Answer:
Oxymoron:
1: O miserable abundance, O beggarly riches!
Paradoxes:
2: What a pity that youth must be wasted on the young.
3: I can resist anything but temptation.
4: How is it possible to have a civil war?
Explanation:
Oxymoron:
It is a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction.
e.g Fully empty, living death, O loving hate.
Based on this definition only "O miserable abundance, O beggarly riches!" falls under the category of Oxymoron.
Paradox: It is similar to oxymoron, but it is usually a statement with logically contradictory statements which on investigation may or may not be logically true.
e.g "Everything I say is lie" , Barber Paradox: "A male barber shaves all and only those men who don’t shave themselves. Does he shave himself?"
As we can find out there are no contradictory terms/words, but the statements which may contradict each other.
Based on the above, we conclude that sentence 2, 3 and 4 are Paradoxes.
Explanation:
Note, in the English Language, the term modifier refers to a word, phrase, or clause that is used to modify (or adds meaning to) other words in a sentence. Note, the modifier of the sentence is bolded.
1. "On her way, Jan found a gold man's watch." Here, the word 'a' (a proposition) acts as a modifier of the word, <em>"gold man's watch".</em>
<em>2. </em>"The child ate a cold dish of cereal for breakfast this morning." Here, the phrase<em>"a cold dish of" </em>modifies the word "child ate", And the word, <em>"this" </em>modifies the word "morning".
3. "The torn student's book lay on the desk." Here, the word, <em>"on the"</em> acts as the modifier of the phrase, "The torn student's book lay".
4. "Just John was picked to host the program," Here, the phrase <em>"was picked to" modify the phrase, "</em>host the program".
Answer:
3 is personification because the leaves are talking. 4 is a simile because it is comparing something using as
Explanation:
Answer:
"Let Sleeping Dogs Lie" is a narrative essay published in Goines's book, The Free Speech Movement. This essay describes Goines's personal strategy for avoiding the draft during the Vietnam war. He sent letters stating he is not a rabi or any religious figure, he is not currently enrolled in a four-year university, nor is he the sole proprietor for his family. All of which would be more of a reason to enlist. However, sure enough, they "lost" his mailing address and he no longer received any letters for the draft. The satire Goines uses is somewhat of comedic relief. The situation is very dark, and it is unfair that he managed to avoid the draft but others had no choice but to enlist, so it is understandable if someone would be disgruntled in this situation. Satire is normally used for comedic effect - to mock - and may not be put in the appropriate situation; however, as someone who uses humor to cope, it is understandable and humorous when satire is used.
