Summary Of Kay Ryan's 'Turtle'

“30 Little Turtles” an article by Thomas L. Friedman. Is about the positive encounter Friedman experiences. In receiving a standing ovation “from a roomful of indian 20 year olds”(Friedman) by simply reading “ a paragraph”. During a proper canadian pronunciation teaching, in helping minimize and mask indian accents; In future call center operators. Friedman's article remains optimistic in its entirety. Believing there are many benefits to outsourcing, for it creates prosperity. However, in Stephanie Malinowski article “ Questioning Thomas L. Friedman Optimism in “30 Little Turtles”. She is quick to point out just how absurd Friedman’s article is. Due to the fact he portrays a condescending attitude (toward the indian students), insufficient

Annie Dillard uses metaphors and symbols to emphasize the importance of words coming together to create a showpiece of literature. Dillard uses the line "you lay out a line of words" instead of "you write a sentence" to give some complexity to the action. Instead of simply writting down words you lay them down almost in a gentle matter and line them up so each word fits in one place. Although the meaning is the same, the connatation allows for the reader to develop an image of words being placed down with thought to how they are ordered. The reader can also assert that the words are chosen carefully so the sentence flows with unity. One metaphor Dillard uses is "The line of words is a miner's pick, a woodcarvers gauge, a surgeon's probe".

The novel “The Back of the Turtle” by Thomas King is relevant to Canada in both present day and history. Through the setting, characters and theme the story is portrayed in a way that makes it sound like a calamitous prediction for the future of Canada’s treasured natural world. Riddled with corporate greed and environmental disaster, the story follows those involved and affected by the catastrophe that destroyed Samaritan Bay. His lifelike characters are tangled with labyrinthine emotions that add another layer of complexity to the story. In my opinion, the novel “The Back of the Turtle” by Thomas King is a great novel because of the depth of storytelling that the author can achieve, and deserves to be recognised as a “Great Canadian Novel”.

The poem also uses end rhyme to add a certain rhythm to the poem as a whole. And the scheme he employs: aabbc, aabd, aabbad. End rhyme, in this poem, serves to effectively pull the reader through to the end of the poem. By pairing it with lines restricted to eight syllables. The narrator creates an almost nursery-rhyme like rhythm. In his third stanza however, his last line, cutting short of eight syllables, stands with an emphatic four syllables. Again, in the last stanza, he utilizes the same technique for the last line of the poem. The narrator’s awareness of rhyme and syllable structure provides the perfect bone structure for his poem’s rhythm.

She also presents a slight rhythm to the reading that allows for smooth reading. In keeping with her open form, there is no set scheme to the rhyme pattern. However, there is a single ending sound constantly repeated without a set pattern throughout the work. She also connects pairs of lines at random just for the sake of making connections to make that particular stanza flow. At the same time, she chose blatantly not to rhyme in certain parts to catch the reader’s attention.

With a few exceptions, the poem primarily follows the form of accentual-syllabic verse. The majority of lines are composed of three syllables, most often two unstressed and one stressed. Using a combination of structural technique and descriptive language, Williams emphasizes the action of visual perception.

Unsatisfied with his throne, Yertle the Turtle, king of the pond, orders the turtles around him to

Yertle the Turtle, written by Ted Geisel in 1958, illustrates one of Seuss’s hidden messages: relationships with other people. About a population of turtles, this unique allegory describes the relationship between a fascist king turtle and his turtle subjects. As king of a small pond, Yertle wishes to have a throne built out of turtles which is high enough for him to see and rule over all the land. Dr. Seuss writes, “with this stone for a throne, I look down on my pond/But I cannot look down on the places beyond” (Seuss). Mack, a little turtle at the bottom of the pole, complains, “I know, up on top you are seeing

“Our mouths opened and shut and we froze where we sat. I suppose we could have honked and waved and it wouldn’t have raised any more pandemonium than this poor mother already had to deal with but instead we held perfectly still. Even Turtle, after a long minute or two the quail got her family herded off the road into some scraggly bushes” (96). The birds are significant symbolism in this book. They often appear in the book to symbolize Turtle; Kingsolver did this to show Turtle is a strong survival instinct child. First, when Taylor took Turtle to doctor and discovered that she has been abused and raped. As she makes this discovery, she sees a bird nest on a cactus. This shows that Turtle, in spite of her surroundings she keep persists. Also, when Turtle met the robber, a sparrow got caught in Lou Ann’s house, the bird getting scared shows the Turtle’s confusion and fright. But sparrow survives and leaves the house; this shows that even though Turtle is going through confusion she will survive. Finally, the quote shows the moment when Lou Ann and Taylor found a family of birds on the road. This quote symbolizes how Turtle is satisfied with her small family, feel safe, and she is happy.

As the poem begins, the reader immediately visualizes someone playing outside in a “polka dot dress,” and this someone is the personification of poetry (1). Forman uses

Throughout the poem, the author creates different tones using different types of figurative language and diction. The poet starts off the poem with the metaphor, “Although she feeds me

In “The Beep Beep Poem”, her structure of the poem is freely organized and she indents when she wants to. As well as in the “Kidnap Poem”, even when she didn’t finish the word she still moves to the next line. Despite didn’t fully finish writing the word, she wrote part of the word “kidnap” being “kid” in one sentence, then “nap” in the next. This technique of using free verse creates a unique arrangement of language. There are no two poems written by Giovanni that looks identical or the same, she always has a different twist and arrangement to each one which makes it special. As well as proves that there are unlimited patterns she can form in her mind, in which talks to the idea of her style being very free and uncontrolled. Furthermore, using free verse built a different structure in every poem making all of her poem different and unique in its own way just like who she is. Free verse allows the lines in the poem to fade away between long and short lines. This gives the reader a conversational writing style that she’s sharing with them.This usage of poetic features where every poems and lines is arranged differently reinforce how she’s uncontrolled and isn’t restricted to any rules, she doesn’t follow a single pattern in which emphasize her

It is the famous fable called the “The Scorpion and the Turtle”. The fable starts with a scorpion trying to figure out how to get across the river and he sees a turtle and says “ Would you give me a ride across the river?” the turtle thought that the scorpion was crazy because if the turtle let the scorpion on his back he would sting him and he would die. The scorpion of course denied that he would sting him and he said that “if I sting you, then you’d go down and I will die to. The turtle was still had cold feet about giving the scorpion a ride but the scorpion gave him his word that he would not sting him. The turtle finally gave in and gave the scorpion a ride. When they had gotten half way the scorpion let his natural instincts kick in and he jabbed his stinger in the turtle's head. The turtle becomes very sad and starts to cry and asked why he would sting him after he got his word that he wouldn't. And the scorpion replies I’m a scorpion. It is my nature to sting.” And that is why this story represents that some people or things can not

The sound of poetry is the most important element than anything else involved with poetry. The sounds of poetry are basically a foundation of desire. It is how the syllables are arranged in a pleasant-sounding pattern to satisfy and please desires even if they have a small meaning or no meaning to them. A poem that is filled with sound but little meaning can be “The Word Plum” by Helen Chasin. It is a poem that uses the sound devices of alliteration and onomatopoeia to bring the plum to life. Using alliteration and onomatopoeia it gives the plum a sound, a savory sound, it’s almost like you can taste and touch the plum in the palm of your hand and the sounds are just rolling off the tongue with every “delicious” bite of “luxury”. In the first line there is just a brief description of how delicious the plum is, but wait there is more. Then Chasin uses alliteration in (line 2) with the two words “pout and push” because they begin with p’s, they’re verbs, four letters, and are not capitalized. Chasin also uses onomatopoeia with the second line, same words “pout and push” to give a new sound of delicious from the first line, and to explain why the plum is so delightful. Once more, she uses alliteration in the third line using “self-love and savoring”; creating that delightful sound of juices from the plum.

Small details are instrumental in seeing the bigger picture. This is apparent when reading “The Fish” by Elizabeth Bishop. Most often the reader experiences visual imagery in poetry. In this poem the reader encounters visual, auditory, and sensory imagery. “The Fish” is filled with minute details that paint a picture for the reader. With each new element that is introduced, it becomes easier to visualize the fish. The speaker is able to show the reader the beauty as well as the ugliness of this creature with her vivid imagery. The imagery used is so distinct that the reader can envisage being the fisherman and catching this fish. Another important element involved in this poem is irony.