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    author makes direct applications on practical living using figures of speech to explain his message. Figures of Speech The epistle of James comprises questions and answers‚ figurative contrasting speakers‚ illustrations and dialogues and difficult statements as was common in the discourse. James uses figurative languages throughout his epistle to help him explain his teaching about the Christian life. For

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    carried out- neither a projection or contest of emotion will elicit. As does the author of this Spenserian sonnet‚ his stridency to appease succumbs to the crass nature of a woman. To which this sonnet derives such implicit diction‚ emotion‚ figurative language‚ and structure‚ we will investigate. The first of three quatrains employs the matter of the protagonist’s situation‚ laying out an analogy to characterize his actions as admirable. A dire situation‚ his audience‚ a woman‚ watches the performance

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    Edwin Arlington Robinson uses types of figurative language‚ such as similes‚ hyperboles‚ and word choice to impart a message in the narrative poem‚ “Richard Cory”. In order to provide a mental picture‚ figurative language is used‚ creating an impact that goes beyond literal language. The people of the town‚ who are of lower class‚ look up to Richard Cory and want to be exactly like him. However‚ they have a change of heart once Richard kills himself‚ showing the townspeople some things can’t be bought

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    Mildred. Guy is a fireman. In this book firemen don’t put out fires they start them‚ mostly to burn books. When they burn the books‚ they also burn the houses and the people. The theme of dangerous censorship is effectively shown through setting‚ figurative language‚ and plot. One way dangerous censorship is displayed is through the setting of the book. This book is set in a dystopian society where all books are banned. Knowledge is power and this society doesn’t want unequal amounts of power. Books are

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    In The Canterbury Tales‚ Geoffrey Chaucer portrays 26 pilgrims with their virtues and vices. The Parson was a religiously devout and wise man‚ who despised cursing‚ so he charged for it. The Wife of Bath has the strength to stand up for herself over any male‚ but is very lustful and extreme in her beliefs of matriarchal dominance‚ to the point of being sexist. The Parson was a man of poverty‚ but was as rich as a king in his teachings. He set a very clear example of what a good Christian

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    artifices to produce news and advertisements of all kinds in a brief manner. Journalists use various Linguistic devices such as syntactic phonological‚ morphological‚ semantic‚ lexical‚ rhetorical devices‚ plenty of figurative language in taglines‚ headlines and slogans and so on. Language has a powerful dominator role in affecting readers mind and

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    (6). This quote implies that whatever innocence this society had no longer exists because it "drowned". Usually when something or someone drowns‚ the hope that you had for them drowns too which goes back to the theme of lost hope. Another figurative language William Butler Yeats used is symbolism. Such as when he said‚ "The falcon cannot hear the falconer" (2). I don’t believe that he is actually talking about the animal or the falconer‚ a person who trains with falcons. I think that he means that

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    why it is very important to use words in the correct grammatical order‚ correct context and exact language. The power of words affects our senses‚ thinking‚ feelings creativity and the way we think. It is imperative that we must understand the phrases and meanings of words before they can properly be used. When language is shaped properly‚ it will assimilate into a culture. Since the English language is rich and varied‚ it offers an array of choices when communicating. Here are a few of those choices

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    In “Mother to Son‚” Langston Hughes uses figurative languages like metaphors and tone to enhance the theme that you must keep going even through hard times. Hughes uses a metaphor to help show this theme by comparing two main ideas in the poem. A metaphor is a comparison between two unlike things in which one thing becomes another without using like or as. Hughes uses a metaphor when he compares the mother’s life in the poem to a crystal stair. The mother in this quote tells her son “Don’t you fall

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    are dead.” In the poem “Buttons” by Matvei Yankelevich‚ the writer talks about how many people die with their secrets and no one could ever know their secrets again. The writer symbolizes buttons as secrets by using imagery‚ word choice‚ and figurative language. As I delve into this analysis‚ I will get more in depth of why the recurring word‚ buttons‚ in this poem refers to people’s secrets. First‚ the writer uses imagery to emphasize that buttons symbolize secrets. In the poem‚ it says‚ “During

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