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    story “A Duel”‚ Guy de Maupassant writes a descriptive tale about a countryman of Paris France‚ and his trials with an distasteful Prussian officer. In this short story Maupassant uses his figurative language to portray the distraught and demoralized city of Paris. Maupassant’s use of irony‚ figurative language‚ style‚ tone and other elements make this story captivating for the readers. Maupassant uses a delightful flourish to this writing by expressing an underdog situation for the readers to appreciate

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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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    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 did the right thing because he did Lennie a favor. If it were not for George‚ Lennie would have died a slow and

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    That isn’t really figurative because that is saying exactly what it means. Figurative language is something that doesn’t mean what it says. The phrase above means exactly what it says. In “Fame is a fickle food” the closest thing to figurative language is rhyming and that isn’t figurative language. These poems are a great example of how you don’t have to have figurative language for it to be a poem. Lastly‚ they are different because in “ Fame

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    September‚ 2012 Figurative Language Essay In this passage from The Count of Monte Cristo the author uses similes‚ metaphors‚ and descriptive details to establish the mood. The mood of this passage is that of a dark‚ disturbing scene of an execution. The author wants the reader to feel as though they are witnessing a terrifyingly grotesque death. The authors’ use of similes in this passage can be found throughout. Instead of describing Albert’s face as simply pale‚ he describes his face

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    it. So‚ the reason why I am writing you this letter is because I wanted to know if you would be interested in learning about a certain type of figurative language usage in an Emily Dickinson poem. No? Well too bad. I have to tell you anyways. The poem I pick was Emily Dickinson’s poem 1266. Before I get into the poem‚ do you know what paradox language is? In my critical approaches class‚ we have been talking about Brook’s argument about poetry and paradox. From what I understood in class‚ a

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    Tom should tell the sherif because. If Tom doesn’t tell the sheriff Indian Joe could end up killing him as well as huck. Another reason would be if he tells Tom would not have to worry about another person getting murdered. My Final reason would be if Tom would have told Joe would be a wanted man and would be sent to prison. But on the other hand if Tom wouldn’t have told anyone his chances of getting killed himself would be slim. My first reason would be that if Tom would have told the shefir

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    caused him to view life differently and consider it more precious. To make this message powerful‚ the author uses imagery to take advantage of the senses and build them into something vividly real in the reader’s mind. The author cleverly wrote that “[t]he hard wooden pews forced [them] to sit up straight” (Moore 133) in order to create the sense of paying close attention. This helps the reader mentally visualize the scene which helps engage the reader’s

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    know 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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    meaning of the text. Welty conveys that the willingness to read is established at a young age. She uses many rhetorical devices to emphasise her opinions on reading‚ such as figurative language‚ distinct syntax‚ and unique diction. Amidst the numerous interesting aspects of her narrative tale‚ Welty uses figurative language to help readers understand how her mother

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