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    utilizes figurative language‚ appeals to pathos and appeals to logos to argue that his nonviolent protest movement is not extreme. The white clergymen called his protests unnecessary and to leave the laws of segregation alone ignoring the African-American citizens yearning for freedom and the right to be treated humanely. King claimed that‚ “If this philosophy had not emerged‚ by now many streets of the South would‚ I am convinced‚ be flowing with blood (29)”. King employs figurative language by using

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    Joan of Arc” Joan of Arc Thesis statement: Joan led a fascinating life and is one of the most heroic women in all of history: in her early years she struggled with being different‚ in her mid-life she was a military leader‚ and in the time of her death she was wrongly accused of something she had no part in. I. Introduction II. Child of God A. Kindness to others B. Teen Years 1. Voices 2. Visions III. Young at War

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    In Native Son‚ Wright utilizes various forms of figurative language in order to immerse readers into the plot of the story. Through his descriptive words and the images he creates‚ Wright allows readers to fully experience his settings and the dramatic events through Bigger’s senses and observations. The readers are constantly pulled into the action of the plot with Wright’s imagery‚ and are carried along with Bigger as he prepares his next moves. In the novel‚ Wright commonly uses similes. He

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    “No one seemed hurried or impatient‚ all under a spell‚ a spell that held us from the opening of the fail until it’s close” (Larson 248). Larson uses to figurative language to depict how addicting the fair was for the people nation-wide. His metaphor comparing its enticing nature to being cast “under a spell” gives the reader an idea of how captivating the environment was. Being kept under a spell is typically associated with something being inescapable‚ furthermore explaining Larson’s purpose of

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    Those Winter Sundays By: Robert Hayden In the poem “Those Winter Sundays”‚ the speaker is reflecting on his childhood and his lack of real emotion towards his father while he was a young child. When the speaker becomes an adult‚ he regrets not realizing that his father had his own way of affection towards him. In the present‚ the speaker realizes how hard and desolate it is to show parental love to someone. The poem‘s diction helps paint a vivid picture to the reader about the emotions in this

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    In the short story “Dark They Were and Golden Eyed” Ray Bradbury uses symbolism of Mr. Bittering and figurative language to portray how cultural assimilation can happen to anyone‚ anywhere regardless of a person’s willpower to resist. In one scene‚ Mr. Bittering is trying to get the other men to build a rocket together to go back to Earth‚ but they don’t want to. Mr. Bittering relentlessly tries to get them to help but suddenly stops when they show him that he is starting to change. “‘Build a rocket

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    Poor Man‚ Rich Heart Although this song is distorted because of the use of figurative language called metaphor‚ there is no doubt that “Danny’s Song” by Kenny Loggins tells of the promises that parents are making to their son (topic sentence). Loggins shows the amount and fluidity of love that the parents will pour over this child by using metaphor‚ which is simply an image used to convey another idea (assertion). Loggins displays in a comforting style the affection that the parents want to provide

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    at any time.” In Virginia Woolf’s essay “The Death of the Moth‚” she observes the moth’s actions and the struggles it faces. Woolf keeps an eye on the moth and watches as the moths go through its course of life of struggling to get through the windowpanes‚ and eventually reaches death. The figurative language and syntax in the essay efficiently conveys the matters of life and death and what it means to be nothing but life. In the short essayfigurative language‚ specifically metaphor‚ is used effectively

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    Ralph Waldo Emerson‚ an American essayist‚ lecturer‚ and poet. In Ralphs essay "Self-Reliance" during the time of the transcendentalism‚ in 1841. Transcendentalism is the idea of ones thought and spiritual things are more real than ordinary human experiences and material things. Emerson’s purpose is focusing on describing on hoe you should do what you believe is right‚ rather than going with what society thinks. Emerson adopts a philosophical tone in order to convince the reader to not be a follower

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    festival… [when] an impatient child that hath new robes‚ and may not wear them” (III. ii. 29-31) She uses a metaphor expressing how restless she grows‚ as she compares herself to an impatient child that has new clothes‚ and cannot wear them. The figurative language also reveals how she is exhilarated for the night to be with Romeo. Following her well-written soliloquy‚

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