Simile: Similes are used in comparative figurative language. They make direct comparisons between the two objects similarities‚ these are usually distinct and different. Similarly‚ metaphors are another literary device used to compare two objects‚ and they also work in a similar way. Unlike metaphors though‚ similes use the words “like” or “as” to make their comparisons. Take the phrase the room was as calm as a twister. The simile here compares the rooms calmness to a twist using the word “as.”
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The author’s main purpose The subject is interesting to the audience because Alice is an important person in the writer’s life‚ and she describes how Alice has changed her life. This essay makes the reader‚ think about a person that has positively changed their life. The writer should add more description about the senses is highlighted in the essay. The writer should describe what the chocolate dipped pretzels taste like‚ smell‚ and feel like. Describe Alice’s appearance‚ and describe what she
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Star and extended star topologies The star topology is the most commonly used physical technology in Ethernets LANS‚ when installed ‚ the star topology resembles spokes I n a bicycle wheel. The star topology is made up of a central connection point that is a device such as a hub‚ switch‚ or router‚ where all the cabling segments meet. Each host in the network is connected to the central devices (switches) with its own cables (we are using Fiber Optic Cable) although a physical star topology costs
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us to others. In the play “Dead Man’s Cell Phone” by Sarah Ruhl‚ the author proves why and how technology connects us to other people even if they may have not known each other. Jean was able to connect herself to Gordon‚ a dead man and his family after his death without having ever known them. On the other hand‚ people can isolate themselves from everyone and live a life that leads to depression and suicide like in the poem “Richard Cory by Edwin Arlington Robinson. Dead Man’s Cell Phone is a play
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White Clouds and Blue Skies Dead Man’s Cell Phone is a fun and quirky play about a shy and timid woman who finds a man dead at a café with his cell phone ringing‚ and she feels compelled to answer it. The Actors Theatre in charlotte did a fantastic job in presenting this story. The actors‚ wardrobe‚ stage setup‚ and props were all very unique and creative. One aspect that really grabbed my attention was the blue sky and clouds background throughout the play. Blue skies and clouds can be connected
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broken which made her sad and depressed. But she rise up again and stood on her own in the end. This meant that she was independent and didn’t need the man’s help. Writer used many literary devices which symbolised the mood and tone the writer wanted to represent. The song skyscraper used one of the terms of literary device called mood. At the beginning of the skyscraper‚ the mood is sad and hopeless. Demi’s voice shakes and she sounds like she is on the verge of tears. The volume is soft in order
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village‚ Mbanato. Achebe incorporates literary devices such as detail‚ dialogue‚ and analogy to reveal the Igbo tradition of eating together as friends and the challenges this traditions experiences which is people not inviting friends to feast together or people having feats as a form of retribution. Okonkwo threw this feast just to gather everyone together. Achebe successfully utilizes these devices to enhance his writing. Dialogue is a noticeable device used. Okonkwo claimed that “[He] have only called
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give exposition to the past lives of the main characters and shows us the motivations behind undertaking such a perilous journey in a cargo container to escape their horrific past. Many playwrights have used plays for political commentary throughout time‚ as Mira Felner states “Playwrights have used theatre for political commentary as far back as the ancient Greek comic Aristophanes (448-c.
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The words I’ve found that are significant to the plot‚ character‚ setting‚ and theme‚ and decoded are; marauding‚ pandemonium‚ forlorn‚ improbability‚ and crystalline. I came across the word “marauding” in page 119 and the meaning it is going about in search of things to steal or people to attack. In this case the hyena was one of the characters in this story who’ve ended up marauding‚ it did not attack Pi or steal anything from him‚ but it did attack and kill its fellow boat mates one by one starting
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The best way to live is to remember that you’ll die. The CEO and founder of Apple and Pixar‚ Steve Jobs presents his speech‚ about finding and doing what you love‚ to the Stanford graduating class of 2005. Job’s purpose in his commencement speech was to convince and encourage the graduates to follow their heart in their pursuit of happiness‚ no matter what obstacles get in their way. Throughout his speech he adopted a serious tone as he convinced them to “…find what you love…” (4)‚ through anecdotes
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