Ahab‚ hoping to unite his crew under his desire to hunt Moby Dick‚ uses repetition‚ comparisons‚ and emotional appeals‚ along with other strategies‚ to convince the shipmates to pursue the white whale. Ahab knows that he needs his entire crew to be on board with chasing Moby Dick in order for it to happen. He starts by asking callback questions that relates to the single thing that the crew shares: their interest in whaling. For example‚ when Ahab asks “what do ye do when ye see a whale‚ men?” the
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William Shakespeare‚ in his sonnet‚ “Sonnet 97” laments about how being separated from his lover feels like winter‚ no matter what season it may be. First‚ to reveal the feeling of loss caused by the separation from his lover‚ Shakespeare employs simile: “How like a winter hath my absence been/ From thee”; second‚ Shakespeare uses visual and tactile imagery to reiterate the sense of winter already established by stating‚ “what freezings have I felt‚ what dark days seen!”; third‚ Shakespeare compares
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As a supportive literature device to figurative language‚ irony also played a crucial role in making “counting stars” become a literature work. Irony can be defined as the disparity between what it shows to be true and what is legit true. Irony provides the meaning of words or phrases‚ which usually have a different meaning from the actual meaning of those words or phrases ( “Irony- Examples and…”)This is also really interesting because the audiences can interpret this literature work in different
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Sonnet 130 Shakespeare put a twist on how similes and metaphors are used to compare the girl the narrator loves to other girls and/or things that represent beauty. Instead of using similes and metaphors to compare things that are alike‚ Shakespeare used them to contrast the girl with different things that she is not. In other words‚ he used them to show everything that the girl is different in‚ doesn’t have‚ and is flawed in. Shakespeare does this to show that the narrator truly loves the girl
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English Parts of speech 2 The Simile A simile is an direct comparison that always contains the words “as” or “like” A simile compares one thing with another and in the process suggests some degree of similarly between things that are not the same. Example: The carpet felt like sandpaper under her feet (Here the carpet‚ which is usually soft‚ is being compared to sandpaper‚ which suggests that either there is something wrong with this carpet or it is uncomfortable to walk on. Identifying
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Juliet captivates the audience’s attention as she alludes to the Roman deity Phoebus‚ to bring in the night so that she may finally have her Romeo. Words such as “gallop apace”‚ “fiery footed”‚ and “immediately” communicate the hurried nature of her words as she excitedly anticipates her union with Romeo. However‚ this is juxtaposed with the nature of Juliet’s speech‚ which is arduously long-winded. She spends a great deal of time conveying her emotions‚ perhaps in an effort to convince the audience
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Swan Lake Act 1 After a beautiful musical introduction‚the opening scene is set in a splendid park with an enchanting fairy-tale castle in the background.prince seigfried and his friends are seated and enjoying a party to celebrate his coming of age whilst peasants come to congratulate him and are encouraged by the princes tutor to dance for his entertainment.the princes mother now enters and announces it is time for her son to marry and that he will be choosing a bride at a ball the following evening
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S***** **m**** 5.12.2013 ENG 102 Inner peace‚ maintaining self and the need to belong: “Gimpel the Fool” by Isaac B. Singer‚ “Everything That Rises Must Converge” by Flannery O’Connor and Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison. According to Ruth Wisse the schlemiel clings to an “as if” philosophy‚ as a way of coping with reality and maintaining a sense of self (Feuer and Schmitz 107). All three stories present main characters‚ who employ self-deception as a means of navigating and reconciling the
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aspect that captivates the readers and the listeners. While “Those Winter Sundays”‚ “Still I Rise” and “Daddy” all share the same free verse form to explore the theme of Dominance vs. Submission‚ they employ an array of literary devices and figurative language supported by different sound devices to highlight important elements of emotions. All three poems portray
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Draft Essay- Madie James Maloney’s novel A Bridge to Wiseman’s Cove is beautifully crafted and achingly honest exploration of the transformative power of love. Maloney uses language techniques‚ such as imagery‚ characterisation‚ symbolism‚ themes and figurative language. This entices the reader into‚ positions them to feel and think ways about the characters and is given to inform the reader about the character. In ABTWC Maloney has used unconditional love to express the characters inner thoughts
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