Due Friday, 26 October (this post is late, so you response may be, too)
You have examined four specific rhetorical devices used for specific effect by Diana's brother, Earl of Spencer. Scan the eulogy again looking for HOW and WHY he used the following: polysyndeton, asyndeton, anaphora, and epistrophe. Then, create a post (300 word limit) in which you use each one for your own EFFECT - to emphasize something specific, to make things equally important, to create a sense of multiplicity, to build to a climax...Hint: This will work better if you write it first as a word document, then copy and paste here.
She was mine, she was ours, she is gone. I couldn’t believe that the day before, I had just taken her out on our third date together. It all started when she had received a text message one evening from an unknown number that said, “Your time has come.” Nonchalant as she was about the message, she deleted it and continued her life as if nothing had happened. A few weeks later around 2pm, the same number texted her, but this time it said, “If you don’t meet me by Central Park at 10pm in two days, you will lose a loved one. Remember, your time has come.” Terrified and confused, she sent me a message asking if I was alright. I was in an important meeting and didn’t reply. Thinking that I was in danger, she drove over to my apartment and rang the door bell.
ReplyDeleteAs I drove home, I sensed something was wrong after reading her text. I reached the front of my apartment and the door was already unlocked. Afraid of who might be inside, I kicked the door open and stepped back. There, on the floor, with a cord around her neck was Anna-Maria. I yelled and shouted and ran towards her simultaneously dialing 911. The police was on their way already.
This is to you Anna:
Anna-Maria,
The cops told me everything. Words can’t explain the grief that I am feeling right now. You were my life, you were the reason I’d wake up every day, you were my love. Whenever I needed advice, I’d come to you; to laugh, I’d come to you; for a hug, I’d come to you. I promise will find whoever did this to you and I will eliminate them. I swear I will do it.
Love,
Nathan.
Interesting, if a bit dark, story. It flows well. You still need to double check your verb forms in some places: "the police was already on their way.." and make sure your sentences are complete: "I promise will find whoever did..."
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ReplyDeleteBe aware… The dark shadow might catch you. Run, roll, jump, escape from this place, before you get caught. You don’t have that much time. You don’t have any more chances. You don’t have any idea what is going on.
You must have realized that you will not be able to get out of this place until you solve the questions from different rooms. It was not easy, was it? But if you are reading this letter that would mean that you have reached the last room. Great! It is amazing but it will not be that easy this time.
Use your brain, my fellows. As soon as you open the door of the room you will see a table, a laptop, a sofa and a camera. There will be three cards on the table. Do not get closer to the cards. Do not touch the cards. Do not touch any other things that you see. I will give you five minutes. In five minutes, figure out which one of those red and black and blue card is the one that has a joker on. If you choose a card that has no joker on it, you will have to stay in this place forever. As soon as you touch one of the cards, the five minute timer will automatically start. The clues are in the room. Open your eyes, your mind, your knowledge that you have and solve my trick.
Remember the tricks that you have solved in the other rooms, the hints you got from the other rooms and the common factor you have discovered from the other rooms. Tik tok tik tok – the time is going. Hurry – you only have an hour to stay in that room. After an hour, one card will be randomly chosen. Good luck to you all. I will be watching this show.
Love, Joker
This was really fun to read. I think you have an evil twin lurking under the surface....
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ReplyDeleteCan it be? Can this not end? Can I not begin again? How can he just leave? How could he not believe? How are we not meant be? I looked at the mirror and asked myself. I take it back; I take it all back, all my mistakes, my words that hurt you, I take it all back. All I want is you and I go crazy just imaging you with her, this is not where I want to be.
ReplyDeleteYes I’m crazy, stupid, and immature but what I feel for you is true and it will always be. All the times we spent together, the pizzas we ate together, the jokes we made together, do you expect me forget all this? This might be very easy for you to forget but must I remind you that memories can never be erased. Insomnia and teary eyes have just become a habit now. I really hope you could read this just once and feel what I feel. This probably is a distant memory for you now. I will get over this one day, because you know what they say, “what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger”. Hey! I’m alive so I guess there will be a day where I’ll be strong again. My only wish now is that just once you hold me tight and say yes, you’re mine, you’re mine and will always be mine. I know that won’t ever be possible, but I remember you saying that one can always wish. Knowing that your happy and smiling and living your life satisfies me and maybe not today, but someday I might come across another like you.
Got all the devices in. I hope this is not too autobiographical. But if it is, you now know that the best part of being hurt is that it allows us to enjoy the opposite emotions as well.
Delete“Do you speak African? Do you live in huts? Do you go to school on elephants? Do you eat African food?” The questions keep piling on as soon as I mention that I’m from Africa. First of all, no I do not speak African because a) Africa is a continent, not a country, just like North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia are and b) Africa is home to about 53 countries, containing diverse groups of people who eat different cultural foods and speak a variety of different languages. The language or food “African” simply does not exist.
ReplyDeleteMost people today, such as North Americans and Europeans have established several myths about Africa. These myths degrade African experience and create stereotypes of Africans and their history. Choosing to believe in these myths or not depends on who you are, where you’re from, your background, your culture, your beliefs. What I think of when I hear of Africa may be completely different from what a person who has lived in the U.S their entire life thinks of when they hear of Africa. Our opinions differ because of where we’ve been brought up, our surroundings, our principles.
One of the most popular stereotypes is “Africa is one country and the people there speak a language called African.” Americans and Europeans view Africa as a tiny country with no cultures or ethnic groups and fail to realize that Africa is actually the second largest continent in the world with over fifty countries. These countries contain diverse groups of people who speak a variety of different languages and practice a wide range of customs. People in economically developed countries rely on stereotypes because they are uneducated about this subject, causing them to make false assumptions based on Africa’s history. They have been misled in learning about “reality” in Africa, about why Africa is so underdeveloped, about the hardships people face in Africa, about why Africa is the way it is. Furthermore, these myths have created negative views towards Africa. They fail to understand that Africans have built a variety of ancient cultures and kingdoms and civilizations and empires and thus, made several meaningful contributions to world history.
A tad long, but it reads easily and fluently. You do get all the devices in without hitting us int the face with any of them.
Delete“Hey son”, my dad says. “You have to do the laundry; you have to take the garbage out; you have go collect some groceries and I think that’s it”. I’m thinking in my head, did he really just say, “that’s it”?
ReplyDeleteI always have to do the dirty work for the house. I have two brothers that lie around all day and play PlayStation. I’m the one cleaning the rooms, I’m the one making the beds, I’m the one paying the bills, I’m the one filling fuel in the cars, and I’m also the one washing the floors. What more can I do?
I do something bad, and everyone says Salman is a bad kid; I do something good, and everyone says Salman is a bad kid. Life is hard. I make a move; Salman is a bad kid.
When I hear the famous line “Salman is a bad kid”, I say to myself, be quiet, shut up, take it in and take it out, act like I care, then walk away. I really believe that my parents enjoy yelling at me. I know I’m about to be screamed at when my dad asks, “what did you do today”, and “why is mom talking about you?”, and “why did you get a B in Math class?”.
These difficult moments that I face all go away when I hear “college”. No one to bother me there, no one to tell me what to do there, no one to help me there, and no one to slap and abuse me there.
The only thing I can say is, I CAN’T wait for June 2013, the month I graduate and leave Zimbabwe for the US.
P.S. All this is almost completely false. I’m the best kid ever!
I'm glad I met your mother who is just so happy that you are a happy person, otherwise I may believe your essay. In reality I know that while the brothers may play playstation, Salman is out on the golf course - possibly washing up the course with his opposition....
DeleteHow would you relate blue to red? How would you relate wet to dry? How would you relate cold to hot? How would you relate dark to light? How would you relate down to up? It’s been said that down, dark, cold, wet are only the words we use to explain the absents of up, light, hot, dry; but how does this change our view of blue and red? The fact that dark is only the state at which there is no light might influence our thoughts on blue and red. Does blue and red have the ability to be related in this same way? Does blue and red relate in the way that dark and light do? Does blue and red even relate at all? They are both colors of course, but is there a tie between them? No, yes, maybe, the choice seems to be up to you. When redness is absent from red does it turn blue? Or is red the absents of blue? When blueness is absent from blue does it turn red? While we think we try to compare. We live our lives and learn while we compare. Comparing things is how we learn, we look, we see, we observe, we compare. Red looks different from blue and blue looks different from red. Squares look different from circles, and circles look different from squares. With our skills of observation that we’ve learned, can we see the relation between these two? What is the relations of blue to red, and wet to dry, and cold to hot, and dark to light, and down to up? You tell me if red, blue, wet, dry are comparable; you tell me if hot and cold and light and dark are comparable. They seem related to me, but I’ll leave the question to you.
ReplyDeleteThis one hurt my brain. I think you should take up writing absurdist drama (someday when you read Waiting for Godot, you'll get the allusion). It's all here, though and I don't feel like I'm reading a list of devices. Watch your spelling and number agreement.
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