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Interpreting meanings and effects of figurative language and imagery Videos 18 videos
AP English Literature and Composition 1.8 Passage Drill 2. What is the principle effect of the author's allusions in lines 10-11?
AP English Literature and Composition 1.5 Passage Drill 5. What is the principle effect of the anaphora in lines 10-12?
AP English Literature and Composition 1.9 Passage Drill 5. Which of the following lines best expresses a paradox?
AP English Literature: The Meaning of Sad and Low 5 Views
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The aural imagery of chords "sad and low" (line 15) serves to
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Sorry Okay Next up ap English Lit People are still
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on this fine poem What Question Just get to it
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The R roll imagery of chords sad and low line
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fifteen right there Serves toe What What does it do
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Well let's think about it Music is a great way
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to have cathartic experiences where one purges emotions often too
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difficult and complex to put into words Well the speaker
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seems to be taking advantage of that special quality that
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sad and low music can have using it to express
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the nearly well inexpressible So it's B They're illustrated cathartic
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experience shared with mourners Yeah well the loser bowl music
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that is sad and low wasn't exactly joyful Get rid
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of sea and let's hear the Grim Reaper something And
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the description of the cords is separate from the actual
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proceedings of funeral So get rid of eat If music
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is being played well silence doesn't seem obtainable like Where
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did that come from Which isn't necessarily what Speaker wants
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anyway The physical setting isn't is important Here is the
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action is taking place When in doubt look at what's
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moving Not just what's being described in answering these questions
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so that's it The answer is B
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