Exclamation

Sam Dillon appeals to fear by giving examples of what one might find in one of the letters being send and how unreadable they may be. For example, at the very beginning of the passage, page 415, Sam Dillon adds a quote from and E-mail that was transferred showing that even the people asking for help are lack in some English skills. Throughout the entire article Sam Dillon appeals by giving expert opinions on the subject matter. On every page of the article there is a reference made from professors

to convey his thoughts. Also, this chapter remains very direct because Baker gets straight to his point. In this chapter, selective words and a direct meaning allow the reader to quickly understand the chapter, and the use of question marks and exclamation points makes the reader think. By using clear words in the chapter, Baker showed his readers exactly what he wanted without using unnecessary words. Baker used the words “fine-haired white pills” to show what the tear looked like. Also, when he

“Wanting to Die,” by Anne Sexton was a poem written in 1964 in her book, Live or Die, just ten years before she killed herself. During this time, Sexton’s poetics was highly controversial in society because of the introduction of confessional poetry. Sexton often wrote about her own personal feelings and anguish as she struggled with mental illness and the wish to kill herself. Alicia Ostriker put it best when she said, “What is most distressing about Sexton, I think, is her quality of unresignedness

Patrick Henry’s speech is more effective than Thomas Paine’s speech because of his use of rhetorical devices. In Patrick Henry’s “The Speech at the Virginia Convention” he uses rhetorical questions and exclamations very well. In Thomas Paine’s “The Crisis” he is a bit too moderate in his speech to portray his point of view. “The Crisis” is very similar to “The Speech in the Virginia Convention” in a way that they are both trying to persuade Americans to fight for their independence. Patrick Henry

In Passing by Nella Larsen, Irene’s encounters are traced from the perspective of a third person narrator. Third person limited narration is positioned to provide the readers with an insight into the thoughts and emotions of characters. In the novel, it stated “, An attractive-looking woman, was Irene’s opinion, with those dark, almost black, eyes and that wide mouth like a scarlet flower against the ivory of her skin” (14). With vivid imagery, the readers are given the perspective of Irene through

In the poem “The Fall of Lucifer” from The Bible, punctuation use includes colons, exclamation marks, and quotation marks. These forms of punctuation help convey the poem’s commanding and dark tone to the reader and emphasize the shifting perspective of the poem by adding emphasis and suspense. Punctuation is defined as “the marks, such as period, comma, and parentheses, used in writing to separate sentences and their elements and to clarify meaning” (Oxford Dictionary). Firstly, the use of colons

Humor is difficult to incorporate in writing, yet John Irving captures the essence of humor beautifully in A Prayer for Owen Meany through the use literary techniques and strategies. Although the stories themselves are hilarious, Irving’s writing creativity evokes laughter in the most inapt scenes like Grandma Wheelwright forgets her own grandson. A scene between Barb Wiggin and Owen Meany is particularly funny, and to showcase his jocular writing style in the scene, Irving manipulates punctuation

After reading Mr. Gardiner’s letter, Elizabeth is starting to reconsider her previous understanding of Mr. Darcy’s intentions in regards to her sister’s romance situation. In the passage from Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen uses figurative language and punctuations to illustrate Elizabeth’s reaction to the letter she received. Austen integrates figurative language to further establish Elizabeth’s astonished reaction to the content of the letter. When Elizabeth was described to be thrown into “a

commands; / Then all smiles stopped together”(45-46) he used these words to define the death of his beloved Duchess. The aim of the essay is to analyze literary devices that emphasize the content of the poem, which includes rhetorical questions, exclamation mark, and em dash. Browning has used extensively rhetorical questions. Rhetorical questions are questions that are posted in a literary work that does not need an answer: the strategic aims of rhetorical questions are for emphasizing an issue or

conclusion. For instance, in the introduction the Anonymous Albert greets his/her instructor by writing, “Hello! Miss Teacher” (Par. 1). Albert starts well with a simple greeting of hello, but the exclamation mark at the end demonstrates a strong emotional expression and seems t have a tone of yelling. The exclamation point might change the overall tone of the e-mail. In addition, Albert’s use of “Miss Teacher” is very vague and has a broad range. The individual receiving the e-mail may not know who Albert