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    simple reason. We grasps concepts better when they are told in story form. For example‚ fairy tales used to be to warn children‚ to prepare them‚ for the dangers‚ the atrocities of this world. Stories about a big bad wolf‚ or a slow‚ but determined turtle‚ teach us things. They are easily told‚ easily understood. These concepts of animals having human actions has been around forever. In Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales‚ we hear the story of a destitute widow and her overconfident rooster. He struts around‚

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    During the late Middle Ages‚ the majority of society deemed women as inferior to men. In Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales‚ the Wife of Bath represents a nontraditional role for women of that time. A woman’s role customarily did not include a voice in society‚ religion‚ or government. The Wife of Bath’s history includes five marriages‚ numerous lovers‚ and three trips to Jerusalem. The Wife of Bath’s character steps outside tradition in both the physical and the psychological aspects‚ emerges

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    Wife of Bath In the poem “The Canterbury Tales‚” the Wife of Bath had five husbands. She liked the first four husbands because they were old and rich . The last husband was very abusive to her. She thinks marriage is pain and misery. She was a very wealthy weaver. The Wife of Bath was a pretty large women. Her complaints about husbands is “husbands complaining about wives‚ but it is their own fault.” Husbands don’t trust their wives‚ they think wives try to make their lives miserable. She likes

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    1. Figurative Language: I-) Metaphors: *The storm of grief:  If someone has a storm of grief‚ they cry loudly‚ uncontrollably and for a long time. *Physical exhaustion that haunted her body: Here the writer is trying to say that the exhaustion was all over her body. *Breath of the rain: It means that you can feel the rain. *Monstrous joy: Here it is meant that the joy was so strong that it seized her body. (The qualities of a monster) ıı-) there aren’t any idioms in this text. ııı-) Symbols:

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    past morale and actions. Hardy and Remarque both employ diction and figurative language to demonstrate war’s futile and impractical effect on all soldiers’ lives. Erich Maria Remarque uses detailed

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    Figurative Language versus Literal Language Figurative language‚ which some may refer to as “figure of speech”‚ is a type of language that utilizes description to produce a particular illustration and reveal a person’s emotion. It is‚ also‚ said that figurative language is associated with the human senses. Figurative language contains words that produce an intuition or thought of what the author wants his or her audience to know. At the end of the day figurative language plays an important role

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    a play that will make a viewer think deeply and consider things about life that they may have not considered before. And not only does the playwright delve into these themes‚ but he does it in such an innovative way. Lin-Manuel Miranda uses figurative language and

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    The song "Roar" by McKee‚ Bonnie Leigh/ Martin Max/ Gottwald‚Lucasz/Perry‚Katy/ and Walter Henry shows the viewer a great amount of figurative language‚ imagery‚ Structure‚ tone‚ and theme. The lyrics have a defining meaning about with an inspirational message about being strong and independent. . The imagery in the song reflects how independent and confident you really are. Katy describes to us about her struggle of staying quiet "I used to bite my tongue and hold my breath" hoping to make everything

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    hair-raising‚ scary story “ The Hound” has the reader on their toes wondering what might happen next. The author exemplifies how two men go into a life of grave robbing‚ which turns out to be the worst mistake of their lives. Lovecraft uses imagery‚ figurative language and setting to make the story more supernatural. When Lovecraft says “I alone know why‚ and such is my knowledge that I am about to blow out my brains for fear I shall be mangled in the say way.” He is able to give us an image in our minds

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    Figurative Language versus Literal Language Maurice Mayo Sonja Sheffield Critical Thinking 1/25/13 It is important for one who speaks figuratively to take in consideration the audience might not be able to fully follow or understand them completely. Although figurative language can be entertaining‚ it can be interpreted in a way other that what was intended. Therefore‚ it will need some explanation. The word “idiom” is an expression whose meaning is not literally what’s said‚ but it is

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