Following is an example of student writing in which figures of speech are overworked and actually impede rather than enhance the clarity of images. Cool water flows through the rocky banks of the creek and into a wide pond. Reeds and cattails surrounding the bank embrace the pond like a mother’s enfolding arms reaching out to caress her sleeping child. Like a beaming‚ proud mother’s eye‚ the sun drenches the scene with its loving warmth. Just beneath the sparkling surface of the water‚ minnows
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given. Two common literary devices‚ that is metaphor and metonymy will be examined‚ and afterward discover how they have been used in the ‘Edge’. Metaphor Use in the “Edge" Prior to attempting to examine the poem according to these values‚ it is foremost essential to appreciate the concepts concerned in the analysis. Thus‚ metaphor and metonymy are intrinsically related to dissimilar literary forms. Normally by assessment‚ metaphor is commonly found in poetry‚ whereas prose is the
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Claude McKay. McKay believed that change was in order and the black community needed to do something in order to make that change. In the poem “If We Must Die‚” Claude McKay calls for racial pride against white oppression through his use of similes‚ metaphors‚ contradictions‚ and biblical allusions. McKay uses a simile to introduce his trope of blacks being hogs trapped in the city. He also establishes that being a hog is not something that he likes and that he wants to change. The simile is found in
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decides to emerge from her shell. When she speaks to her middle school friend-turned-enemy Rachel about the event at the summer party‚ Melinda is accepted with open arms and forgiven of her accusations. Through the symbol of the white couch and the metaphors of the seasonal change and the tree‚ which is each effectively inserted into Speak‚ one can tell that a person grows through learning from his experience rather than by mere aging. Most trees are a symbol of life when they are full of leaves in
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language 4 Implications for teaching 3 Samples activities 3 “used in some way other than the main or usual meaning‚ to suggest a picture in the mind or make a comparison” (Longman Dictionary of English Language and Culture 1992: 475). Metaphor My love is a rose Rose Love Qualities of the rose Beauty Fragance Softness Carry over Qualities of the love Beauty Fragance Softness Examples of the figurative language Violence is the cancer of modern society
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acceptable to consider women inferior to men. Thus‚ Woolf wrote this speech to encourage women to pursue what they wish to be‚ despite the psychological obstacles‚ which she personally has faced. She embodies these obstacles in three individual metaphors: the phantom and fisherman. Through personal anecdotes of how she responded to each obstacle‚ she persuades her audience‚ which is mostly women‚ to break through the thin wall‚ separating injustice to freedom. Primarily Woolf introduces us to
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“figurative language?” this would also be an example of imagery. Metaphor is when you describe something with a figure of speech. An example of this would be saying “he is on his high horse.” People use this metaphor when someone thinks their better than others. This said person is not on a horse; the metaphor means he thinks he is above everyone else. Simile has the same meaning as “comparison.” This is not to be confused with metaphor. This could mean someone comparing two different things. An example
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Humour in Advertising 1. Humour is generally used to evoke the recipients’ attention Due to the fact that many markets are rather saturated today‚ many commercials aim rather at the recipients’ emotional attention than at presenting a product’s features and advantages. In order to appeal emotionally to the viewer/reader‚ ads use different strategies. Humour provides one strategy with which an advertiser may evoke positive feelings. These positive feelings can potentially lead to cognitive
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The poem‚ I chose has a very optimistic point of view. It talks about life and how although we all are going to die eventually‚ and it’s no use dwelling on the past so you might as well live for now. This poem is interesting to me because‚ it gives me a different perspective on life now. This poem really relates with the world we live in because a lot of people have this kind of point of view. But also‚ some people feel so lost that they need to hear a positive message like this. I really like that
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Critical Essay-Poetry "Mid-Term Break" Darren Parker Séamus Heaney’s "Mid-Term Break" is among the few poems that have emotionally moved me. The writer uses many techniques including similes‚ metaphors and beautiful lexical choice to convey the sombre and miserable situation of his brother’s death. In this essay I am going to analyse the language of the poem and discuss‚ in more detail‚ the techniques used to convey the real sadness of the situation. "Mid-Term Break" is a very emotive poem in
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