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    Hence, in Chapter 12 of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County,” both written by Mark Twain are similar through the author’s patterned syntax, audience engaging rhetorical style, and Twain’s descriptive diction. To begin, Twain uses patterned syntax to introduce his ideas, provide knowledge about it to the readers, and to provide a smooth transition to another topic of discussion. Twain first introduces the setting the topic and the scenery. For example

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    William Blake Syntax

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    Through diction, figurative language and imagery, and syntax, William Blake conveys an intense and curious tone, revealing the doubt of whether or not human power was given by a higher being. The author, William Blake, uses connotation to make his audience understand what the true subject of the poem that he refers to is. For example, the word, “tyger,” in this poem is not specifying an actual tiger, but is used to represent humans. When Blake says, “thy fearful symmetry,” he is giving the tyger

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    Barred Owl Syntax

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    In the poem “A Barred Owl” by Richard Wilbur, the many uses of diction, syntax and, tone help convey the fact that disregarding realities may help you overcome your fears. Wilbur’s tone develops the atmosphere, once inauspicious the speaker then realizes that the only way to conquer her fears is to dismiss reality. There are many examples of how diction is used in “A Barred Owl”. When Wilbur mentions “The warping night-air” (Wilbur, 1), it created an ominous tone by giving off a negative connotation

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    Syntax Surgery Essay

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    Syntax surgery is a literacy tool that supports students to understand the sections of confusing texts. Syntax surgery you are literally doing surgery like a doctor but the patient is the word or the reading process. It helps the learner to slow down with the reading process and closely examine every part of reading like punctuation, phrases and words that maybe too critical for them to understand. The surgery helps the learner understand why the author uses different symbols. The students can make

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    Maya Angelou Syntax

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    In an excerpt from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Maya Angelou’s tone and syntax reveal the final hopes African American’s have for a better life. In Joe Louis’s intense boxing scene, the strength African American’s have will be proven by his victory. Maya and the rest of the black community are extremely anxious during the fight, since it is a make it or break it situation. Maya Angelou’s tone displays a desperation for change they will only get if Joe Louis wins. Her negative tone acknowledges

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    his poem “Fear No More,” William Shakespeare wields repetition to not only uphold the ineluctable nature of death but also to establish the persistence and will of human nature. Though the Shakespeare does not deny death’s finality, his redundant syntax asserts a choice that one must make in order to trump death. The first endeavor of speaker is to embolden whom he addresses to “Fear no more the heat o’ the sun” (Shakespeare 1). Though in most instances in poetry the sun symbolizes life and nature

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    In ‘The Cask of Amontillado,’Tell-Tale Heart,‘ and ‘Annabel Lee,’ Edgar Allan Poe utilizes vivid imagery and dramatic syntax to captivate the reader into the suspenseful mood of his piece. Poe consistently writes in a thrilling genre. After creating many astounding works based on his past experiences, including being an orphan, his mother and wife dying tragically before him, and his time as an alcoholic, the world of literature considered him as one of the writers that started it all. He was born

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    creates the poem’s feeling In poem C, a poem in sonnet form, the poets use of syntax and diction allows the relationship between words and feeling to become apparent to the reader. The speaker is encouraging the reader to feel the passage of time, but with the realisation that in eventuality we will all die. The poem is an extended metaphor for aging and death but is also allegorical by using the literal diction and syntax to describe the sea whilst having the parallel meaning for life and death. The

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    novel, Grapes of Wrath, Steinbeck represents the hardships the Great Depression, possessed on salesman and farmers. Chapter seven, of Grapes of Wrath, Steinbeck portrays the obtrusive salesman and sorrowful farmers, with the repetition and staccato syntax. Chapter sevens purpose, exemplifies the desperation of people wanting to move, and people trying to make money. The purpose repetition utilized in chapter seven, sets the scene of presumptuous salesman. Repetition bestowed in the word car and

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    In Beloved by Toni Morrison, she uses syntax, figurative language, and detail to portray Sethe’s worldview. Morrison’s use of syntax helps to expand the reader’s understanding of Sethe’s belief that she had protected her loved ones from the dangers of the world. The short, sometimes incomplete sentences help show that Sethe’s view is a simple one: there are bad things and she must protect her kids from them. For example, the text states, “And if she thought anything, it was No. No. Nono. Nonono

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