into strips or squares. Pg.157 13. Vocab: Triggering=To cause an event or situation to happen or to be stressful. Pg.113 7. Figurative language- The language or text that the author decided to use in this book is very significant to this book because it is showing two sides to Lia-The inside and outside. The text gives us a better understanding of what this book means. “ my stepsister Emma’’ ‘’When I was a real girl’’ “I.Am.Fine” “33 times” “I need to eat‚ I hate eating” “I’m okay.” 6. Emma is
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People ridicule others for their mourning of their loved ones after death. This human aspect is highlighted in Shakespeare’s sonnet LXXI. It is through diction‚ sound devices‚ irony‚ and figurative language that Shakespeare reveals his outlook on death and grief. Starting in the 1st line it is told to beloved not to “mourn” (1) for the speaker when they have died. This establishes that the speaker does not want to be remembered while simultaneously implying a remembrance of them. It sets a strange
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Descriptive Essay “Product of the War” West Central Valley High School (Block 7) Stormy Baker Walking through this place‚ that I’m forced to call home‚ can be so dangerous. I see my friends‚ family‚ and so many strangers die every day. Sometimes you get so tired‚ just from watching everything around you. I never know where I can go to be safe. My mother always looks so worried about my brother and me; my dad got killed about a year ago. She is constantly trying to find a better place for us
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Captain Francisco Pizarro formed a partnership in Panama with Diego de Almagro and the priest Hernando de Luque in order to explore the Pacific coast‚ looking for a Biru tribe that became the name Peru. His first expedition began in November 1524 with eighty men and four horses; but they suffered starvation‚ and Almagro lost an eye fighting natives. In 1526 they took two ships and captured a balsa raft with rich ornaments of silver and gold. Pizarro kept three captured natives to learn Spanish and
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of a great dragon named Smaug. Their song is long and serious and that shows that the tone of the song is more somber than cheerful. The song speaks of retaking lost treasure from Smaug and uses somewhat common words but there is intricate figurative language within the song. The length and structure of their song is very important to convey their feelings. For instance‚ one verse in their song is‚”The dwarves of yore made mighty spells‚ While hammers fell like ringing bells In places deep‚ where
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one would think. Taking a closer look one can see that both deal with the theme of change and acceptance‚ with The Seven Ages of Man’s author‚ William Shakespeare‚ representing this using figurative language specifically on one person. In the myth of Demeter the author‚ Edith Hamilton‚ uses figurative language as well for one to fully understand the world and how it changed in the story. While both are different in content the message these two pieces of text offer are the same. Both works are explaining
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was capable of giving death the characteristics of a human and give it a different point of view. Death as a narrator captivates the story of this little girl named Liesel by using his unique techniques of point of view‚ foreshadowing‚ and figurative language. As he describes‚ “ It’s a small story really‚ about‚ among
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(1) Copy a passage that you find particularly beautiful or powerful. What devices (imagery‚ figurative language‚ etc.) did the author use to make an impact on the reader? "Inside was different: a fishbowl where anything you said and did was being watched by everyone else"(210). It is an example of a metaphor as it is a comparison of a fishbowl to a high school. The author‚ Jodi Picoult is implying that high school is difficult to be what you really are without someone judging. “Being different will
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refugee from war-torn Sudan learns to adjust to a new life in America with the help of friends and family. Katherine Applegate’s use of figurative language‚ first person point of view‚ and free verse poetry is the most effective way to reveal the story of a refugee adapting to life in America. Applegate’s effective style can be seen through her use of figurative language. This point can be seen in the novel when Kek has a flashback of when he is at the refugee camp in Sudan and loses his mom. He recalls
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Personification Comparing an inanimate object to a person In The Language of Flowers‚ the flowers were vocal about who they were arranged with Hyperbole A statement that is exaggerated Johannes was so hungry he could’ve ate a horse (hyperbole when not starving but literally in this case) Imagery Visually descriptive language The haunting‚ dark clouds were eradicated from Vada’s life when a friend beamed with light rays after Thomas J’s death (My Girl) Protagonist The main character or hero
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