Hirshfield is stating that poems are crafted uniquely by poets so that they appeal the most readers of the poem. The poem itself does not give exact detail of it’s message and the poem rather talks in generalities. It is in fact the ambiguity which allows the poem to be interpreted in different ways by the reader when Hirshfield states, “The other half of the equation belongs to the reader.”…
Personification-"Maycomb was an old town, but it was a tired old town when i first knew it" (pg5)…
In the short story, Edna’s Ruthie, used good diction to explain Ruthie’s strange behaviors in an understandable way. The author explained she acted more like a child than an adult, without just outright saying that. The reader is capable of making conclusions about Ruthie, and the way she acts, without it being said word for word because the author used good diction.…
Here is one of them" The secret was to jump into the air and then crush them from above-splat!- just like a foot squashing a bug.". How this worked as a simile is that it used "like" in it. What about this worked was it was comparing to things the Henchbeast to the squashing of a bug under a shoe. Imagery is an another type of literary device " ... transformed into a steaming pool of swampy liquid.". How this worked in imagery was it described the scene in great detail. What about this worked was it helped you really picture what it looked like after the aliens were done with someone. Figurative Language the Final literary device" Watch the skies for more episodes and a sizzling premiere that'll leave you dying for more.". How it worked was it talked about one thing then it meant another. What about it worked was it talked about them dying because of the show, but it meant that the show was hilarious and that they would want to watch…
I walked outside and it was hot vs. I took a leap outside into the sun that blazed down on me it felt like I was wearing millions of winter coats. Which one help you visualize which is happening better? The book I'm reading which is "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld used a lot of figurative language throughout this story. For an example on page 238 it states, "it just felt flat, like a song she'd heard to many time." By using a simile it helped me understand what she meant by flat. If that simile wasn't there I could of though it meant deflated or flat like a pancake. To add on, using figurative language makes the book more clear and it allows the book to continue with a flow. As you can see, the book I chose to read "Uglies" contains figurative…
The significance of allusions in literature is further seen in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. Kesey’s most apparent biblical allusion is seen within Bromden’s depiction of the Combine, he states, “... endless machines…swarming with sweating, shirtless men running up and down catwalks, blank faces and dreamy in firelight thrown from a hundred blast furnaces,” (Kesey 86). The gloomy atmosphere as well as the mechanical and brutal nature of the ward, is perhaps an allusion to Hell and Dante’s novel Inferno, as the character Virgil guides people through Hell which parallels the role of the Public Relation’s man who guides visitors through the ward. The ward, of course, is symbolic of Hell itself as it is the center of the machine which attempts…
Device Quote Function Imagery/Simile/Hyperbole “Where Tjaden puts it all is a mystery, for he is and always will be as thin as a rake.” When the author compares Tjaden to a rake, it makes the readers realize how thin he really is. This quote makes the reader imagine a rake and how it relates to the character. Conflict (external; man vs. man) “Eighty men can’t have what is meant for a hundred and fifty... I don’t care about the stew, but I can only issue rations for eighty men.”…
In the poem "Blackberry-Picking" by Seamus Heaney, the speaker conveys a literal description of picking or harvesting blackberries by using imagery, metaphors and similes, rhyme, and diction, but the speaker also conveys a deeper meaning of the poem through his description.…
the greatest allusion that one sees in charlotte brontes jane eyre is that of cinderella. as a girl who is orphaned and has to live with her step sisters and step mother that do not like cinderella jane eyre is forced to live with mrs reed who despises her and later mrs brockelhurst. this allusion further amplifies the story and meaning of the passage as it shows that true love conquers all. the story of jane eyre is one of a great fairy tale that resembles cinderella as when cinderella was nothing more than a servent to her step mother jane eyre was nothing more than a governess to sir rochester yet rochester fell in love with jane eyre as she was different from all the other girls just like prince charming fell in love with…
Sandra Cisneros uses literary techniques to characterize Rachel she uses, many metaphors and imagery to give the reader a sense of what going on in Rachel's life. The author expresses logos and ethos in the passages.…
Budge Wilson’s “The Metaphor” is a story about extremes. The first is a flamboyant, overly enthusiastic teacher named Miss Hancock. The second is our protagonist’s mother, a cold, heartless perfectionist who demonstrates cleanliness and order, rather than love and affection.…
The book Of Mice And Men by John Steinbeck is a open and free thinking book, it's one of those books that makes you laugh and and makes you think a lot about it. This is all because of the figurative language and the protagonist of the story. Lennie the protagonist, is one of the most interesting characters that I've ever read of, he is like a small child that always needs help, and always looking for tiny and soft things to touch. It's one of the characters that can't be trusted by its own because if someone do, he will finish in trouble, but i feel that he is one of the most kindest character of most of the books i've read even doe sometimes he does not mean to do a wrong thing. This are some of the quotes of the book that tells you how is…
The irony within situations and statements dominates a story's plot, contributing to both the rising and the falling action, which William Golding accentuates in Lord of the Flies. When a group of young boys crash their plane on an island, they perceive the situation as an adventure, but they soon realize the danger in the unpropitious circumstances at hand. Through the situational and verbal irony that arises, Golding delineates how people can hypocritically adapt to having characteristics they do not condone in others and how innocence shields children from seeing flaws in adults.…
* How is a sense of realism and verisimilitude created through these lyrics? (5 marks)…
The third device Dave Barry uses in his essay, "Lost in the Kitchen" is irony. In the ninth paragraph, Dave Barry writes "This seems pretty accurate to me, so I thought I'd just tack it on to the end here, while she makes waffles." This quote uses irony because you expect Dave Barry to help his wife make the waffles after writing a whole essay on how men are scum in the kitchen, but he doesn't. This use of irony develops the purpose of the essay as it exposes the…