the town is scared of the Radley family although they don’t know much about them. This is important because without the Radley mystery half of the book wouldn’t have been written. It also shows many different types of rhetorical devices and figurative language. When Dill arrives in Macomb and Jem and Scout show him around town they stopped at the Radley house and describe it as a scary place‚ which does nothing but intrigue Dill to want to know more. Except he is to scared to do it himself so he
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In the short story “Sonny’s Blues” by James Baldwin‚ a brother named Sonny was arrested for using and selling drugs. The narrator is the older brother of Sonny who finds out he’s in jail through the newspaper‚ he had not spoken to him in years. After Sonny’s release from prison‚ he moves in with his older brother and for a period of time they both attempt to deal with each other. Drugs had taken over most of Sonny’s life mainly because of his father’s personality‚ his neglecting brother and the harsh
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This is used to suggest that Chicago is a big city with many problems‚ but it proudly faces these problems and has many positive attributes that far out way them. Compared to other‚ smaller cities‚ Chicago is much more progressive‚ it is continuing to move forward despite adversity. Another example of figurative language is the use of a simile in line 23‚ when it is stated that Chicago is as “fierce as a dog.” This
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James Arthur Baldwin: James Arthur Baldwin (August 2‚ 1924 – December 1‚ 1987) was a great American novelist and essayist. A contemporary of Martin Luther King‚ Jr.‚ he was sharp critic of social inequalities of his time. He is taken as the first great writer who touched upon the topics of racial discrimination and homosexuality. In his essays‚ he discussed the intense complexities of socio-cultural conflicts in mid-20th-century America‚ in particular and in Western societies in general‚ but with
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starts off innocent‚ but then goes on to commit horrible atrocities as a Nazi during WWII. Both Lord of the Flies by William Golding and Innocence by Thom Gunn show that anyone can turn savage under certain conditions. Lord of the Flies uses figurative language‚ allusions‚ and symbolism to show the transition from civilization to savagery. When Roger dropped that rock on Piggy‚ Golding said‚ “The rock struck Piggy a glancing blow from chin to knee; the conch exploded into a thousand white fragments
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A Man In The Crowd It is an odd occurrence for me not to get along and be functional in a group setting even around people that I’ve never met. It doesn’t happen to me very often where I feel like “a stranger in the village” but I just so happen to have had one of those situations very recently‚ three weeks ago I had a party at my house‚ not for myself or my friends but for my legal guardians family. Who didn’t even know I existed up until they came out to see him and found me waiting to show them
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carried out- neither a projection or contest of emotion will elicit. As does the author of this Spenserian sonnet‚ his stridency to appease succumbs to the crass nature of a woman. To which this sonnet derives such implicit diction‚ emotion‚ figurative language‚ and structure‚ we will investigate. The first of three quatrains employs the matter of the protagonist’s situation‚ laying out an analogy to characterize his actions as admirable. A dire situation‚ his audience‚ a woman‚ watches the performance
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Mildred. Guy is a fireman. In this book firemen don’t put out fires they start them‚ mostly to burn books. When they burn the books‚ they also burn the houses and the people. The theme of dangerous censorship is effectively shown through setting‚ figurative language‚ and plot. One way dangerous censorship is displayed is through the setting of the book. This book is set in a dystopian society where all books are banned. Knowledge is power and this society doesn’t want unequal amounts of power. Books are
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younger than five-years old are focused on themselves and communication needs to be simple and concrete. Abstract or figurative language should not be used since it will be taken literally. Children that are in elementary school want to be prepared through explanation. Middle-schoolers and high schoolers can think abstractly‚ so figurative language‚ and more complex language can be used (Hockenberry & Wilson‚ 2015). One teaching technique that I always employ is the “teach-back method‚ in which I ask
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are dead.” In the poem “Buttons” by Matvei Yankelevich‚ the writer talks about how many people die with their secrets and no one could ever know their secrets again. The writer symbolizes buttons as secrets by using imagery‚ word choice‚ and figurative language. As I delve into this analysis‚ I will get more in depth of why the recurring word‚ buttons‚ in this poem refers to people’s secrets. First‚ the writer uses imagery to emphasize that buttons symbolize secrets. In the poem‚ it says‚ “During
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