Former slave‚ Frederick Douglass in his biography Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass describes the altering affect slavery has on people. Douglass purpose is to show the detrimental effect slavery has on people. Douglass uses diction‚ figurative language and sentence structure to help support his argument. As Douglass discusses one of his masters named Mrs. Auld he specifically focuses on the change she went through as she owned slaves. Consequently‚ using diction helps the audience see the
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felt love before. Then he begins his soliloquy announcing how beautiful Juliet is. He uses his eloquent speech to highlight his feelings for Juliet and show that his love for Rosaline has faded. Romeo is seen on multiple occasions using his poetic language‚ and this time is no different. He says that her beauty outshines the moon‚ and that her eyes are so bright they could replace the stars. If the stars were in her head‚ her bright cheeks
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1 Pearl Avenue runs past the high-school lot‚ Personification: the author uses basketball verbs to describe the location of Flick’s working place. 2 Bends with the trolley tracks‚ and stops‚ cut off Alliteration: t has a sharp sound that helps emphasize the following words. 3 Before it has a chance to go two blocks‚ Metaphor: the setting of the garage portrays Flicks life( he never went any further from high-school. 4 At Colonel McComsky Plaza. Berth’s Garage Contrast between the
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Harper Lee uses ___figurative language_____________________ (imagery‚ figurative language‚ simile‚ metaphor‚ etc) to intensify the mood of terror and suspense as Jem trespassed on the Radley property. The first example of figurative language is hyperbole .For example ‚scout says ‚”I made perhaps one step per minute “ (69).by using this quote the reader can understand the suspense within the characters movement . this suspense helps create a creepy mood because their movements are super slow and cautious
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In the poem Birches by Robert Frost‚ Frost portrays the images of a child growing to adulthood through the symbolism of aging birch trees. Through these images readers are able to see the reality of the real world compared to there carefree childhood. The image of life through tribulation is the main focal point of the poem and the second point of the poem is if one could revert back to the simpler times of childhood. The language of the poem is entirely arranged through images‚ although it contains
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the book “Night” possesses many articulate stylistic writing choices to communicate the message of dread and sorrow when the young pipel was hung. What particularly shines through is his emotional use of connotation‚ dialogue‚ imagery‚ and figurative language within this two page excerpt. The excerpt is introduced by a line of dialogue‚ “Where is merciful God‚ where is He?”(Wiesel 64). This is followed by the hanging and then the imagery “total silence”‚ and “sun was setting”(Wiesel 64). These
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culture and journey as a whole in order to portray to world that female students deserve an education through the use of fictive figurative language‚ egalitarian and religious ethos‚ and abstract symbolism. She adopts a defiant tone in order to educate the Western world of the opportunity that is taken for granted‚ yet deprived of
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D. Schmidt‚ the character‚ Holling‚ experiences a dull depressing time period of his life‚ his seventh grade year. The author then uses descriptive language‚ repetition‚ and symbolism to create a dreary‚ sorrowful mood. He makes Holling’s world look like there is no hope and there was no room for improvement. The author uses descriptive language to describe the dull and depressing mood of the story. For example‚ he uses a simile to illustrate the dullness of the story‚” This look came over her
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traditional folk tales and intersperse their conversations with Igbo words‚ sayings‚ proverbs‚ and phrases. The author’s choices in terms of diction and structure contribute to this piece‚ with the use of language conveying a sense of the Igbo culture. Throughout the novel‚ figurative language such as proverbs and metaphors are greatly used when the characters tell stories to one another as a way to teach morals‚ entertain the audience‚ or pass down tales from previous generations. For example‚ personification
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Thoughts on a section of Ethan Frome… (p.33 -34) Edith Wharton quite deliberately brings together human emotion and the environment in her novella Ethan Frome. The characters are circumscribed by the environment in which they exist and the impossibility of escape from the environmental forces of nature‚ heredity and place shape the characters of the text. A moment of hope arises as Mattie and Ethan walk home together from the dance and a more romantic sense of possibility emerges. The reader
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