In the poem‚ ”Fast Break”‚ Edward Hirsch uses figurative language to create an imagery poem using vivid language and similes to display Dennis turner’s love for the game of basketball. The poet uses vivid language to help you visualize a fast break Dennis had experienced when he played basketball. “Scissoring past a flat-footed defender” (l.10) the poets trying to imply the man was standing at a stand-still and that’s how the man cut around him so quickly. While the power-forward explodes past
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In the play Antigone‚ Sophocles uses many important literary elements‚ but of the most important is irony. Three types of irony he uses are dramatic‚ attitudinal‚ and verbal irony. Sophocles’ use of irony in Antigone has a great impact on the play. If Sophocles did not use irony in his play‚ the events in the scenes would have been very different from what they are now. Irony is also used to add suspense‚ making the reader wonder what was going to happen next? Sophocles successfully accomplished
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Tyger? by William Blake is about curiosity and asks where we came from and who made us who we are. William Blake was a very serious writer‚ but he still included diction‚ syntax‚ figurative language‚ and imagery. All of these together created the author’s reflective tone. Blake used a lot of figurative language throughout the poem. When he said‚ ?What the hammer?? he was not actually asking what made us the way we are. Another example was when he asked‚ ?On what wings dare he aspire?? he
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In the stanza from the story of Macbeth‚ Lady Macbeth wants to lose her feminine qualities in order to be capable of murder. She conveys this through the use of figurative language and alliteration. Through the usage of figurative language‚ it is understood that she wants to lose her nurturing female qualities. Her statement of “unsex me here” figuratively means that she does not want to be the sex that she was given so that she could commit the murder. Literally she means that in order to pull
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Watsky’s song "tiny glowing screens Pt. 2" is a great example of poetry in music. Watsky uses multiple different types of figurative language including speeding up the rhythm when the song gets more passionate. This song also has a lot of meaning‚ Watsky is talking about the scope of our world and how we can make ourselves important. Watsky starts off the song with a statistic‚ "There’s 7 billion 46 million people on this planet and most of us have the audacity to think we matter." There are so
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In the poem Birches‚ by Robert Frost‚ he uses figurative language throughout his poem. The use of figurative language like personification‚ metaphor‚ and simile makes the reader have a more vivid experience while reading the poem. In the poem Birches‚ the writer uses personification in the next sentence “they click upon themselves as the breeze rises” (line 7 and 8). Mr. Frost explains that when there is a strong breeze the birches click with each other and it moves them up and down and eventually
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Lincoln expresses a desire to finally end the civil war in order to reunite the country. To accomplish this‚ he uses several unique stylistic elements in his address such as effective use of repetition‚ a religious tone‚ and comprehensible figurative language. Lincoln uses repetition in his inaugural address to notify his countrymen that the Civil War will end soon. He stresses the importance of unity in order to heal the wounds inflicted by the war. “With malice toward none; with charity toward
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term "language play". Used experimentally‚ language is inextricably connected to play. It is intrinsically symbolic‚ adventurous‚ informative‚ and dynamic. As Marian Whitehead writes‚ "Language and play share several characteristics: both use symbols to stand for a range of ideas‚ feelings and experiences; both are reflections of human thinking and also creators of new thoughts; both are part of our genetic make-up." Terry Campbell identifies two major classifications of language play: playing
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I elicited and built on student responses in the video clips by asking students open-ended and follow-up questions that help them promote thinking and develop their abilities to construct meaning from‚ interpret‚ and respond to a complex text. In Video Clip 1‚ at 00:36‚ my question‚ “What are you noticing about the structure of the poem?” was answered correctly by a student so I restated his response in my own words to make sure that everyone heard the answer. At 00:44‚ another student answered the
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Ethan Frome‚ the tale of a man who has a bleak future‚ bound by his sickly wife‚ is an incredible story written by a doubly incredible author; Edith Wharton. Her novels such as The House of Mirth and The Age of Innocence were masterpieces for the generations who grew up with them. These novels still live on today as remarkable pieces of literature. Even more impressive is how a rich and upscale woman was able to relate to a poor farmer when she wrote Ethan Frome. Only an author with skill and talent
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