the breakdown of civilization and the light and dark in humans. William Golding uses a plethora of descriptive writing to paint a picture in the Lord of the Flies using foreshadowing‚ mood‚ tone‚ and many types of figurative language. Golding uses many examples of figurative language such as similes‚ metaphors‚ personification‚ and hyperboles. A simile and metaphor compares two unlike objects. To differentiate the two‚ similes uses like or as and metaphors directly compares the two objects. An
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The Treasure of Lemon Brown There are many ways that writers use to help us visualize their story. The author of The Treasure of Lemon Brown uses a lot of descriptive and figurative language to make the story real . When he uses phrases such as‚ ”Never compare your weakness to other people’s strengths. This text is about the history of this little boy trying to play basketball but‚ his dad doesn’t want him to play‚ he wants him to study a lot a be a good kid in school but‚ after a discussion
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In The Odyssey‚ Homer uses figurative language the best to build characterization while using epic similes and metaphors to go into more detail about traits and evets. One of the main uses of figurative language homer uses to build characteristics is an epic smile This is proven when homer writes "The attackers struck like eagles…swooping down from a mountain ridge to harry smaller birds that skim across the flatland cringing under the clouds but the eagles plunge in fury‚ rip their lives out…never
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of the mountain. He tells who didn’t survive or who had contracted a fatal injury he then continues to tell us about the impact of the challenge “… to the tragedy the Everest climb has rocked my LIFE to its core …” (Pg. 3). This quote reflects his perspective on the expedition. His vivid figurative language and exquisite imagery pertaining to every event made the passage not only highly realistic but parallel . It was as if the reader was with him and they struggles and felt lightheaded and experienced
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Essay Plan: The Kite Runner‚ Khaled Hosseini How does Hosseini present Hassan and his attitudes? As: INNOCENT‚ strong‚ willing‚ brotherly‚ friendly‚ correct‚ WELL BEHAVED‚ intelligent‚ understanding‚ MORAL‚ a father’s dream‚ better than Amir‚ tarnished‚ imperfect‚ literal‚ gentle‚ LOYAL‚ the opposite of Amir How: figurative language "like a chinese doll" page 3 motif of Kites "his life of unrequited loyalty drifting from him like the winblown kites he used to chase" kite chasing days
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Danielle Harrison English 101 K. Kemp May 2‚ 2012 The short story that I had analyzed was Rikki-Tikki-Tavi by Rudyard Kipling. I decided that characters‚ figurative language‚ and plot all gave a significant amount of support to the development of this story. Without these components of the story‚ I feel as if the story as a whole would not be at the level that it is at now. There were many characters with several different personalities in this short story. Rikki-Tikki‚ the mongoose‚ was
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And Then There Were None: “America’s #1 Best Selling Mystery” Many things make a mystery novel great. Agatha Christie just manages to use the very best of those things in her writing. Agatha Christie uses intentional figurative language which is developed through storm symbolism and animal imagery‚ this intentional writing justifies‚ And then there were none worthy of being labeled: America’s #1 best selling mystery. Agatha Christie’s use of storm symbolism throughout her novel builds mood and
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the matter in order to try and resolve things. They all tried to get their own happiness. The loss of authority and distrust of the people is the fatal weakness of many systems of reform. Industrial capitalists of the late 19th century were “Captains of Industry” for many reasons. There were a couple modes on the matter. The first was that the wealth of the parents would go to the first son‚ so that to insure that the family name be carried on. Some thought that this was bad because it depends
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who does something he see’s unacceptably wrong. The kite runner is a great story that entice many but for one thing‚ nobody would ever believe that the innocent kite flying diversion would lead to a tale of betrayal. Hosseini uses imagery and figurative language to illustrate motifs of challenge to authority and fall from innocence. Amir leaves a wad of cash under
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emotional and passionate poem. It is a poem that is intended to cause fury. He is able communicate the theme of the poem by the use of figurative languages‚ such as metaphors and personification. Another effective way of writing Dylan uses is repetition. He uses repetition to emphasize words that are important in his writing and to express his theme. Using figurative languages such as symbols and metaphors and combining it with musical devices like repetition‚ allows Dylan convey the theme of the poem‚
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