Hyphen Essays

LANGUAGE TECHNIQUE USED IN JOSEPH CONRAD’S HEART OF DARKNESS ABSTRACT The nineteenth century has been called "the age of the novel", as the last of the major forms of literature to appear. The novel was one of the most fluent, diverse, and unpredictable of literary forms. It was the dominant literary form which reached its apotheosis in the Last century. The novel may seem modern but is historically related to other literary forms such as drama and the epic. It took many forms when it emerged in

sound in Dickinson’s poem is hugely dominated by her use of hyphens. We continually get interrupted when we read the poem. If we read the poem without using the iambic meter, as most people would, you can never quite get a rhythm going. The poem’s content gives of a feeling of indifference and coldness, but the hyphens creates just a hint of impatience. “I could not see to see –” (Dickinson, l. 16), we see here that the poem ends with a hyphen. By doing this, we get the feeling that, the speaker cannot

Reflecting On “Hyphen Nation” Matthew Frye Jacobson’s “Hyphen Nation” focuses on America’s ethnic revival and the evolution of race and culture in America. Jacobson claims that the ethnic revival changed political and social culture, American textbooks and the nation’s identity, and credited the movement with the restoration of Ellis Island into its present museum. These accreditations are all justified and Jacobson presents a thorough history of proof through our nation’s progress and struggle

Lily Wong, in her article about food, entitled “Eating the Hyphen,” states, “Perhaps this combination (ketchup and dumplings) has something to do with the fact that since both my parents grew up in the States, we’ve embraced many American traditions while abandoning or significantly modifying many Chinese ones”

The relationship between Fred Wah Jr. and his father Fred Wah Sr. is a complex and fascinating family dynamic. In the novel Diamond Grill , Fred Wah reflects on his past experiences and relationships. Fred's father grew up in China and did not know much english when he came back to Canada. Fred both reflects and rejects his fathers ways of life, however, his view of his father shifts from the different times of his life. As Fred tells the story of his life as a Chinese- Canadian his father shows

Night and darkness are often used interchangeably, usually carrying a negative connotation. Although one may assume that the idea of darkness means one thing: darkness, it is evident that some people stretch the meaning of this idea. For example, in We Grow Accustomed to the Dark, Dickinson uses the idea of darkness to showcase the uncertainty of life, while in another piece of literature, Acquainted with the Night, Frost has darkness symbolize depression. While these two poems have some similarities

These qualities are shown in the stories. In, “The Tell-Tale Heart,” has hyphens to add suspense, the madness in the caretaker to make the story eerie, and murder. “The Black Cat,” has hyphens to add suspense, the madness in the husband to make the story eerie, and murder. These concepts are similar. The stories “The Black Cat,” and “The Tell-Tale Heart,” written by Edgar Allen Poe, have remarkable similar concepts of hyphens, eerie, and

I recently read an article entitled ‘How texting is wrecking our language,’ in which the author, John Humphrys, rants about how he feels the increasingly common uses of Text-speak in everyday life will in the future inhibit the younger generation’s writing and literacy skills. He also suggests that ‘the texters’ are ‘pillaging our punctuation’ and ‘savaging our sentences.’ He constructs his flawed arguments around the fact that the ‘whole point’ of Text-speak is simply used ‘to save time;’ this however

Cynthia Ponce Professor Iserhien English 3 3/30/23 Essay 2 outline Food is an integral part of human existence and plays a significant role in shaping our identity, culture, and lifestyle choices. As Lily Wong argues in "Eating the Hyphen," the food we eat and the way we consume it reflect our cultural and ethnic background and shape our sense of self. Similarly, Brillat-Savarin's "Physiology of Taste: Aphorisms of the Professor" explores the complex nature of taste and pleasure in relation to food

Similar to the previous paragraph the pauses created by the commas and hyphens create a sense of worry in Gawande. Gawande’s fellow resident’s advice prompted him to research as to why all the residents avoided that one specific date. “And for a moment—only a moment, mind you—I felt my confidence slip.” The pauses create emphasis

In the last paragraph on pg. 220 of Anne Moody’s Coming of Age in Mississippi, she talks about her fears that she has encountered throughout her life. I chose this passage because I felt that it was relevant to the story, because she discussed some of her fears throughout the story and how she might have overcame them. Coming of Age in Mississippi is about the author’s own personal experiences and encounters as an African American girl growing up during the time of segregation and the pre Civil

One of the most prominent techniques manipulated throughout the extract was the use of dialogue. This is shown in the quote: “Mrs Birling, you’re a member - a prominent member - of the Brumley’s woman charity organization, aren’t you?” The use of a hyphen

In this section of “The Tell-Tale Heart,” the narrator has just concluded cleaning up any evidence that may have been left behind from his crime of executing the old man. The police showed up at 4 am because of a call from the neighbor about the old man screaming. The narrator lets in the officers and leads them around the house, soon he becomes arrogant and even lead them into the room where the old man is. This section has quality diction, “hastily” is used to describe how the narrator worked

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The 2016 US election will be an election that no person will forget, especially the fallout after the results for the president-elect were announced. Protests and riots breaking out denying the reality that Trump had won and many threats by some Pro-Trump saying inappropriate racial slurs and many telling non whites to ‘get out of their town/city or else.’ Throughout the years, the United States has been called the land of opportunity, leading to a high immigration rate in the late 1800s. Many foreigners

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Concrete Explorations In Richard Blanco’s memoir of his Cuban childhood, The Prince of Los Cocuyos, he questions the world around him and the control over his life. Blanco applies rhetoric to challenge the concrete parts of his life to empower people to explore their surroundings. Richard Blanco utilizes asyndeton to explain the concrete parts of his life. He demonstrates his understanding of his favorite subject by stating “I was a whiz at math, and had come to trust it as something unquestionably

Are texters all over the universe demolishing the English Language? In John Humphrys’ “I h8 txt msgs: How texting is wrecking our language” he argues that texters all over the world, and beyond, are destroying the language that we once knew and loved simply because society is looking for a quicker and easier way to do things. In the article, Humphrys also brings to many reader’s attention that everyone is gradually partaking in the use of text language, despite their intentions. In the article he

reader a diary entrée of Perry’s. He is intelligent in the way that this syntax pattern is subject, verb, object, verb, object, and subject. “An aunt-that seemed possible; a visiting spinster aunt, slightly odd, but nice.” (Page 29) Truman uses a hyphen to separate who the noun or person is, and description of her interesting personality. The italicize word is loosely implied to show that even when Nancy’s mom is weirdly nice or it can also be interpreted as her not being nice at all; it is open

Langston Hughes’ poem, “Dream Boogie” dramatizes the double consciousness of an African-American. It shows that even during a time of happiness, such as the Harlem Renaissance, an African-American still experiences pain and despair due to the negative impact of race relations. The poem also depicts the limitations that include the inability to succeed one’s dream and the disappointment of not reaching equality. There are two speakers in the poem. The main speaker is well aware of his positon in life