The topics are dying metaphors, operators or verbal false limbs, pretentious diction, and last but not least meaningless words. ... Vagueness, pretentious diction, dying metaphors, and meaningless words are riddled though out the speech like a horribly woven tapestry. ... As Orwell states pretentious diction is "used to dignify the sordid processes of international politics, [ ] that aims at glorifying war" (24). ... On further examination, one would note, every paragraph after has included in it one form of pretentious diction or another. ... As well as pretentious diction Bush uses a st...

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Initially when reading "Moving", by Shahriar Shahriari the use of his vivid diction which sticks out and portrays his view of moving to another country as an immigrant. ... Shahriari uses such diction as "dilemma", "emotional" and "guilt". ... The use of his diction helps to give the poem a personal feel rather than a manufactured and forced tone. The use of his vivid and emotional dictions helps to portray the amount of struggle and pain he had to endure to come to and move to Canada. The vivid diction connects to the tone of the passage, which helps to...

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Diction Kurt Vonnegut is pointing out his view on what equality is and he wants us to think how extreme equality would affect us. He uses diction to explain It says on line 1-4 "everybody was finally equal... they were equal in every which way" (page 34) This quote shows us how the people in this world think. ... Another use of diction Kurt Vonnegut uses to enforce his views on equality is when Vonnegut described the recently freed ballerina as "blindingly" (Vonnegut) beautiful on line 162. Vonnegut uses this diction to point out her beauty now that she is free. ... Vonneg...

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The language of the poem is old English, very high diction, very formal. ... Through strong enjambments, parallel comparison, formal diction and poetic voice the poet is delivering his message of opposition to God's unjust ways. ... In line 12 the diction suddenly changes to a lower diction then the rest of the song. This drop in the level of diction creates the sense that a child is complaining in this line. ...

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In "The Fall of the House of Usher-, Poe uses diction, imagery, and foreshadowing to convey his one single effect of gloom. ... Above all of these devices centers Poe's use of diction throughout the short story. ... Poe's use of diction and language especially in his description of the atmosphere surrounding the House of Usher is key in the conveying of his single effect of gloom. ... The gloomy aurora and ghostly atmosphere depicted through Poe's use of diction is also continued through his use of imagery especially in his descriptions of the mansion, the setting, and of Roderi...

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Housman's To an Athlete Dying Young show the different strong holds memories posses and a greater remembrance through diction, tone, and mood exemplified by the author through characters. ... The persona in this poem is not the poet but the widow whose soliloquy reflects clearly her state of mind through simple diction and irrational transitions. ... The authors enhance their works by the strategical use of diction, moods, setting, irony and metaphors. ... Morrison also uses the seasons to order her novel, but through the use of diction and irony narrator's memories brings horror r...

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In the play, the two characters' states of mind are revealed through imagery, diction, rhetorical devices, syntax, and figurative devices. ... Furthermore, diction reveals a weary Lady Macbeth and Macbeth's insecurity and resolve. ... Macbeth's diction reveals that he is aware that he has only temporarily solved his problems as he knows that his kingship is not secure with Banquo and Fleance alive. ... Therefore, diction reveals Macbeth's insecurity and resolve, as well as a weary Lady Macbeth. ...

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Device: diction foreshadowing Speaker: Winterbourne Commentary: Here again is another wonderful perception from Winterbourne. ... Device: diction Speaker: Mrs. ... Speaker: Daisy Miller Device: Diction Commentary: The double standard displayed here lies in the relationship of multiple women and one man. ... Device: diction Speaker: Mrs. ...

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Change in the grammar and diction of a language is natural, and English is always confronted with changes. ... Because kids are the source of new slang, some adults look down on it with the assumption that kids are unintelligent and simply rebelling against established English grammar and diction. ... No matter what diction or dialect you speak, you still have to type out an Internet message in standard Internet. ... Conservatives have no reason to bother with whether a person's dialect or diction will be understood in spoken language, because most communication will be typed, not spoken,...

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The diction like the words long, pine, all my days shows how desperately Odysseus wants to go home even though he's spent about ten years with Calypso. ... The diction or phrases in this quote allow us to know what kind of desperate situation they are in "life at stake, monstrous death staring at us in the face." ... His diction like the words ruck and the plural of suitors, tell us that there are more suitors than the quantity of people fighting with Odysseus. ... When Homer uses the diction of burnished armor, its shows that Odysseus is the king with ultimate power. ...

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Using tone and diction and imagery/symbols, the poems "Mending Wall", "A Hundred Collars", and "Home Burial" (among all the other poems) convey a unified theme of the book. ... Frost uses tone and diction to show that the narrator has a much more playful personality than his neighbor who seems fairly traditional. ... The poem "A Hundred Collars" also displays the theme through tone and diction, imagery and symbols. ... Using tone and diction, Frost displays the husband and wife's fear and misunderstanding. ...

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The speaker in the poem "The Road Not Taken" uses metaphor, vivid diction, and symbolism to illustrate the process humans go through when making decisions. ... In the poem "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost, the speaker uses vivid diction to illustrate the process we go through when making decisions. ... The speaker in the poem "The Road Not Taken" uses metaphor, vivid diction, and symbolism to illustrate this process making decisions. ...

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The way she spoke, the grammar, the diction, and the very descriptive words she uses to describe people tell the reader who she is. ... She even has the audacity to criticize Miss Moore's perfect diction. ...

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For example, the very diction chosen by Forster is a breaking from the harsher styles of earlier authors (and even of the English society's manner and language at this time). ... On the first page, Forster clearly sets the diction with the opening dialogue between Lucy Honeychurch and Miss Bartlett. ...

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"Do not follow where the path may lead... Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."Robert Frost Robert Lee Frost was born in San Francisco, March 26, 1874 and died in Boston, January 29, 1963. He one of America's leading 20th-century poets and a four-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize....

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Also, the dialect that Twain uses for each character changes, this denotes the education and social status depending on how formal or informal the diction is. For instance, when Miss Watson speaks she uses a formal educated diction, while when Jim speaks he uses slang and is much less formal. ...

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In Langston Hughes, "Theme For English B," I intend to argue that the character throughout the poem is trying to find identity and purpose, and this is done through symbolism, imagery, and diction. ... " Quickly making the abrupt statement as if this is expected and should come as no surprise to the reader, this is a good use of diction, very sure and confident words telling the reader this is how it is and and to society how its supposed to be and the blatancy of his words only tells us there is no hope. ...

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The word "discomfit" bears a great significance to the play's theme examined the ideas of Shakespeare's irony, choice of diction, and chiasmus. ... The theme of this word is presented within the ideas of irony, diction, and chiasmus. ...

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An Idealistic Shepherd vs. a Realistic Nymph As human beings we deal with life essentially two ways, either realistically or idealistically. Human tendency is to see things the way we want to see them, the way that is most appealing to us. Yet society teaches us to take a step back from what we se...

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Everything is elevated to the greatest heights, thus requiring a grand style and elevated diction. ... Hence, it would not be wrong to conclude that 'Paradise Lost' will always be appreciated by the readers, cities and great writers for its grand style, superb technique, sublime diction and amalgamation of almost all epic conventions...

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As the creator of all things natural, God is responsible for the "leaping greenly spirits of trees- and the "blue true dream of sky- that fascinate and enthrall the speaker.These phrases, found in the first stanza of the poem, show how Cummings uses diction, color symbolism, and imagery to relate to the idea of rebirth.The spirit of a group is the essential nature of that group, the basic feelings and ideas that it holds.Trees are one of the most basic symbols representing nature.Therefore, by thanking God for the "leaping greenly spirits of trees,"" the speaker is showing how much he appreci...

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Secondly, I will focus on the language Shakespeare employs, trying to establish how Richard's metamorphosis impacts on his diction, or, conversely, how the poet expresses the king's change through language. ... Ian Johnston holds that Richards responds to experience "with marked tendency to immediate verbalizing in highly imaginative language" - as distinct from Bullingbrook, who is to hard-headed and pragmatic to let his feelings influence his highly manipulative diction. ...

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Like many authors of his day, Mark Twain, who wrote The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, wrote about the world as it was. This era of writing was also referred to as the realistic movement. Twain, is considered a master realist, and was exceptionally talented at creating a realistic novel. A...

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Hamlet Hamlet is the Prince of Denmark, son of Queen Gertrude and the late King Hamlet. After the late King Hamlets death, Claudius (the late Kings brother) married Queen Gertrude and became the father uncle to Prince Hamlet. After the ghost (King Hamlet) appeared to Prince Hamlet and informed h...

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In John Updike's "A&P," Sammy a nineteen year old checker at a local grocery store meets three bathing beauties who inadvertently end up affecting his entire life. It is a summer day as Sammy is tending to duties at his third slot register, when three girls scantily attired in two piece bathing suit...

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