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    that person. Everyone would not have the same theme. It might be on the same route but not the same thing. The theme in this story is that knowledge can change the way life is lived. Two literary elements to support this theme is conflict and figurative language. Conflict is a plays a big part in this book. This book involves human vs. society. Everyone has to live this specific way. For example people who act different than others are considered strange. The major difference in the society in this

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    Amber Lewis  APUSH and AP Language Assignment  2nd ​ ​period          One huge change that has been brought on due to the social and political changes in  our country is the overall interpretation of our coalitions‚ to our nation and ourselves. Because of  the increase of nationalism‚ we‚ Americans‚ have changed our social boundaries and opened  more opportunities for equality in the United States.    As changes were beginning to happen‚ America grew troubled as it attempted to keep up with  its political amendments and growing economy

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    Coming Into Language Baca tells in his poem “Coming into Language” that he is faced with many problems in his life‚ including one in particular poverty. Poverty shapes the life of Baca‚ like a potter with clay‚ and made him the writer he is today. This however doesn’t just affect Baca‚ but people all over the world. So much that 80% of the world is affected by it and thousands of people die each die because of it. Poverty is much bigger than lack of money; it leads to depression‚ high school

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    Nelson AP Literature and Composition October 9‚ 2014 How Figurative Language Effects Tone in “On First Looking Into Chapman’s Homer” As seen by simply reading the poem‚ one cannot come from it without having a feeling of awe and inspiration‚ along with a new desire to read Chapman’s translation of Homer. The poem is rich with emotion-invoking language and filled to the brim with excitement. The poet‚ John Keats‚ uses figurative language such as metaphor and simile to create a tone of wonder

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    The Death of Good: Figurative Death in Night In the early 1940’s‚ Hitler started death camps. His goal was to kill all of the Jews because they were not pure Germans. He started concentration camps‚ where they would beat and starve the prisoners until they died. The prisoners went through selections to see what job to make them‚ and if they were not fit enough‚ to kill them. The Nazis used crematories in which they burned prisoners‚ in ovens‚ until they were ashes. One of the most infamous concentration

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    The novel‚ Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton is a deterministic novel‚ meaning that the events in Ethan’s life are not in his control. Ethan sees Mattie as his ray of life. He wants to leave Zeena when he realizes that he has fallen in love with Mattie. In chapter eight Ethan was thinking about leaving with Mattie and deserting Zeena. Unfortunately‚ for Ethan that is not possible because he cannot afford to leave with Mattie and also his farm was mortgaged to the limit and Zeena would not be able to

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    Poetry and Figurative Language paper Eng/340 Natasha Parker Week 2 Since this week’s appraisals I have selected the following three poems; “My grandmother’s love letters” by Hart Crane‚ “The road not taken” Robert Frost‚ as well as “Richard Cory” by Edward Arlington Robinson. My Grandmother’s Love Letters By Hart Crane (1899-1932) There are no stars tonight But those of memory. Yet how much room for memory there is In the loose girdle of soft rain. There is even room enough For the

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    63. President Franklin D. Roosevelt did not use any special words or phrases to convey the message of his speech. F.D.R. did not use any figurative language during the time he gave his speech. He used word choices that clearly identified the tone on the message of the speech. The way that he spoke his speech made it appeal to the audience. The body language that I noticed from

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    interests of an embryo or fetus?” using a rhetorical question positions the reader to share Singer’s opinion as a rhetorical question makes the reader feel there is only one answer and that the writer is correct in what he/she is saying. Using emotive language to conclude the article appeals to the readers sense of sympathy Singer does this by stating “nor would it have people incapable of understanding the pain of others” when

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    When Word’s Come Alive “He is a craftsman of unquestionably first rank‚ a man who can bend language to his will.” This is how The New York Times Book Review describes Erich Maria Remarque’s writing in the novel All Quiet on the Western Front. Remarque uses figurative language to enhance his ideas. The most developed device he uses is personification because it grabs the reader’s attention and helps the reader understand the mood of the novel. One example of personification that pulls the reader

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