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1. How can we explain the continued interest in a particular work in different contexts and at different times? The different events in hu...

In this speech Lincoln chose very interesting words, that makes feel the reader, like a friend or someone very close to him. First of all ...

How would you describe the register of the following statements? “Honoured guests, members of the board, Superintendent Johnson, and most...

Meaning can often be complicated through the use of metaphors, idioms, or simply through ambiguous relationships between words. What are th...

Truth Assumptions Are the following statements factive or non-factive? I thought that today was your birthday.   Non-factive I forgot ...

The Kraken Below the thunders of the upper deep, Far far beneath in the abysmal sea, His ancient, dreamless, uninvaded sleep The Kraken sl...

Extract 1 1) It use the word 'as' to compare (simile) 'stedfast as thou art'. 2) The star is something figurative, m...