Figurative Language Definitions Alliteration Alliteration is the repetition of a single letter in the alphabet (as in "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickle peppers.") or a combination of letters (as in "She sells seashells by the seashore."). It’s just about the easiest form of repetition a poet can use. Metaphor A metaphor compares two unlike things. "My baby sister’s a doll‚" you might say‚ compares your sister’s size and sweetness to that of the perfection of a doll. At another time you might
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A community that I belong to is my swim team‚ and on my team‚ I am one of the captains. I joined the school team as a freshman and due to my dedication‚ persistence‚ and ability to lead I was given the honor of being a captain. As a captain I aim to be a leader that inspires and leads by example. I make sure that I work as hard as the rest of the team‚ and that they see me as someone they can look up to. Some of my duties as captain are making sure everyone gets into the pool when practice begins
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they were robber barons‚ while others insist that they were captains of industry. A captain of industry is someone who is perceived to have helped the nation through their business skills and their philanthropy. On the other hand‚ a robber baron was someone who was considered a ruthless businessman. In the public’s opinion a robber baron wouldn’t let anything stop them from obtaining wealth. In my opinion Rockefeller and Carnegie were captains of industry. John D. Rockefeller formed the Standard Oil
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Captain Black finds it impossible to see things outside of black and white‚ he sees everything in binary. Anything at all that is not American‚ he fears. Anything related to a utopian society or Nazism is automatically labeled by Captain Black. Because of his black and white point of view‚ Captain Black is seen as a troublemaker. He does not have any desire to hear the pros and cons of things. In an argument he would be the kind of person that votes Democrat because that is “the best choice”. If
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number) in Horwitz’s book‚ which allows you to assess Captain Cook’s leadership effectiveness. ALSO provide two or three direct references from the Kouzes and Posner textbook (with short quotes and page numbers)‚ to show that you are combining our course material directly with the historical text at hand. Connect more than one of the Five Practices to some evidence from Cook’s life.: I think I am one of the few people in our course that thinks Captain Cook was more of an ineffective leader than an effective
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cheerleading. By simply being a part of the squad‚ I have a platform to encourage others and support my school. We‚ as a squad‚ have the ability to set the tone for the rest of the student body before a game and to make others feel great when they accomplish something. I was elected the captain of the Junior Varsity team my sophomore year and am currently the captain of the Varsity team. The role of captain is important to me because I have learned how to interact with others efficiently‚ organize and
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The Diary of Captain Odysseus Entry 1 The smell of fresh entrails is so strong I must cover my mouth with a dirty rag as I write this. I am staring at my comrade‚ Lieutenant Dan‚ and observing his condition: a bone protruded out of his leg which moved with his rattling breath – it is a cruel fate to be confined to‚ to be a good soldier and merely wanting to return to the country he loved. His moaning seems synchronised with the rocking lifeboat‚ and his muscles‚ visible to the naked eye‚ writhed
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not only an explorer he was a captain and then quickly became a master mariner at sea‚ then later in life he was promoted again to one of the principal masters of the navy. Sir Christopher Newport was in war with spain in 1587‚ and raided the Spanish Caribbean yearly until 1603‚ after that a peace was signed with them‚ he went back to trading goods with other countries. The war that he fought was called the Anglo-Spanish War and began in 1585 and ended in 1605. Captain Sir Christopher Newport was remembered
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Figurative language is used in poems‚ songs‚ books‚ short stories‚ and in everyday language. The use of similes and hyperboles are able to affect the tone‚ meaning and theme that better explain the meaning in stories and songs. Figurative language is meant to appeal to the senses in order to provide interest and evoke emotion in what is being read or heard. Alicia Keys‚ “This Girl Is On Fire”‚ is a great example of figurative language. The figurative language in this song provides a respectful and
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we can do anything. Superheroes represent qualities that we should all attempt to embody. What Captain America truly represents can be interpreted in many ways‚ but there are messages being conveyed. The authors of “Captain America: The First Avengers” use rhetoric to express the social ideology that being a hero is not exactly how strong you are‚ but what values and morals you live your life by. Captain America was created through a technological experiment on the capabilities of the human body.
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