descriptive writing to paint a picture in the Lord of the Flies using foreshadowing‚ mood‚ tone‚ and many types of figurative language. Golding uses many examples of figurative language such as similes‚ metaphors‚ personification‚ and hyperboles. A simile and metaphor compares two unlike objects. To differentiate the two‚ similes uses like or as and metaphors directly compares the two objects. An example of simile that Golding used is‚ “ Ralph danced out into the hot air of the beach and then returned
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Lauinger is for the reason that it rhymed and also‚ because I understood what the poem was actually about‚ as it was written with literal meanings. To me‚ this poem takes place in the 1940s‚ due to Lauinger’s usage of language‚ words such as doll‚ highballs‚ rap‚ plus the title word noir. All of this causes me to think of an old 40s black and white film as well as the play Chicago. I am not an enormous fan of poetry or even a small fan‚ outside of Dr. Seuss‚ and therefore‚ I do not enjoy spending
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a simple yet beautiful poem that describes the beauty of nature and how it can inspire our lives. Wordsworth uses images to describe the scene to the reader‚ like a painting on a canvas; that explains vividly how the poet saw it. An example of the creativity is how the daffodils presented an almost human quality in the way they resemble dancers dancing in unison as if presenting a show. At the end of every alternate line of the poem there is a rhyming word‚ giving the poem both continuity and a sense
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Tone in “Mirror” by Sylvia Plath In “Mirror” by Sylvia Plath‚ the speaker is represented as a mirror that reflects the life and actions of another human being. The speaker develops a casually detached tone right from the beginning of the poem‚ but also portrays an accepting mood by the end of the work. These tones and moods are expressed through the use of diction‚ punctuation‚ metaphors‚ and imagery. The tone of this poem fluctuates and makes it difficult for the reader to grasp the emotions
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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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In “Mother to Son‚” Langston Hughes uses figurative languages like metaphors and tone to enhance the theme that you must keep going even through hard times. Hughes uses a metaphor to help show this theme by comparing two main ideas in the poem. A metaphor is a comparison between two unlike things in which one thing becomes another without using like or as. Hughes uses a metaphor when he compares the mother’s life in the poem to a crystal stair. The mother in this quote tells her son “Don’t you fall
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What is your Jung Typology profile? (ISTJ‚ ISFJ‚ INFJ‚ INTJ‚ ISTP‚ ISFP‚ INFP‚ INTP‚ ESTP‚ ESFP‚ ENFP‚ ENTP‚ ESTJ‚ ESFJ‚ ENFJ‚ ENTJ) ENTJ 2. What does your Jung Typology profile type indicate about yourself? (Refer to the TypeLogic or Know Your Type link) My profile indicated that I am a natural leader and that I stand up for myself whether it is with friends or through confrontation. It stated that i also enjoy the opportunity to organize and lead. 3. What is your primary learning style(s) from
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In the poem “The Discardment” there is a definite shift in tone at a certain area in the poem. This shift occurs at the oxymoron “intolerable joy”. This shift seems to be from a more of a lighthearted tone to more of a bitter tone. In this poem you can mainly see through light hearted tone through the description of the joy that the woman has when she received the present. In the poem it states the following “She put it on with exclamations‚/ Her eyes shone‚ she called and cried/ She danced and mimed
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Mallard through the employment of figurative language‚ Chopin highlights how men overshadow women. It is imperative to first note‚ however‚ that not all men necessarily intended to do this to their wives‚ as supported by the characterization of Brently Mallard. Lawrence Berkove‚ in his critique
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This poem is about a girl who is being bullied and wishes that it would stop by hoping there is nothing wrong with her. Eventually‚ the bully pushes her to her breaking point‚ which causes her to kill herself. The tone of this poem is hostile. The word choice in this poem portrays this tone because of the words such as blood‚ harm‚ and torment. These words create the hostile tone of this poem because the actions that the bully are doing are very aggressive and unfriendly. The word blood can be a
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