрезмерное преувеличение чувств‚ значения‚ размера‚ красоты и т
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it as being ‘desolate’‚ which gives it an aura of something foreboding. ii. I notice lexical parallelism in these lines because the word ‘ashes’ has been repeated to focus the reader’s attention as to what he will be foregrounding. Next‚ is the stylistic device called semantic deviation. The writer has compared the landfill of ashes to a wheat field of a farm through the use of a simile. Furthermore‚ it has been compared to mountainous features‚ an ugly landscape and a house with lit chimneys. The
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The Crossing In Cormac McCarthy’s novel The Crossing‚ there is a dramatic sequence described by the narrator. The author uses many different techniques to convey the impact of the experience on the narrator. Some of these such techniques are: repetition‚ diction‚ and simile. Of the aforementioned techniques‚ the most obvious is repetition. The author uses the word “and” a total of thirty-three times. However‚ the simple usage
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Crossing the Rubicon By: Emalie Von Douche In Crossing the Rubicon: The Decline of the American Empire at he End of the Age of Oil‚ there are three main points where Mr. Ruppert tries to blame the entire tradjety of September 11‚ 2001‚ better known as 9/11‚ on the acting Vice President at the time‚ Dick Cheney. At first glance this seems to be a bold if not insane accusation against the Vice President of the United States of America‚ but Ruppert does make a few points that will make you think.
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The text I decided to analyze is an advertisement taken from British edition of Cosmopolitan magazine (11/2007). The advertisement introduces new cosmetology product for men. Advertisement is a genre of newspaper style proper. Main purpose of advertisement is to sell the product and to make money. First they inform you they are introducing new product and they try to persuade you indirectly to buy it by using headline‚ emotionally colored words and syntax. In this case‚ Company Clarins promotes
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Crossing Nothing is stronger than a bond between a child and a parent. In all cultures the parent educates the child with skills and values and these remain with the child all his or her life. The reason why a parent has such impact on its child is because of trust. A relationship build on trust is the strongest and every parent wants to have such a relationship. This is the kind of relationship the main character in the short story Crossing (2009) by Mark Slouka is trying to build with his son.
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Crossing Crossing is a short story written by Mark Slouka in 2009. The story is concerned with the relationship between a father and his son. Some fathers like to take their sons out camping to create a closer bond and that is exactly what the father wishes to obtain‚ but most fathers would never dream of taking their sons out on dangerous trips. However this is the case in Mark Slouka’s short story. By the use of a description of the nature versus man Slouka presents the struggle of the father.
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