Literary Terms (General) —AP I. Literary Types—names for the various types of literary expression: 1. Allegory: a tale in which characters‚ actions‚ or settings represent abstract ideas or moral qualities. Allegorical stories can also be viewed as extended or continued metaphors. 2. Allusion: a casual or brief reference to a person‚ place‚ event‚ or literary work that a writer expects the reader to recognize but doesn’t fully develop. The writer hopes to clarify or enhance the subject that
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I like this because it is straight situation which includes the writer’s thoughts and moods. Most of Asian mother-in-law is traditional human; they always want their offsprings’ wedding which depends too much on rites instead of creativity and simplicity. Base 1: Unity Is there a clearly stated thesis in the introductory paragraph? Yes Do all the supporting paragraphs back up the thesis? Yes Your comments: I like the way your lead the readers to thesis statement in the introduction. But
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Macbeth Commentary During life everybody has a downfall of sort‚ some maybe more significant than others. In selection #3 the purpose is to show the beginning of Macbethʼs downfall. Shakespeare uses literary devices like irony and the use of exclamation marks to illustrate this. Irony is used throughout Shakespeare’s plays‚ in Macbeth the device irony is used frequently. An example is at the dinner when Macbeth says “And to our dear friend Banquo‚ whom we miss:/Would he were here
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Name: Class: AEI-B Student Number: Graded Writing Assignment 1 – Data Commentary – Chart #5 According to a chart created by using the IMF DataMapper‚ the real per capita GDP of several Asian countries has risen since 2008 and will continue to rise. Despite this similarity‚ the Asian countries in the chart can be divided into four groups. The data in the chart indicates that Malaysia is moderately distinguished among other Asian countries. Since 2008‚ it has become the highest per
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Hap- Thomas Hardy (Commentary) ‘Hap’ by Thomas Hardy‚ reflects the poet’s pessimistic and atheistic way of looking at life. In the first stanza‚ the speaker says that some vengeful god is happy for the people who are suffering. He wants God to admit to taking joy from the suffering of the people. The only question that comes to mind is why does the speaker wish for such a sadistic god? The speaker answers this question by saying that he would die in righteous anger at his unmerited
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My name is Patrick Lang. I am 18 years old and was born in Barberton‚ Ohio. From there I moved to my current home in North Tonawanda‚ New York. I went to North Tonawanda High School for four years and graduated with the class of 2011. I am currently attending Niagara County Community College and majoring in criminal justice‚ carrying a total of 15 credit hours for this semester. Some strengths I would consider myself to have include being responsible and efficient. Also a couple weaknesses I would
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Commentary Two of the main macroeconomic objectives are low inflation rates and high economic growth. In an economy inflation is the persistent increase in price levels over a period of time while economic growth is an increase in real GDP (value of economic output adjusted for inflation). Most times‚ government stifles economic growth as they disregard it to concentrate solemnly on finding a solution for high inflation. This is presently one of India’s greatest problems as it struggles to combat
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Tyler Every March 25‚ 2013 Written Commentary 6: Venice by Jan Morris The author’s purpose is to describe the setting by contrasting her culture to Venice and by using irony to display the people‚ surroundings and daily life. A mother who just started living in Venice is telling us about the setting and her life in Venice. She uses irony‚ humor and contrast to build the imagery of the city and people. Throughout the passage the author uses irony to convey the surroundings and the image
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Lang’s thoughts are killing me right now. I feel his wrath spewing around me like a tornado‚ becoming more powerful as new thoughts join old ones: ‘Monster’‚ ‘Soul-less’‚ ‘Criminal’. He condemns me without speaking. He passes by my stall with ruefulness‚ he spits in my food as he hands it to me without looking at me. But today‚ as he hands me my grub‚ he looks at me. He looks into me. But all I see in him is disgust. His silence is my sentence. The sentence the judge did not give me. The sentence
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Economics Internal Assessment Writing a Commentary on News article Task 1 Headline: Pharmaceutical giant Paladol misjudge its market by raising the price on its best-selling headache relief tablet. Price elasticity of demand (PED) is a measure of the responsiveness or sensitivity of consumers to a change in the price of a particular good. In this article‚ Paladol raised the price of its product‚ which was a mistake; there are a lot of other medicines for a headache and most of them would
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