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The word choice, sentence structure, figurative language, and sentence arrangement the author {Kimberly Brubaker Bradley} uses, makes the text journalistic or informal like. When the characters talk, they don't speak formally or with really bad grammar. They talk like normal people would do. Kimberly writes with little figurative language. When she does though, it is relatable to the text, and easy for younger readers to understand.…
Listen and identify the tone of the speaker. Write the tone of voice in the table below.…
Troy and Rose’s emotions have clearly been understood by the reader, however, they can not express them in clear words to each other instead they use metaphors to communicate their feelings to each other. Metaphors and word choice allow their feelings to be understood while increasing those feelings based on their personalities and outlooks on life.…
Both images show restroom signs that are discriminatory or prejudice against another race or being. In District 9, there is evidence of discrimination against the aliens or ‘prawns’. This refers back to the Apartheid Era, where White Supremacy ruled over the nation of South Africa and caused an unfair racial divide. The ‘white people’ were more privileged than the other races and were forbidden to integrate with said races. The above images assist in showing the similar social issues present in the film as well as during the Apartheid Era.…
In “The Ways of Meeting Oppression,” Martin Luther King Jr. primarily uses ethos to promote the practice of non-violent resistance against the struggle of oppression. In this persuasive piece, King uses ethos to appeal to the African Americans' sense of responsibility. By encouraging them to step up instead of passively accepting injustice, he is implying that he trusts they can do it. His argument is based on moral obligations rather than the practicality of the issue. His use of shared values or ethos such as “religion reminds every man that he is his brother's keeper,” enables the argument to remain in the realm of abstractness, which in turn remove the human tension. That makes it easier for him to change the attitudes of people, making…
In the short “ Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut Jr., his choice of figurative language and negative themes left the reader frighten for the future. Vonnegut also uses alliteration to describe Harrison’s handicaps in great detail. On page 24 Vonnegut writes, “The rest of Harrison’s appearance was Halloween and hardware.Nobody had ever born heavier handicaps.” This part of the story creates a scary and intimidating image along with a scary and intimidating mood. The mood is scary because Harrison is standing on stage looking intimidating because people aren’t sure what he is about to do. On page 26 Vonnegut writes, “They leaped like deer on the moon.” Vonnegut uses a simile to show how free Harrison and the ballerina felt with no handicaps.…
(1) Copy a passage that you find particularly beautiful or powerful. What devices (imagery, figurative language, etc.) did the author use to make an impact on the reader?…
Atticus Finch tells his children that it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird. The metaphor is only stated a couple of times, but the meaning is relevant throughout the book. As the story progresses, it’s easier to understand what that meaning is. So, what is it and why is it used?…
“The Writer” by Richard Wilbur makes use of metaphors and poetic devices such as assonance to show the journey of a girl’s struggles to overcome the obstacles of adolescence and gain independence. This poem uses two metaphors to convey its message. The first metaphor is comparing the girl’s journey to a journey across the sea. The daughter is writing “in her room at the prow of the house”, so her house is like her ship (1). The typewriter keys sound “like a chain hauled over a gunwale”, a sound you would hear if you were voyaging at sea (6). Even her typing is like the motion of rowing, “a bunched clamor / Of strokes” (14-15). Her obstacles are “a great cargo”, and her father wishes her luck with them. She is trying to become independent and…
In today’s day and age, it is almost impossible to feel completely “free”. No matter where we go or who we interact with, there is always someone more powerful than ourselves watching our every move, just waiting for us to slip up. Whether it's your boss, law enforcement, or a strict teacher, these figures never fail to make their omnipresent looming known. These themes are constantly prevalent in our media, including books such as Aldous Huxley's Brave New World. Throughout Aldous Huxley’s “Brave New World”, there is an abundance of symbolic patterns and hidden metaphors. Whether discussing the dark intentions of the drug “soma”, or what it truly means to be happy, it is impossible to become bored with the web of meaning Huxley has created. In Brave New World, we are introduced to the concept of originality,…
Relational dialectics are an important part of maintaining a healthy and long lasting relationship. Many relationships seen on television and read in literature utilize these dialectics. Seeing these examples in fictional relationships helps the viewer understand the different dialectics and could even assist these viewers in their everyday relationships. There are some great fictional relationships that use the relational dialectics very well and cooperate perfectly, and then there are others that don’t do so well. Comparing and contrasting two different fictional relationships and analyzing how they did or did not use the relational dialectics can be very helpful, and is the overall goal of this essay. The two relationships that will be…
Metaphors merge two superficially incompatible concepts to create symbolism. Metaphors have entailments through which they highlight and make coherent certain aspects of our experience. (Lakoff and Johnson, 1980:132). Metaphor is pervasive in everyday life, not just in language but in thought and action.…
When words are not an option to describe someone what else might one use to represent themselves? In some ways each individual has little qualities that define them as a person and distinguishes them from other people. But also images can play an important part of telling a lot about someone because there is always a story behind an image. Many images come to mind when thinking of things that represent who I am. The imagery I would include in my metaphoric portrait would be a stage, Disney World, and a plane.…
So what makes a story? The symbolism and images that authors use in there writing can have so many different features. “Hills like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway and the story “A good man is hard to find,” by Flannery O’Connor both are written by great authors that have great work. Both the writers use different features to make their story stand out. They only use a few features, but both their writers use a lot of the same ideas. These stories are so different but at the same time they have a lot of resemblances. These stories are full of irony, mainly situational irony. The design of the stories takes a completely different turn, from what the readers expect.…
Class consciousness – or a lack thereof when it comes to an understanding for the poor and working class – is an underlying theme of Antebellum writings about New York City. Class consciousness is commonly defined as an awareness of one’s place in a social system in relation to class struggle. Additionally, this awareness means that you are also aware of the other classes of which you are not a part. The absence of class consciousness can lead to great disparities between the living conditions and wellbeing of member of society. George Lippard’s The Empire City and William Dean Howells’ A Hazard of New Fortune are both examples of this concept. Both novels center around characters removed from the torments of poverty, with brief glimpses into the struggles of lower class life, and inevitably ignore or falsely “understand” an entire class – showing readers how ridiculous it is, to try and pretend that you are not connected to the poor. George Lippard’s The Empire City, in particular, “Part Four: The Life of Nameless,” begins to talk about the battles of poverty but quickly veers…