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    Figurative Language Figurative language was used by Margaret Atwood‚ through the persona of Offred‚ to illustrate The Handmaid’s Tale. Figurative Language consists of similes‚ metaphors‚ personification‚ alliteration‚ onomatopoeia‚ hyperbole and idioms. First‚ figurative language can be used to describe different settings. 1. Offred’s experience at night in her bedroom “The heat at night is worse than the heat in daytime. Even with the fan on‚ nothing moves‚ and the walls store up warmth

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    The C-130 The C-130 Hercules was born from a request by the United States Air Force for a replacement transport aircraft for the C-119 Flying Boxcar‚ C-47 Skytrain‚ and C-46 Commando‚ which were inadequate for modern warfare after the Korean War. The USAF wanted a plane that could have a capacity of 92 passengers‚ 72 combat troops or 64 paratroopers fly a range of around 1‚100 nautical miles‚ have the ability to fly with one engine shut down‚ and be able to take-off from unprepared runways (MotoArt

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    In addition‚ the author also uses figurative language in his description of Richard Parker: “The result was a face that looked like the wings of a butterfly and bore an expression vaguely old and Chinese” (107). Specifically‚ the author utilizes similes to compare the tiger’s face to the wings

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    in “Martin” by Nick C. Vaca. Vaca saw a boy who was “living” the life eating whatever he wanted. Their initials perceptions changed how they treated him from then on. To Vaca’s surprise all of his impression were wrong showed by his use of figurative language. Vaca’s view affected on how he treated others‚ but soon found out his views were flawed. The reactions to Martin don’t paint a good perception of it which affects the way they treat him. As read in the text‚ they describe their feelings about

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    Still‚ it is true Paul advocates for mimesis. However‚ what true imitation looks like for him is not one which leads to glorification of social order‚ but the opposite. It is this opposite‚ counter-cultural view of the cross that Paul has been articulating in all of chapter 4‚ and in 1 Corinthians 1-4 entirely. As problematic as 4:14-21 can seem‚ when this pericope is kept in view of the chapter as a whole a different interpretation Paul’s aim emerges. Still‚ Paul’s command to “imitate me” can seem

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    about the life of a young girl‚ Esperanza‚ growing up on Mango Street in a poor neighborhood. She grows up in a society where men are dominant over women. This shapes her in many ways‚ including her thoughts of men. Cisneros’s use of syntax and figurative language‚ in the form of repetition and metaphors‚ alludes to the reader that if women allow themselves to be trapped by men’s dreams‚ they forfeit their freedom‚ power‚ and independence. In The House on Mango Street‚ Cisneros conveys the idea that men

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    The Spenserian Sonnet was named for Edmund Spenser 1552-1599‚ a 16th century English Poet. The Spenserian Sonnet inherited the tradition of the declamatory couplet of Wyatt / Surrey although Spenser used Sicilian quatrains to develop a metaphor‚ conflict‚ idea or question logically‚ with the declamatory couplet resolving it. Beyond the prerequisite for all sonnets‚ the defining features of the Spenserian Sonnet are: a quatorzain made up of 3 Sicilian quatrains (4 lines alternating rhyme) and

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    In the excerpt The First Betrayal‚ Patricia Bray uses figurative language in different tenses because it builds a connection which is an objective for Patricia Bray so that her story has a better setting. Patricia Bray uses diction‚ personification‚ etc‚ so that her mood of suspense can lead to a better climax later in the story Patricia Bray’s style of writing leads to suspenseful events which can lead to a state of anxiety for example‚ “He wondered if the ocean would eventually release its prize

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    embodies some essential element of ‘universal’ human experience. Context – “’Maybe it’s all men an’ all women we love; maybe that’s the Holy Sperit – the human sperit – the whole shebang. Maybe all men got one big soul ever’body’s a part of’” (32-33). – Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck 8. Aside – a short speech or remark spoken by a character in a drama‚ directed either to the audience or to another character‚ which by convention is supposed to be inaudible to the other characters on stage

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    A sonnet is a form of lyric poetry with fourteen lines and a specific rhyme scheme. (Lyric poetry presents the deep feelings and emotions of the poet as opposed to poetry that tells a story or presents a witty observation.) The meter of Shakespeare’s sonnets is iambic pentameter (except in Sonnet 145). The only exceptions are Sonnets 99‚ 126‚ and 145. Number 99 has fifteen lines. Number 126 consists of six couplets‚ and two blank lines marked with italic brackets; 145 is in iambic tetrameters‚

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