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    In the excerpt The First Betrayal‚ Patricia Bray uses figurative language in different tenses because it builds a connection which is an objective for Patricia Bray so that her story has a better setting. Patricia Bray uses diction‚ personification‚ etc‚ so that her mood of suspense can lead to a better climax later in the story Patricia Bray’s style of writing leads to suspenseful events which can lead to a state of anxiety for example‚ “He wondered if the ocean would eventually release its prize

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    Julius Caesar is full of alliterative phrases that Shakespeare uses to suede the audience in a certain direction; his works thrive on emotion and he knows how to play off it. A perfect example of this is Mark Antony’s speech in Julius Caesar‚ after Caesar has been stabbed. However‚ a perfect counterexample would be Brutus’s speech‚ also from Julius Caesar. There’s no doubt that Shakespeare did this on purpose to show how lackluster Brutus’s words were to the Roman people. Antony’s speech works so

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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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    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 writes‚ “Mixed images of

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    For many decades a so called “Devil Creature”‚ named The Jersey Devil‚ is thought to roam the heavily wooded pines of southern New Jersey feeding off of small animals such as dogs‚ chickens‚ and other small wild animals since the beginning of the early 18th century. This creature has pretty abnormal and diverse features. Many people that claim to have spotted The Jersey Devil say that it has a kangaroo like body with a horse like face and antlers sprouting out of the top of its head‚ not to mention

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    What do people when their are backed against the wall. In Powers’ “He Don’t Plant Cotton” one snowy night in a lounge three workers had to carter and serve a crowd of over zealous and disrespectful white people. Through this we see how they deal with stress of work. Dodo‚ the bartender and a piano player‚ talks about them when his back turned‚ Baby‚ the drummer and waiter‚ does what they tell him to do with a smile‚ and Libby‚ the singer‚ plays dumb. Or In the end quit. The story demonstrates how

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    identity really means. To further evaluate these two pieces on the basis of their common theme‚ we must first look further into the word choice used. The brothers are left out with gum because they speak English‚ while their older brother isn’t because he can speak Spanish. The little girl in the poem is "friends" with a bully‚ and feels that she should act the same way because she doesn’t know any other way. The little girl shows that she is far different than her friend Denise‚ as she says "a white

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    ughterhouse Five‚ written by Kurt Vonnegut illustrates ideas and opinions that one may consider while reading the novel. Vonnegut uses word choice‚ details and figurative language in the text to demonstrate how the different styles of writing can change a readers perception. The novel is very in depth and allows for many different opinions to raise. 3 points will be discussed high lighting the different writing styles to emphasize the ambiguous details in the novel. In the novel the

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    reading The Devils Highway by Luis Alberto Urrea‚ immigrants are the good guys just asking for another chance at life. While the Border Patrol Officers are just wearing that uniform and taking advantage of it. Not coming to an agreement‚ Luis Alberto Urrea’s nonfiction novel would actually enrich the debate on illegal immigration due to the reasoning’s Urrea gives us on these walkers wanting to come to America. In the beginning of the novel‚ Urrea gives us background knowledge on the Devils Highway

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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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