By Conversations, Hyperboles

HI! I Have just finished a analytical essay, and i would be really glad if someone out there could help me correcting it! It would mean a lot! Thanks! ( My essay below) The first edition of the short story “The Tell-Tale Heart” was first released in 1843. This was the start of a new time...

I guess you don't get out much, Anon. Here is a sampling of respectable online sources. Doing a bit of Google research yourself will turn up many, many more.The American Heritage Dictionary: Grammarians have sometimes objected to the so-called double genitive construction, as in a friend of my...

Hello, I have just finished my commentary on "My Last Duchess" for my 11th Grade IB English class. We were supposed to talk about the poetic form, background and use of poetic devices. I would love any feed back I could get on sentence structure, choice of words, and content. (and any other...

Roro, thank you for your time. Hello, and thank you for your question, Professor Ruzinsky! I am not a professor. That title is reserved for high ranking teachers at universities which I am not. In the USA, a Ph.D. carries a title of "Dr." but I prefer that you simply call me by my registered...

Hi, MountainHiker, I think the listening to English all day was just hyperbole. I think Julie's main point was that there is a difference between learning to use a language and learning to quote theories about language. As for the monkeys, I agree. At least you probably wouldn't want to have...

Hi Jeter, (1) book talk: an event, usually scheduled in a library, bookstore, or educational institution, at which the author, a librarian, or other interested person discusses a book and reads excerpts from it to encourage readership and promote reading in general. Also spelled booktalk. Or...

Hello Candy It should really be: 'I couldn't agree with you more!' — i.e. 'I agree with you so much, there is no possibility that I could agree with you more!' (The opposite is: 'I couldn't agree with you less!') I would say it's 'hyperbole', rather than understatement. However (there is...

Friday. That's quite soon, Parsa. We'll see what we can do. Quick intro. This = a dramatic monologue. You are being spoken to by the Duke. Techie stuff: it's written in heroic couplets with almost continuous enjambement. (What does this mean, in terms of the style of the poem? What effect...