J. Galsworthy. the Broken Boot

In the assigned passage from The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde utilises diction, syntax, and imagery to establish a mysterious and ominous mood. Firstly, Wilde’s formal diction sets an air of mystery. Throughout the passage, his usage of of concrete terms like “chimney-stacks” and “dark lane” establishes for the audience an explicit setting. Furthermore, Wilde utilises extremely specific diction: “the slimy pavement looked like a wet mackintosh.” Such specific details allow the audience to conjure up a specific scene that contributes to the setting of the passage. Other words and phrases in the passage are convey an urgent mood, like “started,” “glanced back” and “suddenly.” These words seem to indicate a threatening element in the

22. What is Clarence implying when she says her mother is "not keen on being 'round you lot"? (p.119)

The author develops diction through the careless behavior of Antonio’s classmates. As Antonio and his classmates were practicing their play, many students “behaved like a frappes animals” (157) the author uses this choice of words to get across how crazy they were acting. Throughout the duration of the show Antonio’s classmates were juvenile and defiant. Anaya also shows diction when one of Antonio’s classmates caused a scene and was sent down to the office, when Bones was in the office the principle “very slowly lit a cigarette

The use of dialogue shows the othering of Cobby-Eckermann in Table Manners. In a like manner, Joel is seen as the other in Redfern Now: Stand up by Perkins through the scene in which Joel is taunted.

The first and most prominent literary device used is the structure of the poem. Throughout the poem we hear both points of view (that of the father and son). We further observe that the “time of thought is constantly changed.” The audience is transported to the present as shown by,

Angelou employs emotional and descriptive diction in order to create a dignified tone, to illustrate the setting, and to emphasize the prominent

The use of descriptive language is important for the writer to entertain, persuade and teleport the reader into their work. Descriptive use and imagery allow the reader to experience the setting, sound, taste, and mood as if they can live through it. Which takes us to Shakespeare's play Hamlet. Not only does he use exceptional details and imagery throughout the play between the characters, but the way he uses word allows us to put ourselves into the play as if we can feel what they feel. It also allows us to experience and go through the play as if we are in it also. So in this paper, I would like to focus on a few major moments where I believe Shakespeare descriptive language is the strongest.

Shakespeare’s use of imagery, diction, and syntax within Henry IV, Part II aids in portraying King Henry’s state of mind due to his inability to sleep. By personifying sleep within the soliloquy, a great impact is created which creates the illusion that sleep is purposely ignoring King Henry while bestowing its gift on his subjects.

Occurring frequently throughout the play, but particularly predominant at the end of Act I is the use of stage directions to

Opening: The key to a successful relationship includes both verbal and physical communications. John Monteire, Macnolia’s husband, has a hard time achieving this balance between communications. John relies heavily on diction to convey his feelings. Lastly, John institutes changes in the shape of the text and uses imagery to display his use of physicality.

Directions: Identify whether each group of words is a PH (phrase) or a CL (clause).

Two examples that portray this representative type are: the suppositional statement made by the journalist at the beginning of the interview that reads ‘Are we losing the overall picture here, anybody in West Yorkshire who’s getting a bit sore that Tetley’s getting the elbow?’ (journalist, first page); and, the supposition concerning the name’s change for Royal Mail to Consignia that ‘it was like a flop, wasn’t it?’ (journalist, second page). Furthermore, certain speech acts in this conversation are examples of direct speech because the question that reads as ‘I think of stories like Consignia, you remember?’ (speaker, first page) is associated directly with its relevant answer in its literate sense that reads as ‘yeah’ (journalist, first page).

The title also alludes to a very important theme which is apparent throughout the play. Mathematics serves as a recurring reference to the

One of the most important literary features of Doyle’s works is the use of dialogue and conversations held between characters, whether it be Holmes, Watson, a victim, and so forth. It seems that

The grammatical constructions in the story are well documented in terms of the content words or functional words which include; the nouns and the verbs. The lexical density of the words in the clause and sentence can also bear more witness to this. Some of the sentences or clauses have not less than twelve content words which imply that there also twelve content words in the sentences. This is in consistent with Halliday (1985b), that a single clause should be able to contain a lexical density of twelve words. The grammatical usage seems very easy and simple for the students to understand when reading the story. This is bound to improve the student’s grammatical knowledge and usage; students improve their grammatical knowledge in this respect, hence, the need for choosing this story.