...Through most of history, names have had the power to determine the identity of a person, place, or object. For instance, the narrator in the excerpt of The House on Mango Street has an internal struggle concerning her identity because of her complex attitude towards her name. In Cisernos’ excerpt My Name, she utilizes literary devices such as attitude and, diction, and figurative language to convey that a name and its origin do not dictate a person’s future. The Cisneros manipulates diction and figurative language to convey Esperanza’s attitude toward her name. In particular, Cisneros starts the excerpt with positive connotation, “In English my name means hope,” however, she switches to negative connotation in the next sentence in order to criticize her name, “In Spanish it means...
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...surroundings and predicaments with the British is pure hatred, frustration, and even sadness. The diction that Orwell uses to convey these tones are simple words or phrases such as, “evil,” “dirty work,” “guilt,” and most importantly the harsh word, “hatred.” This essay will include Orwell’s diction to share his attitude and tone with the British, his surroundings, and the implications from his tone. Orwell is an authority figure that works for the British empire. While working for the British he developed a certain hatred for the empire, what they stand for, and what his job consists of.“I had already made up my mind that imperialism is an evil thing and the sooner I chucked up my job and got out of it the better.” (Orwell 24). Imperialism is when a higher force; the British in this case, is taking control or more control with military force. Orwell does not agree with imperialism and honestly hates it. With this hatred for the empire, he serves he has developed a negative mindset and a tone that seems a bit depressing in a way. “Feelings like these are the normal byproducts of imperialism; ask any...
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... In the novel Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde Robert Louis stevenson uses imagery, diction, and details to create a scary mood. Imagery is an important part in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde because it lets the reader see things better and it helps them to understand the scary mood better. An example of imagery that explains the mood is, ¨ The man trampled over the girl's body and left her screaming on the ground¨(50). This quote lets you imagine this happening in your head and when you think of it it is a horrific scene. Another scary quote is, “He turned a dreadful smile to me…”(107). This adds a scary mood...
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...military and how they are ordered to murder people (peaceful people) solely based on the fact that they look different than you and me. Collectively these essays provide the same point of view by joining many nonfiction elements, hate unfortunately is a common cause of unfortunate death demonstrated through style, diction, and characterization. Erdely suggest the theme of hate through her style and strong point of view. The diction of her work is for the optimistic reader. Erdely takes a clear stance on the hate against the gay community in schools, the reader is given her point of view with cleaver diction and brawny...
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...the many that authors use as it can be used to convey words in a more detailed way.In Beowulf the author utilizes diction to create more descriptive phrases that shows the juxtaposition between good and evil. In view of authors,there are many thoughts that come to mind that have a part in the expression of their theme.To interpret their views many different styles are used,with a big one being literary devices,through The use of literary devices the author can provide a more powerful insight of their theme.Diction is one of the ways the author can use to express their message by their choice of words which establishes imagery into their writing.In Beowulf the author utilizes diction to emphasize the imagery and to convey the meaning behind the text. The quote “A powerful...
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...The structure of organization placed on, “The Plastic Pink Flamingo”, written by Jennifer Price flows through from symbolism to irony, and lastly to comprehension. The sense of how the United States culture is pertained to reveal through imagery as Price states, “The Flamingo had made wealth and pizzazz… wild bright pink and… motifs.” This represent the diction chosen to describe the popularity brought on her view of United States culture. Through the middle of the text Price’s view is more exposed by the irony and mockery. This is done by, placing the factors, “Americans had hunted flamingos to extinction in Florida… for plumes and meat.” Her obvious connotation juxtaposes Americas positive trend with a countering negative effect. Price...
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...In the book “Wild “by Cheryl strayed she tells of her first backpacking on the Pacific trail. This Pacific trail with from Mexico to Canada, which was created in 1993. After the passing of her mother and her passed experiences with dealing with the wrong people, which led her to drugs. Cheryl decided to take this hike to find herself and to metaphorically take a load off. She uses a lot of unique imagery and diction to tell the readers about her backpacking experience and how it changed her, physically, mentally and emotionally. Cheryl uses a lot of diction to help the readers see inside her mind at the time during her hike. “I woke at dawn but couldn’t bring myself to so much as sit up for an hour, lingering instead in my sleeping bag while reading my guidebook, still drowsy though I’d slept for twelve hours- or at least I’d been reclining that long “Strayed (62). The diction Cheryl uses, helps the readers get a picture of the author’s mind. This journey started to take a toll on not only her body but her mind, which were both very exhausted .She hasn’t seen people in eight days, which causes her to get emotional, but she encouraged herself to keep going.. She went on this...
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...Summoner’s Tale Summoner’s Reaction Previously you have witnessed a presentation on the Friar’s Tale and solely based on that presentation we can already predict how the Summoner’s reaction and his tale will lay out. Basically the Summoner’s tale is going to try to “one-up” the Friar’s tale and try to degrade the Friar as much as possible. With this the audience can obtain an idea of how the Friar will be described in terms of his characteristics, his personalities, and his physical figure. This foreshadows the main aspect of the Summoner’s tale and reveals the type of relationship that exists between the characters within the tale and the actual pilgrims themselves. Setting The setting of the tale is in Yorkshire, Northern England more specifically in a marshy region known as Holderness. The tale takes place mainly in the streets of Holderness, Thomas’ house, and the manor-house. The company is approaching to Sittingbourne, England, which marks the end of the Summoner’s tale. Here is a brief plot synopsis of the Summoner’s Prologue and the Summoner’s Tale narrated by Nihal Motive: Humiliation/Karma Much like Simkin from the Reeve’s tale, by the end of the tale, Friar John is utterly humiliated by both Thomas and the lord of the manor along with his squire. Basically, the Summoner describes Friar John with one word: “limiter” meaning a begging friar. He states that the friar “goes about Holderness in Yorkshire, preaching [and begging]” from his “regular sermon exhorting...
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...The polar bear fears that he “will be the wild place sold for money.” He is afraid that the humans will simply use and neglect him, forgetting that he is a living organism. If this happens to other polar bears, other than the one narrating the story, it could lead to the polar bear’s biggest fear of extinction. The author applies dashes throughout the passage, “You will live longer than us - my kind, not just my polar bear kind but all of us who need a home”. Those dashes help to enforce the writer's belief that people are not being responsible and are contributing to the downward slope of the amount of polar bears. Dashes also separate thoughts, in this case it is the ideas of the humans living longer than polar bears, and the kind of animals that will be dead before the humans become...
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...“The Giver” Literary Analysis In life, people find that memories are a benefit, yet it somehow contains cons. Like societies in the novel The Giver, a fiction novel wrote by Lois Lowry, it explained that memories can provide wisdom and experience for situations. This theme is expressed in many ways such as figurative language and diction. Memories are needed in society so that people can learn from their experience. Recalling to the texts, Lowry uses her figurative language to give context clues of the theme. Doing that, she uses simile and imagery to hide the theme. For instance, using simile, a group of visitors from another community broke a few rules who upsetted the fair-playing Lily. “She shook her head. ‘I don’t know. They acted like…...
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...Dawe also refers to them as a ‘brand new pack’, this infers that they are a pack of wild animals, and are not human. Once again dehumanising the Viet Cong to make it easier for the soldiers kill them. Homecoming also used imagery to explore the dehumanising aspects of war. “piled on the hulls of Grants, in trucks, in convoys” conveys an image of endless dead soldiers piled up in rotting heaps, with no care being directed towards them, it has become a usual occurrence. Homecoming is littered with imagery of dogs, “the howl of their homecoming”, “raise their muzzles in mute salute”. The effect of this is that it relates the soldiers to dogs, whom are often considered as loyal and loving. Dog are also often treated poorly, injured and put down, this can be considered as a metaphor for the soldiers. Now that they are dead, after nobly serving their country they are merely...
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...literary novels have been considered inappropriate for school curriculums; however, it is important that we reconsider some of the greatest forms of art, such as The Call of the Wild for its, uniqueness, artistic value and content. Jack London’s ,The Call of the Wild allows a connection from the reader to the dog in a unique point of view, although some may claim that it is not a correct image to portray an animal with human characteristics, it still has artistic value to it, which allows the reader to look through the dog’s eyes. Buck (the dog) deliberately allows the reader to know the insights of his mental process when he states emotions such as, “Never in his life had he been so vilely treated” (4). This form of allowing the reader to know...
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...This shows the disconnect from humanity and the inability to have feeling on the Front. In this passage, Remarque syntax, diction, and connections between forms of word to show how inhumane and animalistic the soldiers are in World War I. Paul uses the right syntax to display that every soldier on the Front is fighting for their own lives and not for the ones around them. These soldiers are “wild beasts” that are untamable when it comes to their own death. Soldiers are supposed to be able to take a bullet for the brother next to them. In this era of war, this quote shows how the soldiers are just hungry for their own gain and will not help their comrades if it is risking their own lives. This is a good thing to keep in mind, because these soldiers are not even fully trained to protect themselves, so how are they able to protect their fellow...
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...being taken and abused within the “care” of SeaWorld. Her purpose for creating this film is to increase awareness of the captivity of the Orca whales and the effect it has on the whales and their trainers, also to inform the audience of how SeaWorld misleads the public about the captivity and care of the whales. Blackfish documents and exposes the treatment of Orca whales and their trainers as well as the secretive SeaWorld Corporation. Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s audience was mainly anyone who is concerned about this problem or just wanted to know more on what is really happening to the Orcas at SeaWorld. Her use of diction is how she targets her particular audience. She uses facts and evidence to support her argument; in this case she uses more sophisticated diction. However her whole argument and point are easy to understand. With her choice of persuasive diction she draws any...
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...carefully chosen diction he is able to create a psychological effect on his reader. What effect did his description of "Red Death," in the very first paragraph of the story, have on you? Quote those details that provoke this response from you. I thought about some type of plaque. “Sharp pain…dizziness... Bleeding at the pores…” 2. Why does Poe rely heavily on imagery to provide a detailed description of Prospero's hall? To show how specific and how much great detail paid into decorating the place. 3. "He had come like a thief in the night." Where in literature is this allusion taken from? What is the significance of the allusion? You may need to put the expression into a search engine in order to find the source of the allusion. Both verses are from the bible and are referring to the coming of Jesus. 4. The most featured word throughout the story is blood, yet Poe has carefully chosen it to represent horror. Find two passages in the story, where the word blood is used to describe the color. Substitute a word of your choosing and write the passage. Is the passage as effective with your substitution? Why or why not? But in this chamber only, the color of the windows failed to go (correspond) with the decorations. The planes here were scarlet- a deep blood color. But within the western or black chamber the effect of the ire-light that streamed onto the dark hangings through the blood-tinted panes, was ghostly (ghastly) in the extreme, and produced so wild a look upon...
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