It is generally believed that writing is the most demanding skill among the four. Nowadays, teaching writing is the focus of interest within both first and second language contexts. The ability to write effectively is becoming increasingly important in our global community, and instruction in writing is thus assuming an increasing role in both second […]
Having worked with many thousands of students at – and beyond – many colleges and universities both in the United Kingdom and more internationally, I have seen at first hand many of the most common problems that students experience and also been involved in their resolution so I feel that I am able to provide […]
There are 2 main disciplines that study the phenomenon that is language; linguists and psycholinguists. Language can have many meaning and therefore is hard to specifically define. For some language may be specific to humans, for other language could describe any communicative system between the same species. Hockett (1960) attempted to avoid this dilemma of […]
The Victorian Period describes the events in the reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1901. Victorian Period connects the Romantic era and the modernist period, and was a very important period in the history of poetry. In the Victorian Period, some poets tried a variety of reforms such as the use of the Sonnet, […]
Dr. Jekyll has a split personality when he takes his potion during the story. At this point in time he becomes a person whom wants to come out and be an active part of society. There is a constant battle between good and evil in the character in the story. It has also become very […]
Analysis of a poem in terms of themes and rhetorical strategies The Poem “If We Must Die”, by Claude Mckay portrays the deep feelings felt during the conflict between blacks and whites in America in the early 20th century. It was during these years that riots related to race were experienced in the United States […]
The story begins with the narrator, Amir, recalling an incident that happened to him a long time ago, saying that the event transformed him. Chapter one takes place in San Francisco, United States. But the reader soon recognizes that the story will take place in Kabul, Afghanistan. In Kabul, the young Amir lives with his […]
In today’s society many people struggle with the feeling of being under lock and key, unable to reach and prevented any goals made for themselves. Both the Poem I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and the song, Caged Bird both discuss this dilemma in much the same way. A further look into both poem […]
Frivolous language is absent, but Camus’s descriptions are meticulous. With this painstaking attention to detail, we get everything from the roundness of Marie’s breasts to the type of green in the evening sky. The sentences are clipped, the vocabulary simple. At times, it even seems childlike, but there are also moments of profound clarity and […]
Sonnets 116, 144 and 147 are all constructed in the usual Shakespearean sonnet manner. They consist of three quatrains and a final couplet which is composed in iambic parameter. The rhyme scheme for all of those sonnets is abab cdcd efef gg. In all of them the author has used different literary devices to express […]
