Harper Lee uses ___figurative language_____________________ (imagery‚ figurative language‚ simile‚ metaphor‚ etc) to intensify the mood of terror and suspense as Jem trespassed on the Radley property. The first example of figurative language is hyperbole .For example ‚scout says ‚”I made perhaps one step per minute “ (69).by using this quote the reader can understand the suspense within the characters movement . this suspense helps create a creepy mood because their movements are super slow and cautious
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1 Pearl Avenue runs past the high-school lot‚ Personification: the author uses basketball verbs to describe the location of Flick’s working place. 2 Bends with the trolley tracks‚ and stops‚ cut off Alliteration: t has a sharp sound that helps emphasize the following words. 3 Before it has a chance to go two blocks‚ Metaphor: the setting of the garage portrays Flicks life( he never went any further from high-school. 4 At Colonel McComsky Plaza. Berth’s Garage Contrast between the
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the book “Night” possesses many articulate stylistic writing choices to communicate the message of dread and sorrow when the young pipel was hung. What particularly shines through is his emotional use of connotation‚ dialogue‚ imagery‚ and figurative language within this two page excerpt. The excerpt is introduced by a line of dialogue‚ “Where is merciful God‚ where is He?”(Wiesel 64). This is followed by the hanging and then the imagery “total silence”‚ and “sun was setting”(Wiesel 64). These
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Lincoln expresses a desire to finally end the civil war in order to reunite the country. To accomplish this‚ he uses several unique stylistic elements in his address such as effective use of repetition‚ a religious tone‚ and comprehensible figurative language. Lincoln uses repetition in his inaugural address to notify his countrymen that the Civil War will end soon. He stresses the importance of unity in order to heal the wounds inflicted by the war. “With malice toward none; with charity toward
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culture and journey as a whole in order to portray to world that female students deserve an education through the use of fictive figurative language‚ egalitarian and religious ethos‚ and abstract symbolism. She adopts a defiant tone in order to educate the Western world of the opportunity that is taken for granted‚ yet deprived of
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D. Schmidt‚ the character‚ Holling‚ experiences a dull depressing time period of his life‚ his seventh grade year. The author then uses descriptive language‚ repetition‚ and symbolism to create a dreary‚ sorrowful mood. He makes Holling’s world look like there is no hope and there was no room for improvement. The author uses descriptive language to describe the dull and depressing mood of the story. For example‚ he uses a simile to illustrate the dullness of the story‚” This look came over her
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traditional folk tales and intersperse their conversations with Igbo words‚ sayings‚ proverbs‚ and phrases. The author’s choices in terms of diction and structure contribute to this piece‚ with the use of language conveying a sense of the Igbo culture. Throughout the novel‚ figurative language such as proverbs and metaphors are greatly used when the characters tell stories to one another as a way to teach morals‚ entertain the audience‚ or pass down tales from previous generations. For example‚ personification
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Thoughts on a section of Ethan Frome… (p.33 -34) Edith Wharton quite deliberately brings together human emotion and the environment in her novella Ethan Frome. The characters are circumscribed by the environment in which they exist and the impossibility of escape from the environmental forces of nature‚ heredity and place shape the characters of the text. A moment of hope arises as Mattie and Ethan walk home together from the dance and a more romantic sense of possibility emerges. The reader
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After reading the two sonnets‚ I am trying hard to compare them in terms of the mindset of the poet‚ the object‚ and the way he uses language to describe beauty. It is so paradoxical that it appeared to the reader that the poems are written by different people. However‚ there is an idea that may explain this conflict. In sonnet 106‚ keeping in mind that the addressee is a male‚ the poet is (I could say) exaggerating in explaining the beauty of the object to an extent that even the predecessors barely
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I elicited and built on student responses in the video clips by asking students open-ended and follow-up questions that help them promote thinking and develop their abilities to construct meaning from‚ interpret‚ and respond to a complex text. In Video Clip 1‚ at 00:36‚ my question‚ “What are you noticing about the structure of the poem?” was answered correctly by a student so I restated his response in my own words to make sure that everyone heard the answer. At 00:44‚ another student answered the
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