POETRY POEM. N. AN ARRANGEMENT OF WORDS WRITTEN OR SPOKEN‚ TRADITIONALLY A RHYTHMICAL COMPOSITION‚ SOMETIMES RHYMED‚ EXPRESSING EXPERIENCES‚ IDEAS‚ OR EMOTIONS IN A STYLE MORE CONCENTRATED‚ IMAGINATIVE‚ AND POWERFUL THAN THAT OF ORDINARY SPEECH OR PROSE: SOME POEMS ARE IN METER‚ SOME IN FREE VERSE. A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom. – ROBERT FROST PROSE…words in their best order. POETRY…the best words in the best order. – SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with
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“Betwixt Sunset and Sunrise”: Liminality in Dracula Mark M. Hennelly‚ Jr. [Mark M. Hennelly‚ Jr.‚ a Professor of English at California State University‚ Sacramento‚ has published fairly widely on Victorian fiction‚ including several liminal readings of Dracula.] In various ways‚ among widely different primitive peoples‚ the marriage customs go to show that the home threshold cannot be passed except by overcoming a barrier of some kind‚ and making an offering‚ bloody or bloodless‚ at
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Rhetorical Terms/Devices Figurative language is the generic term for any artful deviation from the ordinary mode of speaking or writing. It is what makes up a writer’s style – how he or she uses language. The general thinking is that we are more likely to be persuaded by rhetoric that is interesting‚ even artful‚ rather than mundane. When John F. Kennedy said‚ “Ask not what your country can do for you‚ ask what you can do for your country” (an example of anastrophe)‚ it was more interesting –
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Примерный перечень вопросов к экзамену по всему курсу стилистики английского языка. 1. The subject of stylistics. Its definition‚ its connection with other branches of linguistics. 2. Expressive means and stylistic devices. 3. Meaning from stylistic point of view. 4. Phonetic expressive means and stylistic devices (onomatopoeia‚ alliteration‚ assonance). 5. Phonetic expressive means and stylistic devices (euphony‚ rhyme‚ rhythm). 6. Graphical expressive means and stylistic devices
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In this paper‚ I will explore the notion of irony in Achebe’s "Girls at War and Other Stories". My choice of Achebe’s collection of short stories is due to the scarcity of the critics written about it. All the focus and attention went to Achebe’s novels leaving out his short stories which are interesting to study especially that they represent different points of time in Achebe’s life as a writer. I will be specifically studying three of his short stories dealing with the Biafran war and their relationship
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A STUDENT’S GLOSSARY OF LITERARY TERMS Accumulation: The enumeration of words (attributes) having a similar meaning. ”The process is wasteful‚ dangerous‚ messy‚ and sometimes tragic.” Acronym: A single word‚ formed from the initial letters of other words (NATO = North Atlantic Treaty Organization) Act: The act is the major division of a drama/play‚ often divided further into scenes. Acting time: The acting time is the time from the beginning to the end of an episode or episodes in a fictional
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Chapter I Historical Background of English vocabulary Linguistic Notions: 1. Cognate 2. Etymology 3. Jargon 4. The core vocabulary 5. The learned vocabulary 6. Dialect 7. Inflection 6. Linguistic knowledge 3 Language classification (a) Isolating Each idea expressed in a separate word or morpheme; words tend to be monosyllabic e.g‚ Chinese; (b) Agglutinative Words made of multiple syllables;
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The Ministry of Education‚ RK Kokshetau State Ualikhanov University English department Course Paper Subject: “Methods of Foreign Language Teaching” Specialty: 050119 Theme: Modern slang in English Prepared by: Tussupzhanova D.B Group: EGR-21 Supervisor: Veber V.A. Kokshetau 2013 Contents: Introduction Chapter I I.1. Definition of slang I.2. Slang I.3. Origins of slang I.4. Development of slang I.5. Creators of slang I.6.Linguistic processes forming slang I.7. Characteristics
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This article is about a general set of beliefs about life‚ purpose‚ etc.. For other uses‚ see Religion (disambiguation). "Religious" redirects here. For a member of a Catholic religious institute‚ see Religious (Catholicism). Page semi-protected Religious activities around the world Religions by country Africa[show] Asia[show] Europe[show] Middle East[show] North America[show] Oceania[show] South America[show] Religion Portal v t e Part of a series on Spirituality
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Literary Elements Plot Plot is the sequence of related events in a work of literature. It may be simple or complex‚ and it includes what characters do‚ think‚ and say. The word first used by Aristotle for plot in Poetics was mythos (origin of the word myth). According to Aristotle‚ plot was the "soul of tragedy": its "first principle." The general structure of plot is as follows: Exposition: gives information about settings and characters Conflict: struggle between characters or forces
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