Article Analysis – ‘Abolish this VCE insanity’ In the article ‘Abolish this VCE insanity’ by Susie O’Brien‚ she contends that VCE is an unfair and inadequate measure of a student’s potential‚ and it is ruining their lives and mental well being due to its harsh and unforgiving nature. The writer deals with this issue in a very passionate and emphatic tone‚ in order to present her arguments in a very bold and attacking manner. The author uses a variety of different persuasive techniques to support
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Soldiers looked for ways to communicate their experience to those who were not soldiers. O”Brien‚ Komunyakka‚ and Owen are soldiers who each wrote a text describing soldiers at war from their personal point of view. O”Brien writes to get others to understand the physical‚ mental‚ and emotional things soldiers carried during war. Komunyakka writes to get others to understand how the soldiers must face death and reality at the same time while also having emotions as any other human does. Owen writes
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Tim O’ Brien: he is one of the main characters in the story and what he does is that he collects stories from individuals that had went to fight in the Vietnam War. He is a pacifist meaning he is against war and overall violence. He cares for his family and country more than himself. He was also part of the Vietnam War as a soldier in the Alpha Company and after the war‚ he decided to collect stories that would help him deal with his pain and the deaths of his companions. Also‚ he was the narrator
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------------------------------------------------- Course Description This reading- and writing-intensive prerequisite for sophomore English offerings further develops the analytical thinking and research skills underlying academic success through the study of literature. The student’s writing of genre-based essays‚ including researched papers‚ reinforces the thinking skills associated with interpretation‚ explication‚ evaluation‚ analysis‚ and synthesis. Essays‚ including a 1500-2000 word documented
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29/March/13 Are You Telling a True War Story? War is a product of the times. Out of war people receive stories‚ some true and false. According to Tim O’Brien‚ a true war story does not generalize nor indulge in abstraction or analysis (O’Brien 84). In the stories “This Way for the Gas Ladies and Gentlemen” and “Dulce et Decorum est” the authors illustrates nightmarish actions between soldiers in squads and prisoner in concentration camps. The atrocities they illustrate through the use of imagery
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VCE Outcome 3: Language analysis Essay In a language analysis‚ your first paragraph and introduction should address the context of the piece of writing in terms of: contention‚ form‚ purpose‚ writer and audience. Specific analysis of persuasive techniques should be the basis of your arguments in the body of your essay‚ (although techniques can be part of and influence some of these five elements to describe in your introduction). Even youth psychologist Michael Carr-Gregg doesn’t seem to really
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anaphora to emphasize his points within the sentences. Additionally‚ he combines anaphora with metaphor in the excerpt on page 199. The repetition of the phrase “I was” occurs eight times‚ which in turn conveys a sense of intensity and emphasis. This intense‚ passionate tone works to further enhance and define the purpose of the excerpt‚ which is to display the horror of war. Following each “I was”‚ O’Brien states certain inanimate nouns that he sees and experiences during the war‚ that he physically
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to acknowledge the past history of tattoos‚ and the significance they held before their original meanings were lost. She states that there were a sign of “deviance” and “criminality”‚ words which are infused with rebellion‚ distaste‚ and shock. By this effect‚ she conveys that tattoos have been historically looked down upon over the course of history. Consequently‚ the reader may seek to view those with tattoos in a less positive light‚ as they are associated with iniquity and feudalistic values
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literary device that makes a reader question what is reality and what is fiction. Tim O’Brien uses metafiction‚ in his chapter “How to Tell a True War Story”‚ to tell the reader how one can pick out a true war story as he is telling a war story. He uses this technique to emphasize how real the stories were to keep himself sane and get his bottled-up emotions off his chest. In the chapter “Notes”‚ O’Brien tells the reader a story about a man named Norman Bowker. Bowker committed suicide a few years after
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actual war story. Furthermore‚ many of the characters and experiences found in these stories have been created from composites of real people and places. Essentially‚ the stories are first-hand accounts of things that never happened. Tim O’Brien uses this fictional world to negate death‚ to emphasize meaningful events and character traits‚ and to enrich the stories with feelings as oppose to factual details.
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