Introduction – 45 to 60 seconds Audio Figurative language is a literary device used to create an effect in literature. What is the purpose of poetry? Usually‚ the poet wants to create emotions‚ or feelings‚ in readers. Figurative language is used to compare items‚ people‚ places‚ or ideas. You could say‚ “My sister is a monkey when she jumps around the furniture and runs through the house.” When you compare your sister to a monkey‚ you are not saying she IS a monkey. You are showing
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1. When I first saw her‚ my soul began to quiver. (I fell in love/in a panic) 2. Mary is as beautiful as a rising sun 3. Those flowers are as delicate as a spider web. 4. The sharp teeth of the cold wind bit through my overcoat 5. My love is like a red‚ red rose.’ Here a person is compared to a flower in a way that suggests they have certain features in common‚ such as beauty‚ fragility‚ and so on. 6. ‘The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas.’ Here the image of the moon in a
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Holocaust through a captivating 120 page book‚ illustrating how he survived. In his book‚ Night‚ Elie Wiesel develops the plot by using very vivid figurative language to describe very sentimental experiences. Elie Wiesel’s use of metaphors throughout the text forcefully tells the truth. Elie’s experiences are worded perfectly along with the use of figurative language through his expression of personal agonizing reality and terrifying genocide. “There they went‚ defeated‚ their bundles‚ their lives in tow
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The Eagle a classic work of literature with a simplistic tone and theme being the analysis of an eagle prowling and taking flight. Figurative language such as "with crooked hands‚" "close to the sun‚" "the wrinkled sea beneath him crawls." "He clasps the crag with crooked hands." Poems are riddled with figurative language‚ and The Eagle is no exception‚ personified objects and animals are the easiest way to relate to anybody. As if an eagle could have hands rather than the talons that birds are
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there are some positive outcomes. Going into Scott Bransford’s article “Camping for Their Lives” he describes the development of tent cities and the conditions of the people living there. He wrote an effective article because of his use of figurative language and interviews to make his message impactful. To begin with‚ the author introduced the reader to a homeless couple known as the Caros. They decided to find a piece of land by railroad
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standards to be a ruler. Machiavelli depended on descriptive adjective‚ visual imagery‚ figurative language and insightful thinking to argue his purpose to his audiences that a prince must have balance of good and evil to be a ruler. Machiavelli begin his argument in excerpt 1 and 2 by using figurative language and listing to set up the stage to the importance of his message. Machiavelli uses figurative language and insightful thinking to convey his purpose that a good ruler must have a balance
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During poetry cafe‚ our group sang a song called “Life is Worth Living”‚ it’s originally song by Justin Bieber. This song can inspire me‚ because I can sing the song to let others remember me and have a good impression. I will discuss three figurative languages in this essay‚ which is Smile‚ Hyperbole and Rhyme‚ and they all can show the essence of this song. When the song sings that "It’s like you’re stuck on a treadmill.”‚ the author uses a simile. Simile means to compare two things with using
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Shakespeare’s sonnet LXXI. It is through diction‚ sound devices‚ irony‚ and figurative language that Shakespeare reveals his outlook on death and grief. Starting in the 1st line it is told to beloved not to “mourn” (1) for the speaker when they have died. This establishes that the speaker does not want to be remembered while simultaneously implying a remembrance of them. It sets a strange tone for the rest of the poem while also showing that Shakespeare thinks death should be forgotten but knows
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Murakami explores the theme of fear and how it can impact someone’s life. His use of figurative language helps a reader see what it’s like to be overwhelmed with fear and have it take control of you without warning. In the text‚ the narrator states how seeing the wave getting closer and closer to shore caused him to run away and also be terrified at the same time. The narrator was able to save himself‚ as all that adrenaline was coursing through him because of fear‚ although he saved himself he couldn’t
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past morale and actions. Hardy and Remarque both employ diction and figurative language to demonstrate war’s futile and impractical effect on all soldiers’ lives. Erich Maria Remarque uses detailed
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