The Autobiography of Malcolm X In his autobiography‚ Malcolm X conveys his life story in a very personal manner by incorporating remarks and reflections of his childhood events. Through the use of foreshadow‚ personal commentary‚ diction‚ and tone‚ Malcolm’s writing style heightens the autobiography’s ability to convey the hardships and transformations of his life. Malcolm repeatedly uses foreshadowing in his book in order to describe to his readers how far his life has taken him. For example
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colorful diction to help convey her emotions and thoughts throughout her story. Initially‚ Hurston described growing up as an innocent young girl‚ not even realizing the segregation and racism that was occurring against her race. The diction used is uplifting‚ and innocent‚ creating a joyous tone that soon shifts when she turns thirteen and realizes not everyone is treated the same in society. When her realization occurs‚ she begins to analyze how she is different‚ using colorful diction to help
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each second that fades by‚ the parent watches his grip on his child slowly slip. In “A Story”‚ Li-Young Lee uses poetic diction‚ structure‚ and point of view to convey the complex relationship between a father and his son. Frustrated and hopeless a father “rubs his chin‚ scratches his ear‚” in search for the perfect story to appease the demands of his son. Lee uses poetic diction to express the father’s frustration with his inability to “come up with [a story]” and the sons’s eager affection towards
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Goodman uses diction‚ syntax‚ and characterization to create a piteous tone in her essay “The Company Man.” Ellen Goodman uses diction to appeal to the readers’ emotion to create a piteous attitude. When Goodman states‚ “… he always ate egg salad sandwiches‚” makes Phil sounds boring‚ but makes the reader feel a little sympathy for Phil wishing had a little fun in life. In the passage she would call him a workaholic or say that he had no outside interests. Once again‚ Goodman’s diction is making the
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who came from foreign lands‚ sought their fortunes in the United States and made striking contributions‚ industrial and scientific‚ not only to their chosen country but to the entire world” (Kennedy‚ 24). These quotes both show divergent types of diction even though they are about the same things which is immigrants. Quindlen’s quote show she is
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parallelism in the essay that can be seen when he list facts about how studies are used. The sentence “Crafty men contemn studies‚ simple men admire them‚ and wise men use them” is just one instance where you can see the repetitive parallelism. The diction used in Of
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Cesar Chavez‚ a prominent labor union organizer and civil rights leader‚ urges society to utilize nonviolent protest as an alternative to violence. Chavez alludes to historical events‚ appeals to the reader’s sense of Ethos‚ and uses contrasting diction and juxtaposition when outlining the positive effects of nonviolence and the negative effects of violence in order to convince the reader that nonviolence is the superior method of protest. By alluding to historical violent and nonviolent protests
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strongest; they carry all the pain and suffering of society‚ the wars and the deaths; thus they are the pedestal that keeps everyone up. In order to reveal theme Kingsolver and Euripides make use of literary devices such as symbolism‚ imagery and diction. Using all three literary devices Kingsolver reveals that women such as Orleana believe that they are just rag dolls that are pulled‚ pushed and just there‚ even so realize how strong they really are; that if it was not for them their children would
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country. In this instance‚ the people in The Charge of the Light Brigade were portrayed in a more positive aspect than the latter. Another key contrast between these two poems is that the connotation and the diction they used is quite different. In The Last of the Light Brigade‚ they use diction that conveys the tone of melancholy and depression‚ whereas The Charge of the Light Brigade has a more positive aspect. “They had neither food nor money‚ they had neither service nor trade;/They were only shiftless
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Oliver develops a connection between a deep swamp and life. Through diction‚ imagery and metaphor‚ Oliver forms a spectacular idea of life and the difficulties of making it through the swamp. The darker literal diction at the start of the poem reveals the struggle between the speaker and the swamp. In lines 9-12‚ Oliver uses the words “closure” and “pathless” to focus on the struggle the speaker is going through. Oliver’s diction in this case‚ shows a shift in tone in the poem when she uses the words
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