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    D. Schmidt‚ the character‚ Holling‚ experiences a dull depressing time period of his life‚ his seventh grade year. The author then uses descriptive language‚ repetition‚ and symbolism to create a dreary‚ sorrowful mood. He makes Holling’s world look like there is no hope and there was no room for improvement. The author uses descriptive language to describe the dull and depressing mood of the story. For example‚ he uses a simile to illustrate the dullness of the story‚” This look came over her

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    traditional folk tales and intersperse their conversations with Igbo words‚ sayings‚ proverbs‚ and phrases. The author’s choices in terms of diction and structure contribute to this piece‚ with the use of language conveying a sense of the Igbo culture. Throughout the novel‚ figurative language such as proverbs and metaphors are greatly used when the characters tell stories to one another as a way to teach morals‚ entertain the audience‚ or pass down tales from previous generations. For example‚ personification

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    Thoughts on a section of Ethan Frome… (p.33 -34) Edith Wharton quite deliberately brings together human emotion and the environment in her novella Ethan Frome. The characters are circumscribed by the environment in which they exist and the impossibility of escape from the environmental forces of nature‚ heredity and place shape the characters of the text. A moment of hope arises as Mattie and Ethan walk home together from the dance and a more romantic sense of possibility emerges. The reader

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    After reading the two sonnets‚ I am trying hard to compare them in terms of the mindset of the poet‚ the object‚ and the way he uses language to describe beauty. It is so paradoxical that it appeared to the reader that the poems are written by different people. However‚ there is an idea that may explain this conflict. In sonnet 106‚ keeping in mind that the addressee is a male‚ the poet is (I could say) exaggerating in explaining the beauty of the object to an extent that even the predecessors barely

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    the elements of death and suffering in a dark and empty world which has met a terrible fate. The protagonist‚ a man‚ and his son live in this post-apocalyptic world and meet many gruesome conflicts along their journey. Throughout its pages‚ figurative language and literary techniques are found densely‚ helping the reader connect to the story and to develop specific moods and tones. The struggle that is faced throughout the novel is one that Time describes as‚ “Wildly powerful

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    Stephany Vielman March 12‚ 2013 Prophets and Figurative Language Jeremiah was a prophet called upon by God at a very young age to do His work. Jeremiah spoke against those who disobeyed God and spoke on the consequences of sin. He had a very hard job of trying to get the people of God to obey Him once again and to get them to stop sinning against Him. Jeremiah used figurative language to tell stories and to explain to the people what was going to happen if they continued to sin

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    “Sonnet 130: My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun‚” William Shakespeare uses the literary devices of imagery and figurative language to show that people should be judged based on who they are‚ not on their looks or what society says one should be like. To begin with‚ the text states‚ “If hairs be wires‚ black wires grow on her head.” (I.iv) The author uses figurative language to show how his mistress’ hair looks like. He compares her hair to wires which aren’t typically compared to hair. It shows

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    character fantasizing another life for himself‚ which was both sentimental and unusual. This poem‚ formatted into free verse (meaning it does not have rhyme or a regular meter) tercets (stanzas that consist of three lines)‚ contains figurative language (language that contains or uses figures of speech) such as similes (a figure of speech that makes a comparison) and metaphors (comparisons of one thing to another without the use of like or as). “The currents pull like weeds”‚ a simile located in

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    Introduction In this particular part of the scene‚ act 2 scene 1‚ line 31-64‚ lady Macbeth has convinced her husband murder Duncan. However on the way to the king’s chamber. Macbeth spot a dagger before him. In this passage‚ Shakespeare amplifies the usage of literacy devices in Macbeth’s soliloguy‚ to display the after effect when ambitious thought are causing one to carry out a malevolent deed. Shakespeare highlight the changes in one’s mind as ambitious thought consume their morals‚ ideal and

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    many languages‚ in many different ways and are read throughout the world. Two poems that will be compared are "The Toys" by Coventry Patmore and "Little Boy Blue" by Eugene Field. The poem "The Toys" is better than "Little Boy Blue" because it uses more effective types of figurative languages‚ the theme is more universal‚ and the tone is more serious. The poem "The Toys" uses more effective types of figurative languages than "Little Boy Blue". One of the more effective types of figurative languages

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