c. Black and Proud 3. Muhammad Ali’s parents‚ Cassius Marcellus Clay Sr. and Odessa O’Grady Clay in a (Paragraph 1) d: a. Rural Area b. Small Town c. Farm Location b. Black working class neighborhood 3. Find a synonym for charming (Paragraph 2): charismatic 4. Find a synonym for allowed (Paragraph 3): designated ____________________________________________. 5. Find an antonym for freedom‚ independence‚ liberate (Paragraph 3): enslavement ____________________________________________
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population thereby undermining the process of producing social change. He states‚ “Striving to avoid the force‚ vigor‚ and simplicity of word “power‚” we soon become averse to thinking in vigorous‚ simple and honest terms. We strive to invent sterilized synonyms‚ cleansed of the opprobrium of the word power--but the new words mean something different‚ so that they tranquilize us‚ begin to shepherd our mental processes off the main‚ conflict ridden‚ grimy‚ and realistic power paved way of life” (51). Language
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Alan Severson 2013.11.30 A Case Study of Absolute Synonymy Oxford dictionary defines a synonym as “A word or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word or phrase in the same language‚ for example shut is a synonym of close:” However‚ the definition example itself gives an example of near-synonymy rather than absolute synonymy‚ as “Shut down the computer” can not be used interchangeably with “Close down the computer.” But let us move beyond
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combination of literary devices such as asyndeton‚ as well as paints a picture with the use of figurative language through personification. Another important way Roethke portrays theme is through tone that is created with a repetitive diction of synonyms. All forms of literary devices combined together to depict Roethke’s central theme and foreshadow the possible future. Noticeably the poem is made up of only two complete sentences‚ where periods are replaced with commas. The use of asyndeton
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throughout the poem‚ “Beowulf”. Kennings‚ compound words or a phrases‚ can usually be synonyms/ substitutions/ circumlocutions‚ epithets‚ imaginative‚ allusive‚ metaphoric‚ mnemonic‚ or incongruous. When reading the episode of the battle I came across many kennings that made the story more interesting and enjoyable for me. Some of the kennings I have chosen from the reading that I choose to discuss are synonyms‚ epithets‚ incongruous‚ and metaphoric kennings. Heaney uses epithets such as: “war-gear”
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my writing was that of good quality. Though I had a good basic understanding of the format of an essay or letter I still had a lot to learn. My writing changed in many ways such as learning to eliminate unnecessary wording in my thesis‚ the use of synonyms‚ analyzing quotes and writing abstract to concrete thoughts or ideas. This Class not only helped enhance my writing abilities but to also better evaluate the writings of others and forced me to acknowledge the rigorous work of future courses in college
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and easier. Here are 10 tricks to do just that. 1. Find similar terms And you thought the tilde character (~) served no useful purpose. When you insert the tilde in front of a search term‚ Google will retrieve sources matching the word as well as synonyms. Searching "~conservative" will yield the National Libertarian Party‚ the National Republican Committee and the Right Wing News home page. Do not leave a space between the tilde and the search term. 2. Exclude terms Sometimes a keyword will come
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Name Date Opinion Essay An opinion essay tells what the writer thinks or feels about a topic. People have different opinions about things. In an opinion essay‚ you write your opinion about a topic. When you write an opinion essay‚ you choose a topic about which you have strong feelings. You support your opinion with reasons. For this Unit Project‚ you are going to write an opinion essay about the wetlands of Mississippi. Writing Process Part I: Prewriting Ideas As you learned in Unit 1‚ Mississippi
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explored through the use of literary devices. These techniques allow interpretation of the themes‚ present Rushdie’s ideas and further engage the reader. Some of the techniques used within the above passage are; third person narrative‚ repetition‚ synonyms‚ sentence structure and metaphor. The above passage is key to Rushdie’s story‚ Haroun and the Sea of Stories and its themes as this is when Haroun is first introduced to the Sea of Stories. Haroun is challenged to make a decision between two
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