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Illiad & Opeidus Rex Study Guide

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Iliad & Oedipus study guide: what to know Short bio on authors from text book: Background info on Greek literature, Greek tragedy from textbook. Iliad Author: Homer Bio: about the legend of the Trojan War takes place in Troy. 3 goddesses competed for a golden apple. They asked Paris of Troy to pick the fairest. He won Helen, but she was the wife of King Menelaus. But those loyal to the king went to fight in Troy. War lasted 10 years. Homer Epics contain: repetition, narrator, flashbacks, epic similes, and stressed syllables. Oedipus Author: Sophocles Bio: 3 plays in the series of Oedipus. It?s a tragedy. Contains a tragic flaw that will bring the main character down in the end.

Bradbury Rhetorical Analysis

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It is an inescapable conclusion that we must come to when reading Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 that the people and the society he describes are not happy. They constantly search for solace in their lives and, when confronted by the obvious unhappiness of their situation, they drown their troubles in “families” and electronics. Guy Montag, on the other hand, finds his own solace and newness in life through connection to the opposite, as Bradbury shows through specific rhetorical strategies in this passage.

Joseph Addison - Ridicule

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Pavel Spichak AP American Lit. Mrs. Fouts 20 October 2010 Joseph Addison: Ridicule Ridicule and humor is something we inherited and grew upon since birth, and the fact is that we would laugh at anything that we deemed as funny. But is a good deed something we can laugh at? Joseph Addison argues against an everyday virtue, or more specifically, human nature. He take?s this issue head-on, and shows us how most jokes are not just there to ease the tension, but to create it as well. Hence, I qualify Addison?s position on this issue based from the idea of how some jokes are funny, but are also used wrongly in an ironic matter. For a part of my childhood, I never understood sarcasm or certain jokes, and sometimes

Linking Expressions

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Linking Expressions/Transitional Phrases Use Linking expressions to show how ideas are related and make a paragraph or essay read smoothly. Linking expressions are words or phrases that show relationship between ideas, details and examples in a paragraph. Such expressions tie together sentences, showing how one idea is related to the one that comes before it, or after it. As you learn to use these expressions, remember that each expression is appropriate for a particular kind of relationship. I. Joining similar ideas: Again, For instance, Moreover, For example, Another, Of course, Likewise, Furthermore, Besides, In addition, Too, Similarly, In a like manner II. Joining dissimilar ideas:

Hyperbole

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Anh Minh Nguyen Period 2 Literary Device Analysis Hyperbole: A figure of speech that uses an exaggerated statement to create a strong emotional response or to emphasize.? Example: ?No longer from head to foot than from hip to hip. She is spherical, like a globe. I could find out countries in her. ?(III, ii, 105-107)

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