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    land—during this culturally delicate time. Kennedy speaks in a passionate tone for the socially divided citizens. Indeed‚ they differ between settling for peace or retaliating with anger. By acknowledging the immediate audience‚ Kennedy uses diverse figurative language and recognizes the issue of violence to grant his speech credibility. Kennedy incorporates imagery throughout

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    written by Katie Alender has rich author’s craft. This book uses descriptive languagefigurative language‚ and symbolism to express a person’s ability to see what others don’t and how it frightens her. In the book‚ Alender uses figurative language to show how frightened she becomes at those overwhelming moments. This connects to the idea that fear could lead to being overwhelmed or the other way around. Figurative language helps the reader visualize what’s going on in an over-exaggerated manner.

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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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    In Gary Paulsen’s Hatchet‚ Brian Robeson‚ the protagonist‚ was very resourceful. Brian survived the horrific plane crash in the Canadian wilderness after the pilot had a massive heart attack and died. He was forced to survive with nothing but his hatchet‚ a gift his mom had given him. Brian used his hatchet to build a shelter‚ gather food‚ and start a fire. After Brian woke up from his sleep because of the exhausting plane crash‚ he began evaluating ways to build a shelter. As he started to think

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    bow (pg.138) and many other things. Brian went threw a lot things like‚ he cut himself because‚ he saw a plane had fly away‚ so he let the fire go out that was burning and didn’t even eat he also tried to kill himself by cutting his arm with his hatchet. Brian is also a very smart person‚ because Brian didn’t even know how to find her own supper (pg.123) or even make or and make a door (pg.125)‚because he had to survive on his own. Brian also overcame alot and alot of things‚

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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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    The book "HATCHET" was written by Gary Paulsen. Hatchet is about a boy‚ Brian‚ who made a forced. Brian is the main character in this book. He is 13 years old. His parents broke up a marriage so Brian lives with his mom until the vacation and he lives with his dad during the vacation. He goes to his father by the plane. The most big problem is starts inside of the plane. While he going to his dad’s house‚ the pilot die because of a heart attack. So Brian drives the plane with a little knowledge

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