Hayden quietly shut the door‚ and all you could hear was the slightest sound of the lock. In front of the door‚ there was a gigantic staircase that spiraled through out the mansion. While holding me‚ Hayden slowly crept down the stairs. Once we had successfully made it to the bottom of the stairs‚ we heard a dog barking. Hayden quickly turned around. Standing behind us was the little girl‚ and Pippy was in a cage beside of her. Before we could say anything‚ the girl became very blue and static was
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Developing Imagery with Metaphors and Personification in The Kite Runner Sometimes an author will omit the word like or as when making a comparison. For example‚ in Chapter 4 Amir says‚ “Words were secret doorways and I held all the keys” (Hosseini 30). This kind of comparison is called a metaphor. An author can also create imagery through personification‚ or giving non-living object human characteristics. For example‚ Amir says‚ “Seconds plodded by‚ each separated from the next by an eternity”
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Where the Heart Is In the book Clear Light of Day‚ Anita Desai develops an extended metaphor of the Das family house to symbolize the entrapment of the Das children: Bimla‚ Tara‚ Raja‚ and Baba. Desai’s book follows each of the children as they grow up‚ but when the family gathers at the Das house for Raja’s daughter’s wedding‚ it is the first time the family had been at the house together since childhood. The house‚ kept the same through the years‚ then morphs into a prison‚ causing each member of
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TEST NO. 1‚ QUESTION 1 In Virginia Woolf’s two passages describing two very opposite meals that was served at the men’s college and the other at the women’s college; reflects Woolf’s attitude toward women’s place in society. When Woolf describes her meal at the men’s college she describes in such a way that implies luxury and choice. The syntax and diction work with Woolf to possess this tone‚ "many‚ various‚ rewards‚ succulent‚ and heaven" all contribute to Woolf’s view on men. The implication
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The use of metaphor in poetry is one of the most important aspects of poetic style that must be mastered. Metaphor can be described as figure of speech in which a thing is referred to as being something that it resembles. For example‚ a fierce person can be referred to as a tiger. Another example of a metaphor would be the description of a person who was uncommunicative as being as "silent as stone". The word stone is an image that is used to explain the intense silence of the person. In this way
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Employing Strategy in a Competitive Environment Carolyn Roberson Dr. Albert Yin December 5‚ 2012 Create an environmental scan for the company indicating the most significant environmental threats and discuss how the company should respond to each threat to ensure that the impact to the business is minimal. In this environmental scan we will define specific threats and recommend how best to respond to each threat. Our goal will be achieved by incorporating an expert team to maintain a cohesive
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Leonard Woolf has described the story approaching the reader in three different aspects which the film barely touched. As for one such characteristic is the use of dialogue. In the book‚ Woolf has used so much of dialogue‚ where as in the film less dialogue is seen. This is the first characteristic I saw when I watched the film. It felt as the book it self gave the needed pictures through the use of dialogue than the film. This was clearly seen in the scene where Fernando comes to the house of Babun
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The Woolf reforms to civil justice Malleson and Moules: The Legal System Introduction In 1994‚ Lord Woolf was asked to conduct an inquiry into the civil justice system and make proposals for its modernisation. The request was promoted by growing criticism from lawyers‚ the judiciary and litigants that the system had become unacceptably inefficient and ineffective‚ to the point where it was in a state of crisis. Lord Woolf undertook consultations with those who worked in the civil justice system
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the oppression their father causes and how other people come and help guide their way towards freedom to express themselves. The author uses the purple hibiscus to represent how the main characters Kambili and Jaja‚ achieve freedom by the use of similes‚
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The use of metaphors are an important factor with any piece of literature. Metaphors add color to creative writings‚ also establishing depth. A story without metaphors is lifeless‚ unable to compose another way to view it. The term for a metaphor is a figure of speech in which term is transferred to something it does not literally apply to‚ this helps the brain create a mental picture which the person might easily understand what the character is feeling. When a person finally makes
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