... developed, people still tend to use two very old forms of communication in their every day lives. Theses forms of communication are non other than that of body language (kinesics) and paralanguage. Body language is a form of communication through different movements and gestures of the body. Paralanguage is a form of communication through the verbal sense, such as a whistle or a grunt. The use ... of kinesics (body language) and paralanguage in everyday life is the most prominent use of persuasion we use subconsciously. They are used subconsciously because you may not know what they mea...

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• Grade Level: High School

... poems by Owen, such as Anthem for Doomed Youth, where alliteration is cleverly integrated within the poem, coalesced with powerful adjectives and onomatopoeic language ("stuttering rifles rapid rattle"). Also within the first verse of Dulce is an emotive graphic description with elongated vowel sounds ("sludge trudge") to accentuate the tortuously slow nature of their progress across the battlefield. The complex, ... that are seen in Anthem for Doomed Youth also feature in other Wilfred Owen pieces and are particularly evident in the poem, Mental Cases with the first verse containing myst...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... English poet Wilfred Owen, conveys various key ideas relating to war and its consequences. These concepts have been expressed through the utilisation of textual detail and a variety of poetic and language techniques. It gives the responder a highly realistic portrait of the true horror of war. The poem is generally about British soldiers in World War One being attacked by chemical weapons ... poem and allows the responder to visualise what is in the dreams. This intimacy gives the responder the haunting emotions of the nightmares. "Guttering, choking, drowning," are harsh and emotive ve...

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... key point of this novel. The novel doesn't just comprise of imagery but also the conveyance of emotions. All revolving around Paul Baumer, the main character. The highlight of this emotive language is when Paul is given leave and he goes to visit his family. All the emotions that flood him are conveyed in perfect detail. His feelings of not belonging there ... ...

• Word Count: 851
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School