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    Night Figurative Language

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    prisoners are on their way to Birkenau‚ a sub-camp of the infamous Auschwitz. “The world was a cattle wagon hermetically sealed‚” (22). This example of likening the Jews to animals‚ using a metaphor‚ is a little less direct than much of the other figurative language comparisons in the book. However‚ it is still apparent that Wiesel and his people are being compared to

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    there are some positive outcomes. Going into Scott Bransford’s article “Camping for Their Lives” he describes the development of tent cities and the conditions of the people living there. He wrote an effective article because of his use of figurative language and interviews to make his message impactful. To begin with‚ the author introduced the reader to a homeless couple known as the Caros. They decided to find a piece of land by railroad

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    standards to be a ruler. Machiavelli depended on descriptive adjective‚ visual imagery‚ figurative language and insightful thinking to argue his purpose to his audiences that a prince must have balance of good and evil to be a ruler. Machiavelli begin his argument in excerpt 1 and 2 by using figurative language and listing to set up the stage to the importance of his message. Machiavelli uses figurative language and insightful thinking to convey his purpose that a good ruler must have a balance

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    Mwds: the Invisible Man

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    Major Works Data Sheet Invisible Man By: Heather 1. Ellison‚ Ralph. Invisible Man. New York: Vintage International‚ 1995. Print. 2. Genre: “Had they planned it this way? But no‚ they wouldn’t catch me again. This time I had made the move”(195). The Genre of Invisible Man would be Bildungsroman‚ a word used to describe the personal development of education and formation. This quote carefully hints the identity recognition that the narrator is experiencing. The recognition that Ellison highlights

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    War Figurative Language

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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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    Three Figurative Language

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    During poetry cafe‚ our group sang a song called “Life is Worth Living”‚ it’s originally song by Justin Bieber. This song can inspire me‚ because I can sing the song to let others remember me and have a good impression. I will discuss three figurative languages in this essay‚ which is Smile‚ Hyperbole and Rhyme‚ and they all can show the essence of this song. When the song sings that "It’s like you’re stuck on a treadmill.”‚ the author uses a simile. Simile means to compare two things with using

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    The Highwayman Analysis Through literary devices such as imagery and figurative language‚ Alfred Noyes displays that the theme of the poem‚ “The Highwayman”‚ is love. In the poem‚ “The Highwayman”‚ by Alfred Noyes‚ a highwayman is in love with the landlord’s daughter named Bess. A jealous old ostler named Tim reported their love to King George and Bess’ and the highwayman’s relationship took a dramatic turn which demonstrated just how much they love each other. Love is conveyed through imagery of

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    In “The Rider‚” author Naomi Shihab Nye uses figurative language to allow readers to easily and concretely envision the both feelings of loneliness and of contentment. In the poem‚ a boy has told the narrator that the reason he roller-skates so fast is because he is trying to escape from his sense of loneliness. This is what the speaker is thinking about as they bicycle down the street‚ and it is also what they are wishing for: A victory! To leave your loneliness panting behind you on some street

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    In literature you find things like figurative language‚ mood‚ and lastly tone. Tone is the attitude the writer has toward its work. It is their perspective on the subject that they are writing about and many mistake it with mood. It is based off of how you would imaging the author telling the story. The story ‘Half A Day’ establishes tone throughout the entire story by the authors use of figurative language and you get the general tone from the very start as the narrator

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    because the artist is simply stating what they mean. When artists use allusion‚ they intend to make the song more interesting‚ so they can get higher rating. If an artist wants to speak on a recent breakup they might use a lot of similes and figurative language to make their word play more interesting and make it enjoyable music. M The rap song Rolex performed by duo Ayo and Teo and written by Ogleoo and Shmateo consists of the artists expressing their love for a watch they adored. The song starts

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