daily lives‚ and they were viewed upon as being a gift from God. In her poem‚ Anne Bradstreet describes the importance of her house‚ despite the fact that she chastises herself for yielding to the temptations of vanity and materialism. Religion was‚ for the Puritans‚ first and foremost in their lives. To them‚ religion was centered around the Covenant‚ a personal‚ inner connection with God in which God promised to provide support and protection in return for loyal devotion and good works. As a
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There are many uses of figurative language in literary texts. Some examples are satire‚ simile‚ personification‚ and metaphors. The two types of figurative language I will be examining are epigram and satire. Epigram is ”a witty saying in either verse or prose‚ concisely phrased and often satiric” (Dramatic Monologue‚ epigram). Satire is defined as “a genre of comedy that is directed at ridiculing human foibles and vices” (Dramatic Monologue‚ satire). Epigram usually includes traces of satire.
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“You can have brilliant ideas‚ but if you can’t get them across‚ your ideas won’t get you anywhere.” - Lee Iacocca Nancy Farmer’s brilliant ideas did come across in The House of the Scorpion. In The House of Scorpion by Nancy Farmer‚ is a science fiction novel about a boy named Matt is followed throughout his life and how he grows up as a clone on the Opium fields‚ where the border between the U.S. and Mexico exists today. He is a clone of El Patrón‚ a man much like a scorpion‚ the drug lord and
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The Importance of Elements in a Poem Every poem is unique in its own way. Be it William Carlos Williams’ “The Red Wheelbarrow” (926) of just 8 lines or Nigel Tomm’s “My Blah Story”‚ which is the world’s longest English poem‚ of 23‚161 lines‚ all of them have a special touch added to them. Poems are written in every mood; love‚ heart break‚ happiness or sadness. Though poems are known to be easily written‚ many factors are involved when creating a good poem. It cannot be just made
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In both The Bell Jar and A Brief History of Time‚ the authors utilize figurative language. In The Bell Jar‚ Esther is overcome with a sense of helplessness when she is checked into a mental asylum. In her demented mental state she says‚ “It wouldn’t have made once scrap of a difference to me‚ because wherever I sat... I would be sitting under the same glass bell jar‚ stewing in my own sour air" (Plath 185). Esther uses a metaphor to compare herself to an object “sitting under a glass bell jar.” The
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In the poems “This Be the Verse” by Philip Larkin and “Digging” by Seamus Heaney‚ the authors examine the roles of parents in what their children grown into. Larkin takes a depressing and pessimistic view on raising children while Heaney sees tradition as an honorable aspect to family lineage. These poems represent different extremes of raising children and have completely different views on the value of family. Larkin presents an extremely pessimistic view on raising children. He believes
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Q1A. Discuss FIVE (5) reasons why it is important to take notes while you read and when you attend tutorial classes. Note taking is the process of recording vital information. Our human brain cannot remember everything that has been read or heard that’s why we need to take note while reading or attending tutorial. Besides this there is other importance in note taking. Note taking is mostly important to students because it helps them to remember better. As mentioned previously people
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Mike Shinoda. Many of the songs this band makes are very dark and intense. The song “Shadow of the Day” by Linkin Park shows how the lead singer Chester expresses his feelings. There are many elements of poetry throughout this song. In the beginning of the song there is figurative language shown. For example‚ “Sometimes goodbye’s the only way‚” is saying that the person is ill or hurt inside to live longer because he or she is in great pain. This was an example of personification due to
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In each of his poems‚ Robert Frost uses multiple stylistic devices and figurative language to convey certain theme‚ mostly having to do with nature‚ that ultimately show his modernist style and modernist views on life. In the poem “Mowing‚” the speaker of the poem is mowing his field trying to make grass. While doing this‚ he ponders the sound that his scythe is trying to “whisper” (Frost 26). The poem is organized into two sections: an octet and a sextet. In the octet‚ Frost mainly focuses on
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picture in the reader’s mind which made the story pleasurable. Another aspect of which I liked was the figurative language. She used personification in phrases like “the tree stood still and frowned away at the winds” and similes like “Sylvia’s face was like a pale star.” These made the text more clear and comprehendible. The vocabulary used also was enjoyable because it used phrases that could lead you to tell it was in the past. Statements
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