Robertson's version of the story is his truth, created in language. ... Robertson's truth in this chapter is that the death penalty is brutal and inhumane practice, and by using grotesque passages and emotive language, he enables the reader to support his view. ... Robertson uses some grotesque passages and emotive language in order to support his argument against capital punishment. ... Hence, Robertson's truth in Michael X on Death Row is that Capital Punishment is cruel and inhumane and he uses grotesque passages and emotive language to support his truth. ... Robert...

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Firstly, we will look at the simplest of these devices, that of figurative language. ... The poet resolves the difficulty of communicating her abstract ideas by making frequent use of figurative imagery, especially emotive imagery. Possibly the most emotive image in the poem is the reference to "part of my blood's country." ... Wright, in Woman to Man, chooses to use a great deal of figurative language in her expression of meaning. ... In any case, Wright's use of language such as "eyeless laborer in the night" "selfless, shapeless seed" and "intricate and folded rose" serves as an e...

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One problem with intercultural communication is language barriers. ... Some language barriers include misunderstanding, inferential statements and emotive language. Ambiguous language is also used in intercultural communication. ... The problem at root is that language is fundamentally ambiguous. ... Sociolinguists have documented the presence of dialects in every language. ...

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Using the simile "Loved his garden like an only child" also creates an emotive connection between his father and the garden. ... In the film "Forrest Gump," the main character shows signs of negative emotive language, "and just like that, she was gone out of my life again," when he is talking about his relationship with Jenny, another character. ...

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Radical feminists are seen to be emotive and active, leading to occasional criticism from other branches of feminism as well as the community at large, particularly when the nuclear family structure is threatened. ... Many radical ideas lack a sound theoretical base and are emotive in form. ... They accuse feminists of being racist, using intellectual language that separates classes "within" feminism and being insensitive to the issues facing these groups. ...

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The Holocaust: A Genre Analysis When choosing to create fictional films about the Holocaust, directors are burdened with the task of finding an appropriate language to convey the depths of emotion inextricably linked to the subject matter, as well conveying the story in a way which is both sympathetic and historically accurate. ... This feature was perhaps lost on audiences along with the realities of life in hiding as the use of cinematic devices, particularly the highly emotive soundtrack clearly resulted in romanticising the hiding' experience. ... In 1998, an Italian language ...

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But the term is perhaps most commonly used to describe figurative language, which is as a theme in literature. ... Note that the connection between sound and pronunciation is sometimes rather a product of imagination and also that written language retains an aural quality, so that even unspoken your writing has a sound to it. ... Style is the manner of expression of a particular writer, produced by choice of words, grammatical structures, use of literary devices, and all the possible parts of language use. Some general styles might include scientific, ornate, plain, emotive. ...

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" (3) "It is found in nursery rhymes, weather saws, and so on; because, however these may have been once made in running rhythm, the terminations having dropped off by the change of language, the stresses come together and so the rhythm is sprung... The poems of Hopkins, though few in number, have caused a sensation in the world of poetry, largely due to the powerful, emotive imagery and music found within each and every one. ...

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The narrator's rhetoric highlights Forster's own cautiousness towards the future of England and its society; however, his employment of figurative language - using simile to glorify England as 'a jewel', and then metaphorically as 'a ship of souls' - shows a romanticized but clearly reverential impression of England as a nation. ... We can assess the noun 'telegram' as a synecdoche for the capitalist world as whole, therefore the juxtaposition of it within the syntax with the emotive noun 'anger' may illuminate how Forster, through narrative f...

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F. Scott Fitzgerald's, The Great Gatsby, and John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, are two novels that deal with the tragic culmination of the American Dream, personified through respective protagonists. However, these protagonists are perceived very differently as a result of the different narrative pe...

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This is made obvious by the body language used by Torvald as he 'flings open his door' which implies an anger in his attitude and that Ibsen says he 'stand there with an open letter in his hand' suggesting the significance of the letter. ... They do not argue but the emotive language used by Nora has come from her conflicted feelings of whether or not she really did ever love Torvald and if he truly loves her or just the situation they have become accustomed to. ...

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Although the auditorium had been rented for a wide variety of expressive activities prior to Southeastern's application, Chattanooga city officials refused Southeastern's request, citing Hair's nudity, tacit approval or drug use, sexual themes, and bad language. ...

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Listening involves many skills other than those connected with hearing someone speak including non-verbal communication, posture, eye contact, body language, facial features and hand gestures. ... The role of workers is to negotiate between professional conduct and applying an empirical and emotive understanding to the children and young people they work with. ...

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The subject of maternal deprivation has always been an emotive one, giving rise to extremes of opinion. ... Lack of Language and Intellectual Development Goldfarb (1943) found that children raised in institutions were often developmentally challenged intellectually and linguistically. ...

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