to get home and everything that he had to do and what he went through on his journey. He also writes similes by describing an event in a story with extreme detail and then repeating it by showing repetition. The epic poem, The Odyssey by Homer, Odysseus and his crew have to return back to his home of Ithaca. Homer stylistically conveys that the land of the dead is a desolate, scary place for Odysseus’s development as a character by using imagery, personification, and lots of alliteration. Homer
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How do the poets present time and place in “Electricity comes to Cocoa Bottom” and “An unknown Girl”? The two poems “Electricity comes to Cocoa Bottom” and “An unknown Girl” have a lot of similarities and differences between them about time and place. In the two poems there are some similarities in time. One of them is that both poems could be referring about the same time, the 90’s. The facts that shows that both poems are written about the same time are that in “An Unknown Girl” there are things
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Jennifer Calvillo Grammar Practice: Parts of Speech 4 / 30 / 15 A noun is a person, place, thing, or concept. > The cat crossed the sidewalk . An adjective modifies or describes a noun . > The black cat crossed the narrow sidewalk . An action verb tells what a noun is doing. > The cat crossed the sidewalk. An adverb tells HOW the action is being done. > The cat lazily crossed the sidewalk. (Adverbs can also modify an adjective)
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using a capitol letter for any name place etc. Punctuation- are things like commas, periods, question marks etc. Commas- you can use commas to separate things, usually when you can end the sentence with a periode you can use a comma when you want to add a because to make your sentence have that "why". Periods- To end a sentence also known as to end the idea of a sentence. Complete Sentence -subject: The subject of a sentence is the person, place, thing, or idea that is doing or being
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The Crusaders as animals. Usmah sees the Crusaders as brave and courageous, but he feels they have nothing else more to them, that their mentality seemed entitled and they seemed to act without thinking. We see this in the excerpt where Usmah is describing Frankish medicinal practices says, “…the physician laid the leg of the patient on a block of wood and bade the knight strike his leg with the ax and chop it off at one blow…the leg was not severed. He dealt another blow, upon which the marrow of
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Task A Research report describing the elements of the product in a business and services context After selecting a hotel of your choice, carry out an individual research into the element of the product of this hotel, and produce a written report of your findings which should include: a) A discussion about the key components of the product and how the product mix contributes to sales and profit (ref. 1.1, 1.2) b) An assessment on how market segmentation contribute to maximise sales (ref. 1.3)
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encapsulate just how lonely a person can feel during times of change. Through times of change, as described by this poem, the world can seem very tumultuous and dark, and this is the imagery that is a large part of “Dover Beach.” The narrator begins by describing a calm night at Dover Beach, where the moon is high in the sky, and the sea is calm. This imagery provides the reader with a scene that is calm, quiet and to an extent placid. This imagery also serves as the familiar past, which the narrator is
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reader to two young boys who have just entered junior high and are suddenly met with drastic change. With setting, symbolism, and characterization, Rios is able to convey a theme about the loss of innocence when growing up. Rios begins his story by describing how when the boys entered junior high, everything changed. It was like a rug being pulled from underneath them, and just like that, everything was different. To escape from this new reality, the boys would go to their “arroyo,” which was a forbidden
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Truly successful authors have the ability to convey their view of a place without actually saying it, to portray a landscape in a certain light simply by describing it. In the opening paragraphs of In Cold Blood, Truman Capote does just this. Through his use of stylistic elements such as selection of detail, imagery, and figurative language, Capote reveals his own solemn and mysterious view of Holcomb, Kansas, while setting the stage for an imminent change. Beginning in the first line of the passage
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statement • Discussion of your position (sentence describing what strategic argument style you intend to use to present your position) • Discussion of opposing positions (sentence describing what type of arguments you intend to analyze as text and/or visual arguments from credible sources you have selected) • Discussion of why the audience should care (sentence on how you intend to establish your "warrant") • Conclusion (sentence describing what type of argument you will use to convince the
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The writer's mood at first is positive, repeating the visual beauty of the desert at night. Unusually, she seems to 'love' the 'vast', bare open spaces, describing the night sky as being full of 'glimmering' 'crystal' stars, as if they are something precious and unique - as if it is an experience she could have nowhere else. She describes the sky as a 'tarpaulin drawn over us' as if it is there for protection. In contrast to this natural beauty, she feels frustration towards her guide - an emotion
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Sexual Trauma in Egypt Truly prosperous writers have the ability to communicate their view of a place without actually saying it, to portray an object in a certain way just by describing it. In the provided article taken from the opening paragraphs of “Egypt: Impunity Fuels Sexual Violence”, the author does just this. Through her use of stylistic elements such as selection of figurative language, detail, and imagery, the writer reveals her own solemn perspective of Egypt’s sexual violence conflict
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H/W Chapter 3 Opening - Analysis The first few lines of chapter refer to animal imagery. This introductory section illustrates how the boys – especially Jack – descend into savagery. Golding implements animal like imagery, for example, when describing Jack as “dog-like” and bent “uncomfortably on all fours”. Golding uses this technique to express how Jack is becoming less human like as the novel progresses. Furthermore, Jack’s increased passion for hunting is illustrated with Golding’s constant
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Dulce et Decorum Est. The choices made by Wilfred Owen are used to depict the scene laid out in front of him and to create a realistic image of the experiences he goes through on the battlefield. While it describes the events taking place through a soldier’s eyes, it also shows the different stages of Owen’s psychological wellbeing whilst writing the poem. The poem is composed of two sonnets, although Owen disrupts the pattern in the second verse with a couplet, and 12 consecutive lines following
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Reading Response Sample #1 The term Geography comes from the Greek word meaning “writing about,” or “describing,” the earth. Geography is the study of where people, places, and things are located and of the ways in which things relate to each other. There are five themes of geography: location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, and regions. The absolute location of a place is its position on the globe. The Equator is the line that circles the globe halfway between the North and
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starts out peaceful and moves towards negativity, it could be said that Arnold’s negativity stemmed from not enjoying each day as it comes. In the first stanza, Arnold portrays a perfect view from a window into the crystal clear ocean. As he is describing the view, Arnold is calling a woman to the window, whom is silent throughout the poem. Once she arrives at the window, it is portrayed that they observe the perfect view together. Arnold uses various types of punctuation throughout this stanza.
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negatively throughout the entire book. In the book Holden has a negative perception of other people and places so he can protect himself from his own problems. In the beginning of the book, Holden talks about his roommate, Stradlater, and his dorm neighbor, Ackley. He compares and contrasts Stradlater and Ackley, describing Stradlater as popular, handsome, charming, and a secret slob, and describing Ackley as lonely, rude, has a disgusting appearance, and is outwardly a slob. He says of Ackley, "I never
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The Lord of the Rings is the epic trilogy in my life. The Fellowship of the Ring, is without a doubt the best book of the three. Why? The first point I would like to state is that J. R. R. Tolkien, which I will refer to as just Tolkien from this point on, had a world created that no in literature has ever done before. He had created a whole world full of different races, civilizations, and a history for everything in both categories. The sheer detail of it all frightens me and makes me wonder how
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Saint Fort page #2 The poem "Digging" by Seamus Heaney is about a person looking out of a window at their father digging. The poet is describing what he sees while their father is working hard. Then the poem goes on to describe the feelings and emotions that the individual is feeling while the digging is occurring. The first and most obvious clue that allows me to identify the author is
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and in this circumstance phony refers to the false pretences and the way he acts like someone he isn’t. However, though Holden uses the word ‘phony’ repeatedly throughout the novel, it doesn’t always mean the same thing. It’s what he uses for describing the superficiality, hypocrisy, pretension, and shallowness that he encounters in the world around him and it stands as an emblem of everything that’s wrong in the world around him and provides an excuse for him to withdraw into his cynical isolation
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Kheila Aurelius & Sophie Courchesne Gr. 00491, Quinn-Issla Rochester Thursday, November 20, 2014 Assignment #4 1. Contrast the two types of LT memory by describing how they work. Declarative memory involves memories for facts or events (scenes, stories, words, conversations, faces, daily events). We are aware of and can recall, or retrieve, these kinds of memories. This type of LT memory is divided into 2 more categories: semantic memory and episodic memory. The first one involves the knowledge
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belonging to a place is important to give people a sense of security and a place of comfort, how is this concept shown in Shakespeare’s ‘As You Like It’? WRIDLEY: well people belong to places, individuals and groups, and this is highly incorporated into as you like it. The forest of Arden is a metonym for the religious place of the Garden of Eden, as nature represents the perfect healing place and a theme of purity and perfection. Duke Senior implies this metaphor when describing the natural world
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to achieve even though they did more hard work than others. John Steinbeck, who is the author of this novel, Of mice and men, get a Nobel prize in 1962. The novel is firstly taking place in Salinas, California, and in novel, the characters are moving to the bunkhouse which is located nearby the first background place. Steinbeck represents that even with hard work, dreams cannot be achieved, as shown through characterization, symbolism, and imagery. Steinbeck uses George, Lennie, and Crooks’ characterization
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a major part in an individual’s sense of “gender identity”. When someone wants to describe a male usually, they may use words such as powerful, and brave, protective; and then when describing a woman use words such as affectionate, honest, and insightful. When someone uses word that are considered to be describing a womanly attribute such as saying a man is “sensitive” then this can make a man feel uncomfortable or feel like they should be defensive. The same can go for women when they are described
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goes after his sister when she has fallen over (pg. 4) despite his own fears. Secondly, offering to complete the forfeit in place of Barbra when Skull forces her to complete an embarrassing forfeit. Finally, and most evidently, when he takes care of Filippo. This makes for a positive contrast with the rest of Acqua Traverse who seem to lack any compassion. When describing places and characters he reveals his unique way of viewing things that
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world. “... I found myself thinking what a pitiful life this woman must have led. Imagine a woman who could never see herself as she was in the eyes of her loved one.” Although the narrator believes that he is describing the relationship he thinks Robert and His wife have he’s really describing his own relationship with his wife. The narrator wasn’t very interested that Robert was there because, while his wife and Robert enjoyed an interpersonal relationship, he excludes himself from any such relationship
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Much of the unit will require that students construct meaning, organise and recall key facts about Biomes. Their major case study will be Rainforest Biomes . They will also be required to develop procedural knowledge of distinctively geographical skills such as describing patterns of spacial information relating to maps and graphs on a variety of biomes. In depth explanations of rainforests relating to characteristics of rainforests and the impacts of humans on rainforests will also be explored. DIMENSION THREE ‐
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founder of the theory, directly challenged the eriksons concept that group behaviour could be explained by looking at the psychology of individuals. He studied the relationships between people and proposed two separate sub-systems; Personal Identity (describing oneself as a friend or parent for example) and Social Identity (in instances such as referring to gender, race or religion). Their alternative theory suggested a distinctive level of collective psychological processes. This meant that people acted
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Assignment $ Main Objective: By the end of this assignment I will be able to understand how economic decisions impact on people, communities and nations. How can I achieve my objective: 1. By identifying and describing economic decisions. 2. By identifying and describing the impact of economic decisions 3. By developing an understanding about the consequences of trade for producers and consumers. Context- The fashion industry Where do my clothes come from? * You are to choose
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texts “The Blindside” and “The Island”. Herrick also uses a free verse writing technique to convey how the characters of Billy, Old Bill and Caitlin do not belong to their community but by forming meaningful relationships they eventually connect to places and people, as well as using symbolism and imagery to give us an insight into each personas journey. The Simple Gift is a about a boy called Billy who leaves behind a dysfunctional family in search of security and new meaningful relationships. Billy’s
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