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    how she hopes that it will remain a symbol for her family and life. In order to effectively convey the symbolism of their families‚ both authors employ figurative language and imagery that supports their symbolic meaning. Although done in a similar manner‚ Taylor’s figurative language in “The Century Quilt” differs from Oliver’s figurative language in “The Black Walnut Tree‚” although both stay equally successful in their purpose. To start‚ Taylor writes

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    RD3 Figurative Meaning Utilizing concrete detail/imagery as his leading elements‚ as well as some figurative language‚ Kipling communicates the horrific ways in which soldiers died. “A Death-Bed” portrays vivid images of the use of new developments of warfare and weapons created. These advances were unknown and unusual to those who were fortunate enough not to experience the destructive effects of the war. Kipling sought to communicate not only the event itself‚ but what it entailed and meant for

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    Frances Ellen Watkins Harper describes the setting in detail of the process of the slave trade. Harper illustrates‚ the separation of children and parents being pulled apart and are being sold to separate families as objects. He also uses figurative language through his choice of words to give an emotional response to the reader. In the beginning half of the poem‚ Harper uses specific and meaningful words in order to capture the reader’s attention. For instance in line 2‚ “wretchedness” and in line

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    Joan of Arc By: Andy Navarro One hundred years before the season of Joan of Arc France was building up a circumstance‚ which would push it into turmoil. At the time the leader of France‚ King Charles IV‚ was debilitated and without a beneficiary. Charles proclaimed that if the youngster that his better half was pregnant with ended up being a kid‚ the kid would get to be lord of France. In any case‚ the kid would run with an official until he achieved a period of enough development to control

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    to it’s structure‚ and theme. Every poem is unique and one of the main factors to a poems individuality is it’s structure. Do Not Stand at my Grave and Weep not only has a rhyme scheme‚ but it provides praiseworthy figurative language. One of the obvious figurative language in the poem‚ were the metaphors. For instance‚ there were the lines "I am a thousand winds that blow‚ I am the diamond glints on the snow" (lines 3-4). Not only do the metaphors create vivid images‚ but it plays a key role

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    Case 6-4 Joan Holtz (B)* 1) The 3 methods affect the net income. If deducted from the cost of purchased goods it will affect the cost of good by decreasing it‚ which in turn will affect the net income in the period the product was sold. If the purchase discounts are reported as other income then the net income would be higher than the other methods. If the purchase discount not taken is reported as an expense then too the net income is high. Overall‚ the cost of goods sold will be

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    poetic devices‚ the most prominent being figurative language‚ setting and circumstances‚ and imagery to aid in establishing the theme of the poem. The theme specific to this poem is accepting literal or figurative death. After all of the farming and harvesting for winter‚ the narrator has time to relax and enjoy the little things in his life knowing that winter is around the corner and he has done all that he can do in order to prepare for it. Figurative language is a general term for being non-literal

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    The figurative language used gave out a very negative and abusive vibe in the song “Love the Way You Lie” by Eminem. To start right at the beginning‚ Rihanna sings‚ "Just gonna stand there and watch me burn‚” as an opener. Now we know that she is not actually on fire‚ making this a metaphor. This first line is immediately putting out there that she feels terrible‚ hence fire equals bad‚ and she knows that this other person is just standing there and letting it happen. If she was actually on fire

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    Joan Aikens a fantasy story‚ ”The Third Wish ” is on a dusk spring evening through part of the savernake forest. Mr. Peters saves a swan from the forest and gets three wishes for his kindness. As he wishes for a wife‚ Lieta‚ over time Mr. Peters could see that Lieta was not happy as a human. Aikens creates a theme of true happiness that comes from caring about others. In the story happiness is the issue that runs through the whole story. Over time as Mr. Peters and Leita stay at home‚ Mr. Peters

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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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