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    Ahab‚ hoping to unite his crew under his desire to hunt Moby Dick‚ uses repetition‚ comparisons‚ and emotional appeals‚ along with other strategies‚ to convince the shipmates to pursue the white whale. Ahab knows that he needs his entire crew to be on board with chasing Moby Dick in order for it to happen. He starts by asking callback questions that relates to the single thing that the crew shares: their interest in whaling. For example‚ when Ahab asks “what do ye do when ye see a whale‚ men?” the

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    William Shakespeare‚ in his sonnet‚ “Sonnet 97” laments about how being separated from his lover feels like winter‚ no matter what season it may be. First‚ to reveal the feeling of loss caused by the separation from his lover‚ Shakespeare employs simile: “How like a winter hath my absence been/ From thee”; second‚ Shakespeare uses visual and tactile imagery to reiterate the sense of winter already established by stating‚ “what freezings have I felt‚ what dark days seen!”; third‚ Shakespeare compares

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    Ozymandias 1. Pharaoh Ozymandias was a cruel and selfish man. Line 5 “And wrinklrd lip and sneer of cold command”. Line 10 “King of kings”. Suggests that he was filled with self-glory and commanding expressions‚ a ruler with superiority and arrogance. Line 4 “whose frown” suggest an unhappy or angry man. 2. Ozymandias symbolizes political power and pride. The statue and surrounding desert is a metaphor for invented power or “passions”. “Lifeless things” – nothing remains but the eroded

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    Hour” by Kate Chopin (1894) In “The Story of an Hour” Mrs. Mallard who “was afflicted with a heart trouble” goes through a lot of mixed emotions after hearing that her husband died in a railroad accident. Kate Chopin uses symbolism‚ figurative language and irony properly to describe Mrs. Mallard’s feelings and emotions through the story. Mrs. Mallard also feels that she has been trapped in a marriage where she was prisoner of her husband and realizes that it is time for her to live for herself

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    In his play‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ William Shakespeare uses various examples of figurative language. He does this through the use of allusions‚ metaphors and foreshadowing in order to develop character and plot. Shakespeare uses one specific type of figurative to give you plot‚ and that type is foreshadowing. Through out the play Shakespeare continuously gives hints that give you more meaning to the purpose of the verse. In some cases‚ Shakespeare reveals plot‚ in this case upcoming death or misery

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    Sonnet 130 Shakespeare put a twist on how similes and metaphors are used to compare the girl the narrator loves to other girls and/or things that represent beauty. Instead of using similes and metaphors to compare things that are alike‚ Shakespeare used them to contrast the girl with different things that she is not. In other words‚ he used them to show everything that the girl is different in‚ doesn’t have‚ and is flawed in. Shakespeare does this to show that the narrator truly loves the girl

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    English Parts of speech 2 The Simile A simile is an direct comparison that always contains the words “as” or “like” A simile compares one thing with another and in the process suggests some degree of similarly between things that are not the same. Example: The carpet felt like sandpaper under her feet (Here the carpet‚ which is usually soft‚ is being compared to sandpaper‚ which suggests that either there is something wrong with this carpet or it is uncomfortable to walk on. Identifying

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    1) Holy Spirit told me to be very careful about how much violence I watch on television programs. 2) The reason he made this suggestion is that demons like to hide in the light images of violence‚ greed and sex that people view on television. HOLY SPIRIT: Greetings! I (HS) have a question for you. What does watching violence on television do to your feeling of compassion?" ME: "Greetings Holy Spirit. My feeling of compassion is not as strong as it should be." HOLY SPIRIT: "It will be alright

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    Act III within Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar involves Brutus and Mark Antony giving out speeches towards about Caesar. Through the power of words‚ both were able to evoke emotions and reactions in the people of Rome. Each man incomperates repetition and reasoning to persuade the citizens to join their side. Brutus attempts to reason with the audience and provides his personal feelings about Caesar to move the audience. He partook in the fall of Caesar not because he loathed him‚ but because he “loved

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    Juliet captivates the audience’s attention as she alludes to the Roman deity Phoebus‚ to bring in the night so that she may finally have her Romeo. Words such as “gallop apace”‚ “fiery footed”‚ and “immediately” communicate the hurried nature of her words as she excitedly anticipates her union with Romeo. However‚ this is juxtaposed with the nature of Juliet’s speech‚ which is arduously long-winded. She spends a great deal of time conveying her emotions‚ perhaps in an effort to convince the audience

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