The elements that represent elements of an author's style are the sentence length, the language used, syntactical structure and rhetorical devices. Using rhetorical devices is a way of using effective expression or assertive text that aims to change the reader's mind or make the reader support the author's point of view. Sentence length is important because reading long convoluted sentences is off-putting to the reader. If the sentence structure is too short, however, it causes a stilted flow and the reader won't enjoy reading what the author has written either.
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In "The Carp," by Yun Wang, the use of the carp to represent something deeper is an example of Synecdoche. The carp is used to represent the pain and injustice of her father’s imprisonment. “The Carp is dedicated to Wang’s father, and many of the poems in her little book tell stories from that period.
Remember, a symbol is an object that takes on a meaning other than its literal meaning.
In the poem, the carp is literally a fish that takes on a deeper meaning. Confucius named his son Carp, and his son died young. The speaker's father was imprisoned and beaten. Therefore, the carp represents sadness and pain.
If the italicized part of the sentence is the word <em>courses, </em>then the correct answer is predicate noun/nominative.
A predicate nominative is the first noun found after a linking verb, such as to be, or in this sentence, the verb <em>are. </em>You can see that the first noun following the verb <em>are </em>is the word <em>courses, </em>which means it is a predicate nominative.
