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    2012 Figurative Language versus Literal Language Critical Thinking‚ Dr. Goldstein Dakita Ambush Literal Language is to write or say something in a literary work that means exactly what is said‚ For example: If I say‚ “Sit down please.” Figurative Language is writing or speech‚ for example O mean: Sit in your seat right now please. (Exactly what I said)! When thinking about figurative language versus literal language we often use misuse figurative language and may make it more difficult for other

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    Figurate Language versus Literal Language In today’s society‚ the English language is the most widely spoken language‚ but can also be one of the most difficult to learn and speak. The many different ways that people speak figuratively with the English language may be why it is difficult for many to understand there many different meanings. The different cultures and backgrounds can also affect the understanding of the English language and how people convey the types of figurative language. In

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    Figurative and literal language is different methods used in conveying and analyzing language. Literal language refers to words that do not differ from their original definition. Figurative language refers to words or groups of words that exaggerate the meanings of the words. Figurative language is not used literally but instead involves similarities to concepts or other contexts; which results in a figure of speech. For example‚ “it’s raining hard outside” is literal and “it’s raining cats and

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    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 paradox is a

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    FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE 5TH GROUP : 1. FA D H I L A A S H A D I 2. H A N A P U T R I A N I 3. S I T I R A H M A YA N T 4. Z H E L D Y O C TA V I A WHAT IS IT?? • Metaphors tend to provoke thought and feeling to a greater extent than more literal descriptions do. Examples :  “My mother’s face curdled” [Metaphor (kiasan)] Curdled : signalled distaste and trepidation. Curdled : The writers express and the readers should work out their meaning; they should be able to imagine.  “My mother grimaced”

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    in the poem "Famous" by Shihab Naomi‚ it states that "a river is famous to a fish" the meaning of famous in this poem is well known. Isn’t the river well known to the fish? Isn’t a

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    The poem ‘O’ sweet Caramel’ is a ballad poem that tells a love story. This poem seems like a love story to a caramel‚ which is snack. But the truth is that it is a love story that happened to me to a person‚ not a caramel. Reader will find it hard to know that caramel is a human‚ but there are some points that explain that caramel is human. To talk about the content of this poem‚ it is loves story that girl falling in love with caramel but because it was so popular it was gone. After I found caramel

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    List of Figurative Language and Rhetorical devices Alliteration‚ assonance and consonance: Alliteration is the repetition of the first sound in nearby words‚ for example: Always avoid alliteration. Assonance is the repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds within‚ for example‚ words in the lines of a poem. Consonance is the repetition of consonant sounds in the words. All three techniques can be combined: And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain

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    the first line in a story might start with “Mother?” “There was no reply.” This would be more attention grabbing than just writing‚ “I called my mother‚ and she didn’t answer.” This makes me want to know why Mother didn’t answer.   Using figurative language‚ such as similes and metaphors‚ keeps a story interesting and

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    Mikhail uses figurative language to create the sarcastic tone. She wrote about war and how cruel and destructive it is by trying to make it sound positive but it’s really negative. “summons rain from the eyes of mothers.” this quote from the poem is figurative language because rain can’t be summoned from mothers eyes. Mikhail also made the poem sound sarcastic by saying thing war could help positively but when you think about it all of the things that she uses to try and make war sound positive

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