Dusk had come, silent, ceremonious, which brought her painful but pleasant memories in the diminishing light. Her shaking hands and arthritic fingers from the passing of time were holding the record player’s metal arm. The stylus hopped, moving lightly and quickly over damaged grooves from excessive use, landing very deep in the vinyl recording. She attempted again, one of her hands embracing the other, to the point where the overture’s rewarding hop and crepitation signified the precise spot. The incongruous speakers passed a faint melody of music.
The shoe horn sonata by John Misto is a highly evocative play which explores the up-to-then largely forgotten history of female prisoners of the Japanese during WW2, by looking at the stories of two characters, Bridie and Sheila. Misto has effectively incorporated a wide range of language techniques both visual and auditory, which create powerful images in the responders’ mind to achieve distinctively visual ideas.
Jon Scieszka gives the reader a hilarious and fun story to read by using comedic writing strategies such as clever slang, comedic situations, and word play. Clever slang is used in a variety of ways within this short story. The words “ack”, “puked”, and “barfed” are prime examples of Scieszka’s word choice. His slang entertains the reader by offering them a relaxed and modern vocabulary while still getting his theme projected. The moral of this story is to not take advantage of memorable moments with important people; it is to simply put priorities first and “stick to your brothers” even if there is “cat yack” all over the “Coupe de Lou”.
This happens as the narrator is watching her younger cousin play the uke
In “Marching Through a Novel,” by John Updike, Updike conveys a complex relationship between novelist and characters, portraying the author as a god-like figure whose characters are left to his whims and wishes. Updike accomplishes this characterization through his diction, imagery and use of metaphor. Updike conveys this relationship with vivid imagery throughout the poem. His diction, such as “Misty faces,” “unraveling bandages,” “trench warfare,” and “a harsh taskmaster” all create ominous imagery for the reader; the poem also seems to have a dark mood or create a kind of helplessness. The poem seems like the author wants to help his characters described in the poem, but he is unable to for some reason.
Linda Sue Park used onomatopoeia and personification In the beginning of this book, 11 year old Salva Dut was in school when his village was attacked by rebels. The craft move Linda Sue Park used was onomatopoeia. Linda wrote in the story “crack, pop, pop” (pg. 5) this craft move shows what a gun sounded like for Salva when he was 11. A few months passed Salva was walking to Ethiopia through the desert when he saw his uncle. Salvas uncle helped Salva persevere through the desert.
Finally, the words of the piano tuner are disrespectful, unmistakably threatening, and meant to frighten the narrator, revealing the tone towards him as
In his poem “Blackberry Eating,” Galway Kinnell evocatively describes his “late September” adventures into blackberry patches- a seemingly innocent subject. However, as revealed through his use of musical devices including alternately percussive and soft alliteration, song-like repetition, and sensuous language, Kinnell slyly and subtly explores the pleasures of giving into desire. Throughout this poem, Kinnell alternates his use of percussively harsh and sinuously soft alliteration to create a throbbing, writhing rhythm that evokes the desire he dwells on. Kinnell relies on words beginning with hard “bs” to serve as the jazz-like beat of the poem; from as early as line two, Kinnell discusses the “black blackberries” that he savors, and in
Nicholas Valdez HST 345 12/1/15 The Longshoremen Strike All the labor history that was covered in History 345 was all surrounding the East Coast. Large labor strikes plagued the 1880’s up to World War II most of them that I knew were on the East Coast. For my blog topic, I wanted to focus on a labor strike that didn’t surround the East coast and start my focus on the West coast.
In the story The Piano Lesson, by August Wilson, the piano is shown through history and memory through generations which impacts the character's decisions . Such as causing emotions and decisions among the family and having different points of view from a family from the ancestors causing strong emotions for the family. The characters' memories of slavery and their ancestor experiences with it play a significant role in shaping their identities and decisions. For example, Bernice says, “when I play on it, I’m playing on the bones of the people who are buried in the graveyard…
Roethke’s particular word choices have connotations which alternate from abusive to affectionate while also working to both extend the waltz metaphor. The speaker depicts the situation with words which imply an abusive scenario, including “beat,” “scraped,” “battered,” and “death” (Roethke 3, 10, 12, 13). Scattered throughout the poem between this violent languages are words that hold meanings that typically are associated with fun and liveliness, such as “romped,” “unfrowned,” and even “waltzed” (Roethke 5, 8, 15). These word choices seem to contradict each other, but because of their place in the poem’s context the meaning of this language is vague. The word “waltzing” suggests that the father and the speaker are dancing happily together, but because the word follows “death,” the meaning could also more along the lines of fighting, in terms of child abuse (Roethke 4,
One of the figurative languages that Shakespeare uses in Julius Caeser is onomatopoeia to great effect. For instance in the following line, he shows how easily the audience’s opinion of brutus and the conspirations changed. THIRD PERSON: Plunk down benches. (3.2.262) He uses onomatopoeia because it uses a sound such as plunk.
In the poem, Ross makes references to both word’s and image’s abilities to connect and communicate with the world. However, he makes it clear that images can convey more than words. As a result, “On Jean-Michel Basquiat’s ‘Horn Players’” argues that images are the most powerful means of connecting with the world.
In nothing do men more nearly approach the gods than in giving health to men -Cicero. My parents are both physicians working long hours to ensure every person that sets foot in their clinic was treated and treated well. I grew up watching their dedication and commitment to their profession. Witnessing the flowing gratitude and respect in their patients’ eyes was not only touching, but motivating.
The purpose of the text is to entertain readers and to show readers a part of Roethke's childhood. The poem discusses Roethke’s relationship with his father. His father is described as a drunk, with hints of violence. This can be concluded from the lines ‘The hand that held my wrist Was battered on one knuckle’.
