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    Effective Methods of Development” in The Everyday Writer Plus. Rhetorical Mode Explain in your own words (using complete sentences) when a writer would use this mode. Narrative Narrative is telling a story to someone with a lot of detail. Description Description writing paints a picture with vivid details. Definition Definition is defining a word or concept. Process Process is when you write something in a certain order, like a timeline. Problem and solution Problem and solution gives a detailed

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    Unfavorable Towards Employers When it comes to figuring out an author's point of view, it can be simple or complicated. We have to pay close attention to the author's text and ideas to claim a single point of view by analyzing the tone, diction, purpose, and modes of discourse. Readings can have a favorable, unfavorable, neutral, or an ambivalent point of view depending on how the other chooses their words. An author can easily demonstrate how they feel about the topic they are writing such as Eric

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    A poem can be compared to an adventure, in which both require ultimate caution and delicacy when exploring. In “Introduction to Poetry,” by Billy Collins, he encourages readers to take a step further when analyzing poetry. Throughout the poem, he emphasizes that the reader must look beyond the tip of the iceberg in order to discover what is hidden underneath. Collins unraveled his purpose through literary elements including tone and figurative language such as diction, similes and imagery. The tone

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    In the passage be ginning “They had picked…” from the novel Snow Falling On Cedars, the author, David Guterson, uses many techniques to give the passage a depressing, and frightening mood. He uses vivid imagery to describe Carl’s dead body. He also uses figurative language, such as metaphors and similes to show the severity of the situation. Finally, his diction shows the reader how reading about a crime scene can seem real if the word choice is right. All the techniques Guterson use help the reader

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    “Grendel came came hoping to kill anyone he could trap on his trip to high Herot.” (l. 3,4). does grendel really think this does the author write this to make us think grendel is a vicious , bloodthirsty monster from the start?In the Anglo Saxon Beowulf and John Gardner’s Grendel, different points of view cause a change in the story’s style and diction. The difference in literary purpose behind the two writings also affects the narrative presence and the narrative attitude. In the book of Beowulf

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    Ariel Haskins Elegy for Jane Two of the most beautiful combinations, to me, are the use of imagery and metaphors. With the use of these two figures of speech the reader is able to paint a complete, detail picture in their from the piece they are reading. In “Elegy for Jane”, the speaker is standing over the grave of a student, Jane, of his who fell of a horse to her death. Roethke uses imagery and diction, among other figures of speech, to help the reader picture the young Jane that he loved and

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    The book written by J. Anderson Coats called “The Wicked and the Just,” is about a girl named Cecily who moves to Caernarvon with her father, leaving her relatives and friends. They moved to a manor there and her father received a job to prevent any conflict that the Welshmen causes. On the other hand, another girl named Gwenhwfar is a Welsh who becomes Cecily’s maid instead of the mistress of the manor that Cecily moved into. There are many ways to share the point of view of characters like in first-person

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    Life is full of decision making, and many obstacles that will come in your way to try and stop your path and prevent you from achieving what you must achieve. In the poems “A Laughing Heart,” by Charles Bukowski, and “The Journey,” by Mary Oliver, the authors both meet at describing what life is like and how to live life like the fullest, even though there will be things to stop you, and you may stop yourself. Both of these poems point out that you have to be the main character in your life, you

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    An important message that is conveyed in the poem 'The Womb' by Apirana Taylor is 'The Impact of Colonisation on the Land' This message is emphasised throughout the poem by using effective language features such as narrative point of view, imagery and contrast. A persona is used throughout the poem to talk directly to the reader and make them feel responsible. Imagery creates a powerful picture in the reader's mind making them realise the impact on the land. Finally, there is an admirable sense of

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    For the poem “I look into the mirror,” I have chosen to write it from Johnny’s perspective, because I felt like he had one of the most depth histories of any of the characters. He had suffered physical and mental abuse from his parents and the socs. The poem attempted to present Johnny’s dreadful world and his perception of it, but also how he relies on the gang for support and love. The images that are trying to be expressed are mainly the horrid world he lives in, and this is emphasised by the

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