Syntax

Interlopers,” tells the story of a feud between two, blood thirsty landowners. His purpose was to demonstrate that because the landowners were so concerned with being more powerful, they did not see the dangers at hand. He uses the setting, theme, tone, and syntax to show the motif of power to his adult readers. Saki utilizes the setting of his short story to disclose the theme of man over man. The land that the two main characters, Ulrich and Georg, were battling over, “was not remarkable…

Through a threatening tone, William Blake’s “The Tyger” reveals the process of the tigers creation and its ending by using syntax, diction, figurative lang. and imagery. Maybe, that is why he chose a Tyger, because a Tyger can be very threatening or intimidating to others. When he says, “ Could frame thy fearful symmetry?” instead of “Could frame your fearful symmetry” which shows diction because he tried to portray the readers of the tone threatening by using the word “fearful”, and he also…

theme such as the poets’ use of syntax and diction in the dramatic monolog, the speaker’s borderline personality disorder, and the tone the speaker uses towards his obsession of Porphyria. In…

especially my first poem. Clear syntax, style, and organization were evidently lacking in my second poem. To combat this, I utilized my readings, such as James Tate, Marvin Bell as well as Addonizio to create poetry that stood out from the page and ultimately create “good poetry.” For example, in the draft “The Coffee Perspective,” I attempted to install improvements…

Pulitzer Prizes given out each year, Marjorie Kinnan Rawling received one in 1939 for The Yearling. She achieved this award by using artful syntax, sensory detail, and figurative language in such a stellar way to showcase a family’s move to Florida and the struggles within it. One of the three essential rhetorical devices that really tied the novel together was syntax. Even though it was not used as much in the story, it was used in a way that made everything that much more compelling. In…

In the story "Tepeyac" by Sandra Cisneros, Cisneros uses syntax and diction to describe the streets of her childhood and where she grew up, she uses these literary techniques to create a flow of her memories and helps her to cope with the changes that have been made in her neighborhood and in her life. The theme of the story is that things always change whether you want them to so you just always have to focus on what is right in front of you, and in this case it was that she could remember…

Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne and The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe, they both share a common thematic message of guilt manipulating one's thinking. This is done by Hawthorne by his use of dour diction and lengthy syntax and Poe’s use of shifting dictions and repeating syntax. Primarily, Hawthorne constructed this message of guilt controlling one’s thinking by using these grim phrases…

area, and when they were heading towards the store, they had an unpleasant encounter with five mischievous teenagers who attacked them. However, even though this is a story, within the text, there is a significant amount of imagery, connotation, and syntax that was used to strengthen the writing. This also made the writing have more of voice and tone. The imagery helped give more detail to the story. In result, the reader would be able to have a more visual perspective of the story, and is able…

drunk? Whereas some are convinced that the poem is about a fond memory, others maintain that it's about abuse. While the subject of ¨My Papa's Waltz¨ has spurred passionate academic debate from professors, scholars, and students alike, the imagery, syntax and diction of the poem clearly support the interpretation that Theodore Roethke wrote ¨My Papa's Waltz¨ to show his abusive relationship between him and his father. To begin, the author uses negative imagery to give details on their…

conveys the theme of progress, giving his perspectives on the ways in which it manifests itself. The author does so through the literary devises of anecdote, giving real life examples of his perspective on progress and parallelism through diction and syntax, showing the conflicts which arise from change. Initially, McLuhan demonstrates his complex ideas of progress through providing seemingly counterintuitive anecdotes throughout the passage, which allude to his unconventional perspectives.…