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    Saint Joan

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    This passage‚ from the epilogue of Bernard Shaw’s Saint Joan‚ introduces King Charles’ viewpoint of Joan. It occurs twenty five years after the execution of Joan. Charles is having a dream and talking to Ladvenu who is a holy man that has dedicated his life to clearing Joan. In the epilogue‚ Charles represents the government and Ladvenu represents the view of the church. Ladvenu says “I think of what it means to her” when Joan’s name is cleared. However‚ Charles says that he cannot think of what

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    Many authors use figurative language is different ways and with different word usage‚ but how and why do authors use figurative language? What is the proper way to use them‚ when should they be used‚ and what particularly is the difference of books that use it‚ and the ones that do not as fairly have any? In “The Old Man And The Sea” written by Ernest Hemingway‚ many specific types of figurative language are used throughout the book such as alliteration‚ similes‚ and personification‚ and all of

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    favorable book is about two farmers named George and Lennie who dream of owning a house on a farm‚ and live a better life‚ until an accident occurs. George has to do something so terrible that it’s hard to handle. Characterization‚ setting‚ and figurative language mark out why George did the right thing. With attention to characterization‚ Lennie was a mentally impaired man who was a big guy‚ and did not know what he was doing half the time. Lennie means a whole lot to George‚ like a brother.George

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    ughterhouse Five‚ written by Kurt Vonnegut illustrates ideas and opinions that one may consider while reading the novel. Vonnegut uses word choice‚ details and figurative language in the text to demonstrate how the different styles of writing can change a readers perception. The novel is very in depth and allows for many different opinions to raise. 3 points will be discussed high lighting the different writing styles to emphasize the ambiguous details in the novel. In the novel the

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    Joan of Arc Joan of Arc by Nancy Wilson Ross in nineteen-hundred and fifty-three and published by Random House. Nancy Wilson Ross was born in Olympia Washington; she wrote many books on the early fifteenth century including Joan of Arc. Nancy Wilson Ross wrote of that Joan of Arc was a simple girl taken advantage of by a wimp of a prince/king who left her to be used and abandoned at the first sign of trouble; by those that she had helped the most. That Joan was divinely guided by her voices

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    Joan of Arc

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    Joan of Arc A French saint and a heroine in the Hundred Years’ war was Joan of Arc. This farm girl helped save the French from English command and was often called the Maid Orleans and the Maid of France. Her inspiration led the French to many victories. Joan Of Arc (In French Jeanne d’Arc) was born around 1412‚ in the village of Domremy‚ France. She was a peasant girl who‚ like many girls of that time‚ could not read or write. Her father‚ Jacques‚ was a wealthy tenant farmer and her mother

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    In the excerpt The First Betrayal‚ Patricia Bray uses figurative language in different tenses because it builds a connection which is an objective for Patricia Bray so that her story has a better setting. Patricia Bray uses diction‚ personification‚ etc‚ so that her mood of suspense can lead to a better climax later in the story Patricia Bray’s style of writing leads to suspenseful events which can lead to a state of anxiety for example‚ “He wondered if the ocean would eventually release its prize

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    death‚ however‚ Dickinson utilizes death as a simple process in human life. She achieves this by creating a tone progression in the speaker‚ beginning with excited hope in disappointed realization‚ through the use of exchange active and passive figurative language and structure patterns. Dickinson basically marks the shift of the speaker’s tone with the lack of action. Then‚ she creates an attitude of excitement and building hopes by indicating the speaker’s complicated sense of detail and the

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    that they should not allow society to tell them who they should be. He lets them know that they could be whoever they would like to be. He does this through his use of symbolism of the dark lensed glasses‚ his use of names‚ and his creative figurative language such as similes and metaphors. These techniques help his readers to see his message very clearly. Ellison’s use of names really helps the readers to understand each

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    In these two pieces‚ it is obvious that the topic of American identity is not strong with these children. In fact‚ they almost seem to feel forced‚ with no real decision made on their part. As can be seen in the first piece‚ the poem‚ the little girl says "if it makes you feel better‚" instead of something more pointed to her own personal preference. In the second‚ the two young boys seem brainwashed about their grandmothers home country as "barbaric." It seems that the common theme in these two

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