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    in history because of his use of figurative language writing skills.  In The Tragedy of Julius Caesar‚ Shakespeare uses figurative language multiple times throughout the play.  Shakespeare uses figurative language in The Tragedy of Julius Caesar to create a special effect or feeling for the reader.  Some examples of figurative language that Shakespeare uses throughout the play includes: verbal irony‚ personification and metaphors.    By using figurative language in The Tragedy of Julius Caesar‚ Shakespeare

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    El filibusterismo (lit. Spanish for "The Filibustering"[1])‚ also known by its English alternate title The Reign of Greed‚[2] is the second novel written by Philippine national hero José Rizal. It is the sequel to Noli Me Tangere and like the first book‚ was written in Spanish. It was first published in 1891 in Ghent‚ Belgium. Throughout the Philippines‚ the novel is read in senior high schools. Uncle Tom’s Cabin; or‚ Life Among the Lowly is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher

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    The film “Secrets of the Wild Child” though very sad‚ was very educational and informative. After watching the film‚ it made me question a lot about language and how it is formed. Before watching the film I was curious as to how people acquired language. I know that the textbooks tell us that language is an innate trait‚ but how does one know that for sure? With the case of Genie‚ you really get a pure representation of someone who has been withheld from interactions with other humans and has had

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    President John F. Kennedy delivered a speech at Rice University Stadium‚ in which he appealed for support of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s program to land humans on the Moon. In his speech‚ Kennedy uses process analysis‚ figurative language‚ and appeals to hope and responsibility to hopefully persuade Americans to donate towards NASA’s pursuit of space exploration. To start off his speech‚ Kennedy uses a "capsule history" to chronologically describe the efforts and accomplishments

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    indirect characterization is action. According to paragraph number 8‚ it states‚ "In an instant I dragged him to the floor‚ and pulled the heavy bed over him". This describes how the narrator killed the old man and how it did not vex him. For figurative language‚ it consisted of personification and symbolism. According to paragraph number 6‚ it states‚ "All in vain; because Death‚ in approaching him had

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    Child G’s language skills have improved a lot since I started observing her. The norm for her age level says a child speaks about 50 words‚ links two to four words together‚ uses some adjectives‚ and speaks clearly enough for adults to understand some words. I’ve noticed that she often repeats what adults such as her parents and teachers. She doesn’t even know that word‚ she repeats it. I think that’s how she learns and obtains new vocabularies. She is able to do what the norm of a child of age

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    In her book‚ "The Author To Her Book"‚ Anne Bradstreet conveys the deep and intricate demeanor of the author towards her work. Bradstreet uses a controlling metaphor of a child and its mother to describe all of these feelings towards one of her other pieces. To do this‚ she incorporates many figurative language devices within the controlling metaphor to help bring her point across to the minds of the readers. They include diction‚ imagery‚ and irony. In order to present the controlling metaphor

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    Creative Child . . . he became a writer and he wrote a book. He called it The Book of Lost Things‚ and the book that you are holding is the book that he wrote (Connolly 335). These are the concluding words of John Connolly’s fantasy fiction The Book of Lost Things‚ revealing that the narrator have been the protagonist all along. A writing child is a common phenomenon in fantasy fiction around the world as well‚ sometimes overlapping with the reading child; however‚ the purpose of writing by a child is

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    “Sonnet 83” by William Shakespeare conveys the indescribable beauty of a person using punctuation‚ imagery‚ and figurative language. The word “painting” as used in the first line of the poem is a type of poetic imagery that means praise or poetic flattery. This accompanied with “painting set” creates a much more elegant image than simply writing the word praising. Imagery and figurative language is more heavy and emphasized in the last two lines of the quatrains. The last line of stanza one for example

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    through 126 to an unidentified young man with outstanding physical and intellectual attributes. The first seventeen of these urge the young man to marry so that he can pass on his superior qualities to a child‚ thereby allowing future generations to enjoy and appreciate these qualities when the child becomes a man. In Sonnet 18‚ Shakespeare alters his viewpoint‚ saying his own poetry may be all that is necessary to immortalize the young man and his qualities.  .......In Sonnets 127 through 154‚ Shakespeare

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