FIGURES OF SPEECH List of Figure of Speech and Examples Alliteration This is a very common figure of speech that involves using words that begin with the same sound. For instance, “Sally sells sea shells by the seashore” is alliteration – and try saying it fast to see how difficult it is! It is often used in advertising slogans to create something catchy that more people will remember. Assonance Remember the phrase “I Like Ike”? It was a very common phase for those who supported Dwight
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light of our own ambition and need for success we still let opportunities of kindness pass us by. This is what George Saunders[1] addresses in his commencement addres that he delivered in May 2013 at Syracuse University in New York State. In his speech Saunders uses 2nd person singular/plural, 1st person plural, and 1st person singular. The use of 2nd person plural makes it clear that Saunders is addressing the audience directly and that he wants them to think, take action and be responsible. The
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cvfggggggggggggggggggffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffDiscipline should be inculcated from a very young age. Talent and genius alone are not enough to achieve success. Discipline has an equally important role to play. Talents blossom in a disciplined person. Liberty is highly cherished and mush valued privilege in our society. But absolute liberty is not possible. Discipline involves a restraint on liberty, which is necessary for the interest of society. Discipline
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Power is represented through using different techniques in Hawk Roosting and Flag. Both writers use language techniques to show power. In Hawk Roosting, there are many words connected with altitude such as: ‘top’ ‘buoyancy’ ‘flight’ ‘upward’ ‘high’ ‘fly up.’ We usually connect height with increased status / power. The Hawk acts as an overseer, or dictator, holding power over everything below it. The frequency of these words reminds the reader that the hawk is a symbol of power. The word ‘buoyancy’
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made this morning are possible because you are an American. To be an American you have the rights to the first amendment, that is the freedom of religion, speech, press, the right to vote, and individuality. One of the most important values of being an American is the first amendment. The first amendment allows us to have freedom of speech, which gives us the right to say what we think about topics or arguments. Such as who is the better pick for mayor and why you believe in him. We also have
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Teaching ideas A-level English Language and Literature 7707 Dramatic Encounters: Speech acts Introduction These teaching ideas can be used with students when exploring the types of speech acts given to character and the effects of these. They offer students the opportunity to explore the nature of different speech acts and their significance in relation to the overall focus of ‘conflict’, and how understanding these is important to interpreting key aspects of dramatic discourse, the themes
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------------------------------------------------- Analyze a Protest Song—Worksheet Instructions: To use this chart, you can print, copy, and paste into a document of your own, or create a chart of your own with the same information. Complete the following using your selected protest song. A. Provide the Song Facts 1. Song title: “We Shall Be Free” 2. Songwriter: Garth Brooks 3. Performed by: Garth Brooks 4. Describe the historical context in three to five sentences. 5. Imagine
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is not only the vocabulary or the grammar, but also the adoption of figures of speech, which implies some new meanings on the original idea that are lively and vivid, in order to leave a deep impression to people. There are some common figures of speech that PSA generally adopts. \ The article will stands on the point of view of rhetoric, discussing the PSA language, and mainly on the application of the figures of speech on PSA. To some extent, every object in the world exists with its unique
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Rakhmankulova Anna 311(1) Before we had (regular verb, Past Simple Tense, Active Voice, transitive) books to tell us how to bring up (particle or prepositional adverb) our babies, we were (linking verb, Past Simple Tense) afraid of them, and Understandably (adverb of manner) so. Babies are bizarre creatures with gigantic heads who feed on our very bodies and poop (irregular verb, Present Simple Tense, Active Voice, transitive) utter chaos, whose screams and rattling chains haunt our (possessive
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reads: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for redress of grievances. The common reading of the First Amendment is that commitment to free speech is not the acceptance of only non-controversial expressions that enjoy general approval. To accept a commitment to the First Amendment means, in the
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