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    FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

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    FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE 5TH GROUP : 1. FA D H I L A A S H A D I 2. H A N A P U T R I A N I 3. S I T I R A H M A YA N T 4. Z H E L D Y O C TA V I A WHAT IS IT?? • Metaphors tend to provoke thought and feeling to a greater extent than more literal descriptions do. Examples :  “My mother’s face curdled” [Metaphor (kiasan)] Curdled : signalled distaste and trepidation. Curdled : The writers express and the readers should work out their meaning; they should be able to imagine.  “My mother grimaced”

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    line in a story might start with “Mother?” “There was no reply.” This would be more attention grabbing than just writing‚ “I called my mother‚ and she didn’t answer.” This makes me want to know why Mother didn’t answer.   Using figurative language‚ such as similes and metaphors‚ keeps a story interesting and

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    When you look on your phone‚ and you see a famous person‚ are you like me and say‚ “I want to be famous like them some day”. Well one day when I was younger I wanted to be exactly like a basketball player. I wanted to be like Michael Jordan. But now something changed I want to be exactly like Stephen Curry. Why? I want to because one I’m not going to be tall enough to be like Mike. Secondly I can shoot the ball pretty well for a seventh grader. Stephen Curry made 402 three pointers in 79 games that’s

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    Last Name 20 March 2013 Eng 113 Poem Essay‚ pg 519 The Beauty of Figurative Language Nobody wants to read a boring story. Figurative language is used to make sentences more interesting. William Wordsworth uses figurative language to allow his words to be more imaginative and vivid. William Wordsworth was born on April 7‚ 1770 in the scenic area of Great Brittain. He was a major English Romantic Poet (wikipedia). In the poem "[I wandered lonely as a cloud]" by William

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    FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE: CONCIET • A conceit is a special kind of metaphor that is extended throughout most of the poem or over several lines. • Authors use it to create striking‚ elaborate comparisons between two seemingly dissimilar objects. FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE: PERSONIFICATION • A figure of speech in which human characteristics are attributed to objects or animals. • Authors use it to give an inanimate object or animal a deeper meaning. FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE: HYPERBOLE • A figure of speech that

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    SCENE 1 In lines 11-13‚ a simile is being used by the Duke when he implies that “you’re [Escalus] as pregnant in [common justice] as art and practice hath enriched any that we remember.” The use of the word pregnant describes how well informed and resourceful he is in the certain subject. The word pregnant gives the connotation that Escalus has had someone impose this knowledge on him‚ as in with impregnation. By stating that Escalus is as “enriched” as “any that we remember‚” he means he is extremely

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    websites and even had your phone disconnected so I have no idea what you have been up to or even if you’re still alive. Just kidding‚ I know you still are; your sisters Facebook status’s confirms it. So‚ the reason why I am writing you this letter is because I wanted to know if you would be interested in learning about a certain type of figurative language usage in an Emily Dickinson poem. No? Well too bad. I have to tell you anyways. The poem I pick was Emily Dickinson’s poem 1266. Before I get

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    Poetry and Figurative Language Paper ENG/340 George Benson Edward Wilson June 12‚ 2014 Introduction Poetry has been used since time immemorial for passing information to the society. Poets have however used different stylistic devices in ensuring that their message has been passed to their intended audience. Imagery‚ rhymes‚ symbolism‚ among other ingredients of figurative language is among the commonly used stylistic devices that poets use. This paper seeks to identify imagery

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    Briefly explain the meaning of‚ and reasons for‚ strict liability. For strict liability offences it can be said that the prosecution does not have to prove the existence of mens rea for one or more of the elements of the actus reus of the offence. It is often said that no mens rea is needed for strict liability offences. This is probably an over simplification. A more complete answer would be that the prosecution does not have to prove the existence of mens rea for one or more of the elements of

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    Elements Of Poetry

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    Elements of “For Once‚ Then‚ Something” Every poet has a unique way in which they construct a particular poem. Some poets have a tendency to stay within the same style while other’s break out of the mold and write in a style of their own. For Frost‚ most of his work was composed in an English meter however‚ when composing “For Once‚ Then‚ Something” he strayed away from his usual tendencies of writing. “For Once‚ Then‚ Something” (1920) is the only poem Robert Frost ever composed in a classical

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