aliens in america
...In the beginning the pastor still came around, and even prayed for Admiral’s safe return, citing the instance of Laika, the first dog in outer space, saying that there really is no need for brother Jonathan to be so spaced out about it all. Why, he even brought brother Jonathan a replacement, and promptly christened the animal General. But it only made brother Jonathan sadder, for the General was no Admiral: in fact, it resembled a Pentagon general to a tee: barking a lot and not doing much...
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Bill Bryson's
...Perhaps, as Bryson indicate, most of what we have read about Shakespeare, is pure conjecture, and has the bard indeed been overly dissected, precisely because so little is actually known about him. What with researchers pronouncing that his works constitute, amongst others, 138 198 commas, 31 959 speeches, his characters refer to love 2259, and hate 183 times, and so on and so forth. And with time, conjecture, in most cases became accepted as fact.
This book is not without humour, and never more so than when the author relates how the richer folks were able to afford space on the stage as spectators!....
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Katriena-katryn se
Stylfigure:
Eufemisme: Versagtende uitdrukking, verbloeming (bv. Heengaan ‘sterf’)
Hiperbool: Buitensporige oordrywing as uiting van hewige gevoel of om ‘n sterk indruk te maak, bv. ‘ek het myself morsdood gesukkel’
Ellips: (Retorika) Weglating van woorde wat veronderstel kan word
Herhaling: Waarin woorde of sinsnedes herhaal word om ‘n gedagte te beklemtoon
Insinuasie: Bedekte, indirekte beskuldiging, listige suggestie
Ironie: Woordgebruik waar mens presies die teenoorgestelde sê van wat jy bedoel.
Paradoks: Skynbare teenstrydigheid
Oksimoron: As twee teenstrydige begrippe met mekaar verbind word
Inversie: Omdraaiing van die gewone en natuurlike woordorde, bv. ‘lank was die dag’ teenoor die regte ‘die dag was lank’.
Kontras / Antitese: Teenstelling, die gebruik van twee teenoorgestelde begrippe naas mekaar, bv. Christendom – Heidendom
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golgota
innie winter van my golgota-
beskut…
oppie wal van emmarentia se dam:
waar arm mens se sonnetjie
tevergeefs
deur vroegoggend mis
probeer wroeg
gooi ek
virrie wildegans ‘n korsie....
brood oppie water
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