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    Figurative Language in Night The Holocaust made an impact on everybody’s lives but Eli Wiesel has a one of a kind story. In the novel Night written by Eli Wiesel he shares to everybody about the hardships in concentration camps as a young boy. He describes some of the horrible events using figurative language to clearly show his experiences in the Holocaust. Eli uses ‘night’ to convey the horrors he witnessed around him when the prisoners are on the freezing cattle cars and also his first day

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    Reference to Her Children." Be sure to write your answers in complete sentences. 1. Identify and explain an emotion that Bradstreet expresses in her poem that any mother might have. She seems sad and miserable that all her children leave their nest when they grow-up. 2. Read Bradstreet’s biography. List two hardships she endured throughout her life. Then‚ in at least two sentences‚ explain how these hardships might have influenced her poem "In Reference to Her Children." One hardship

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    rights activist. She was born in the early 1900s so she experienced racism and racial prejudices and it really reflects in a lot of her work. In her writings she has a specific tone and structure‚ she also often times uses figurative language that relates to what she has been through/experienced. Maya Angelou’s voice/tone reflects so much in her writing that you can tell exactly how she is feeling and since she is so

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    Engle Due: February 4th‚ 2014 LIT 207- Great Works of Poetry—Annotated Bibliography Title of Reading: “Before the Birth of One of Her Children” Author: Anne Bradstreet BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF MAIN IDEAS: In the beautiful poem‚ “Before the Birth of One of Her Children”‚ Anne Bradstreet expresses her feelings honestly and openly. The poem is written to her husband‚ and it addresses her fear of not surviving childbirth and what she would want

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    STYLETONE‚ AND MOOD IN LANDLADY Prose 1 Arief Febriyanto 63708028 Moch Fajar Akbar 63708014 Willi Adjie 63706897 ENGLISH DEPARTMENT FACULTY OF LETTERS INDONESIA UNIVERSITY OF COMPUTER 2011 STYLETONE‚ AND MOOD 1. STYLE Style is the use of literary devices‚ tone‚ and mood in a particular way that makes author’s writing recognizable. In another word‚ the style of writing is the style of author who writes it. The author’s style can be recognized by the following

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    what their song implies. Their song is one of a great dragon named Smaug. Their song is long and serious and that shows that the tone of the song is more somber than cheerful. The song speaks of retaking lost treasure from Smaug and uses somewhat common words but there is intricate figurative language within the song. The length and structure of their song is very important to convey their feelings. For instance‚ one verse in their song is‚”The dwarves of yore made mighty spells‚ While hammers fell

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    In the small portion of text provide from a diary entry I wrote based upon a character from “The Crucible”‚ which was written during my sophomore year of high school. Upon reading the text provided it’s clear to see that I was relying heavily on the figurative language of imagery. Due to the fact that‚ it allowed me to create a vivid mental image into the minds of my readers‚ drawing them in and making the reader want to read more. With this its clear to see that just like how I would use facts to

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    Briefly explain the reasons of application of halls. Explain why you are suitable to HKU’s hall life. Specify additional information if any related to home living environment and/or travelling not covered or mentioned in Section C and D above: Since my family size is a bit big‚ we need to share rooms and facilities. Thus‚ our living condition is rather crowded. On the other hand‚ commuting time to school is time-consuming and long (more than one hour and forty-five minutes). I have to ride minibus

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    mouth of a very close friend of mine.. I believe he was talking about hope‚ and how you can use your past experiences to get yourself through your troubled times. Emily Dickinson and Maya Angelou also used their art to convey similar meanings. The works “Hope is a thing with feathers” and “Caged Bird” both talk about similar topics and use similar themes.These poems use figurative and literal language‚ talk about hope and how it gets us by‚ and talk about the songs that birds sing. Both are beautiful

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    favorite song that you can blast to at an unreasonable volume‚ the question we must ask ourselves is does it have poetic merit? Poetic merit is essentially the reason that makes a song a lyric poem without the instrumental behind it. Therefore‚ the type of this poem normally has symbolism‚ figurative language‚ metaphors‚ and so forth. In addition to songs having poet merit‚ “Chaos and Clothes” is no different. “Chaos and Clothes” is a song written by Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit‚ and explores the

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