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    She supports her main ideas in this story by her experiences. Figurative Language • Simile‚ she carried herself unwittingly like a goddess of Victory (paragraph 19) • Paradox‚ Revealed in half-concealing (Paragraph 2) • Metaphor‚ Storm of grief (Paragraph 3) • Personification‚ physical exhaustion that haunted her body

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    Using figurative language In my life‚ I have met many important people that have changed my life in an unforgettable way. It wasn’t until my freshman year in high school that I met my best friend Francia Fajardo. I am constantly learning from her whether it be about school‚ fashion‚ personal relationships‚ almost everything. She is like a lifetime teacher. For as long as I can remember I have struggled in particular subjects in school. She was the first person who ever took a real interest in

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    Elizabeth Bishop is regarded as one of the best poets during the twentieth century. The techniques that she used were crucial in the success of her poetry. She often used imagery in her poetry to appeal to the reader. Imagery is figurative language that creates a description for the reader and was used by Bishop to emphasize a larger meaning. Elizabeth Bishop uses vivid images of her everyday experiences to emphasize to a great extent how people should interpret the conventional experiences in their

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    ucture/flow/style -figurative language use -how Fitzgerald constructed each novel similarly/differently -theme/setting differences -motifs being similar - HEADINGS FOR EACH OF THESE TOPICS -thesis statement (RQ comparing and contrasting the two different novels )after the background info. Then these topics Background Information on the Author Fitzgerald can usually be associated with the Jazz Age of the 1920s as well as the Great Depression of the 1930s. He proved to be very “versatile”

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    Life of Pi by Yann Martel is an incredible novel about the will to survive‚ the importance of storytelling and religious belief. The novel travels back in time to chronicle the journey of a teenaged‚ Indian boy named Piscine (Pi) Patel‚ as he embarks on an involuntary venture across the Pacific ocean. Struggling to survive‚ Pi must use his own knowledge to remain alive and sane‚ while sharing a small life raft with a fearsome 450 lbs Bengal tiger named Richard Parker. Joseph Pulitzer once said‚ “Put

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    This is what Vaca learned the hard way through her experiences in “Martin” by Nick C. Vaca. Vaca saw a boy who was “living” the life eating whatever he wanted. Their initials perceptions changed how they treated him from then on. To Vaca’s surprise all of his impression were wrong showed by his use of figurative language. Vaca’s view affected on how he treated others‚ but soon found out his views were flawed. The reactions to Martin don’t paint a good perception of it which affects the way they treat

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    sweet and right"‚ is formed with many figurative languages and structural devices. It’s structured out with four stanzas. The layout of this poem takes a huge part building up the mood and the tone. The first stanza describes the condition of the soldiers: exhausted‚ sick‚ and in danger of having shells thrown at them. The second stanza‚ it sounds dreamy because of the poet’s choice of the words used. It is also because the scene was brought out into a present

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    about the life of a young girl‚ Esperanza‚ growing up on Mango Street in a poor neighborhood. She grows up in a society where men are dominant over women. This shapes her in many ways‚ including her thoughts of men. Cisneros’s use of syntax and figurative language‚ in the form of repetition and metaphors‚ alludes to the reader that if women allow themselves to be trapped by men’s dreams‚ they forfeit their freedom‚ power‚ and independence. In The House on Mango Street‚ Cisneros conveys the idea that men

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    relationships and also the role of his art. Shakespeare’s sonnets 18 and 73 burst of imagery and metaphors‚ they alone tell the story and point out the main argument‚ "the vividness of a poem‘s language resides primarily

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    today’s use of language. Sonnet #92‚ by Shakespeare describes his feelings towards the person he holds deeply‚ happy that he was able to have loved them that he was willing to accept death. That there was nothing that would make him stop loving them no matter what. In Shakespeare’s sonnet #92 he speaks about how happy he is to have love for that person he wouldn’t have any regrets‚ nothing anyone could say would be able to change his love or anything they say would change the way he thinks of that

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