Account of an Argument: Language and War “War is what happens when language fails” (Atwood). The failure of language can be perceived in many ways. Most people might think that it means that the two parties weren’t able to come to a peaceful compromise. However‚ according to Humanist M. J. Hardman‚ language fails way before the two parties even have a chance to meet. In the article “Language and War”‚ Hardman identifies the problem of people obliviously using violent language and metaphors in everyday
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world turns gray and everything seems dull and hopeless. In “Wednesday Wars‚” by Gary D. Schmidt‚ the character‚ Holling‚ experiences a dull depressing time period of his life‚ his seventh grade year. The author then uses descriptive language‚ repetition‚ and symbolism to create a dreary‚ sorrowful mood. He makes Holling’s world look like there is no hope and there was no room for improvement. The author uses descriptive language to describe the dull and depressing mood of the story. For example
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Timothy Johnson Writing 12 CROWELL Due: April 16‚ 2013 Timothy Johnson Writing 12 CROWELL Due: April 16‚ 2013 Inquiring into the Essay: The Language of War 1. Yes‚ he has a point‚ but does this make it right? Does becoming a George Washington in your own country make it right to come to another country and kill them? In my opinion‚ no‚ it doesn’t. Both people are in the wrong in some ways‚ but Washington seems to have more of a right. He tried to bring peace and didn’t really like killing
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them. Tomorrow‚ when the war began has a sense of hope‚ whereas Lord of the Flies promotes despair. When two girls‚ from Tomorrow‚ When the War Began‚ decide to spend their Christmas holidays in a bush with a group of friends‚ they don ’t expect a war to erupt in their small town of Wirrawee. Luckily‚ they see light at the end of the tunnel and do their best to get through the ups and downs of real life in a war. But this isn ’t the case for a troop of boys‚ in Lord of the Flies‚ when they become stranded
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uses various techniques and devices to evoke the sense of World War One. Words such as ‘beggars’‚ ‘children’ and ‘boys’ refers to the soldiers. In the first verse‚ ‘Bent double‚ like old beggars under sack‚ knocked-kneed‚ coughing like hags‚ we cursed through sludge’‚ ‘like’ indicates that it’s the use of simile and ‘old beggars’ is hyperbole of soldiers’ fatigue. ‘Knocked-knee’ is the use of alliteration. ‘His hanging face‚ like a devil’s sick of sin;’ is a visible image of the war. He depicts the
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History has been known to repeat itself when society does not learn from its past mistakes. In the novel World War Z by author Max Brooks‚ we are thrown directly into a world of utter chaos‚ mostly stemming from a rejection of scientific perception and insight. Continually‚ when faced with news of the threat of a possible outbreak of an unexplained disease‚ many simply chose to ignore this revelation. This‚ however‚ resulted in unimaginable devastation. This societal ignorance is a topic that surfaces
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INNOVATIVE TECHNIQUES TO ENHANCE ENGLISH AS AN INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE English is an international language‚ spoken in many countries both as a native and as a second or foreign language. It is taught in the schools in almost every country on this earth. It is a living and vibrant language spoken by over 300 million people as their native language. Millions more speak it as an additional language. English is spoken habitually almost everywhere in the world. English is the associate official language of
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Dialogue reveals how spoken language expresses meaning not only at the spoken level but through the implied meaning. It can be said that what’s left out of a conversation is sometimes more important than what is put in. Jane Harrison’s Stolen is an honest and compassionate play that follows the lives of five aboriginal kids who have been stolen from their families as part of the governments’ assimilationist agenda. Harrison employs a range of theatrical and written techniques to highlight the notion
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consequence of U.S. involvement in World War I. One consequence of the involvement in World War 1 was the casualties rate. Between the casualty’s rate between America and France both country suffered major losses with deaths reaching over 100‚000 on both sides no one country really won the war. But the main consequence in World War 1 was not the casualties that was suffered after the war‚ but what was going on at home. One of the biggest consequence of World War 1 was the way the Ku Klux Klan gain strength
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GLOSSARY OF TECHNIQUES USED TO CREATE MEANING Active voice/passive voice Writing that uses the forms of verbs which create a direct relationship between the subject and the object. Active voice is lively and more direct. Eg. ‘We had fun’ is written in the active voice; ‘Fun was had’ is written in the passive voice. Alliteration The repetition of the consonant sounds at the beginnings of words. It is used to produce sound that adds to the atmosphere or mood of the words‚ or perhaps
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