By Conversations, Metaphors

GlynMorris wrote: Fighting battle with author. I say following is incomprehensible babble. Any opinion? Harry was that way with his life, too. Everything was right there up, front and center, open doorways, as he navigated through a conversation from one topic to the next, all meshing...

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...

You can think of it as a metaphor. You're at the airport. You see your luggage approaching, on the carousel. You're about to grab it, when your attention is distracted by the statuesque blonde next to you. But never mind. You'll pick up your luggage when it next comes round. In the meantime, you...

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...

Dear Andrewdust: As I promised, I have reviewed your short story and taken the liberty of making suggested corrections. Again, I want to congratulate you on a well written document. You have real talent that you should continue to develop. I would suggest that you purchase "The Elements of...

Walls That Block Communication How Culture Influences Who We Are Culture has been broadly defined as “a set of shared ideas, . . . the customs, beliefs, and knowledge that characterize a way of life.” We learn many cultural values through direct teaching, but we also absorb much without even...