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    In the midst of adversity‚ two African American men defied the odds and learned to read and write during a time when even the mere thought of which would have had dire consequences. Frederick Douglass was born a slave and overcame the restraints of his time by obtaining the ability to read and write. Fast forward 80 years and we meet Richard Wright‚ though his time came after physical slavery had ended‚ mentally‚ he was just as educationally shackled as Douglass. Like Douglass‚ Wright was a man who

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    In the short “ Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.‚ his choice of figurative language and negative themes left the reader frighten for the future. Vonnegut also uses alliteration to describe Harrison’s handicaps in great detail. On page 24 Vonnegut writes‚ “The rest of Harrison’s appearance was Halloween and hardware.Nobody had ever born heavier handicaps.” This part of the story creates a scary and intimidating image along with a scary and intimidating mood. The mood is scary because Harrison

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    In Chapter 25 of the novel‚ The Grapes of Wrath‚ John Steinbeck introduces the state of California during its spring season. A great deal of sensory details‚ along with figurative language are provided in this passage. Steinbeck introduces the valleys of California with “fruit blossoms that are fragrant pink and white waters in a shallow sea”(346). These visual images allows the readers to imagine with greater detail and color. The reader’s ability to imagine the scene Steinbeck describes is once

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    DOUGLAS MACARTHUR WAS BORN JANUARY 26 1880 AT THE LITTLE ROCK BARRACKS IN ARKANSA. HE SPENT MOST OF HIS CHILDHOOD ON WESTERN FRONTIER OUTPOST WHERE HIS FATHER WAS STATIONED. IN 1903 MACARTHUR GRADUATED AT THE TOP OF HIS CLASS FROM THE U.S MILITARY ACADEMY AT WEST POINT. IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR DOUGLAS MACARTHUR HAD HELPED HIS FATHER DURING THE WORLD WAR 1. HE ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THE AMERICAN HELP WITH THE OCCUPATION OF VERACRUZ‚ MEXICO IN 1914. MACARTHUR WAS PROMOTED TO BRIGADIER GENERAL IN FRANCE

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    William Shakespeare’s Hamlet provides a lengthy plot which contains many powerful soliloquies and weighty lines that hold significant meaning. As Hamlet himself grows obsessed with avenging his father’s death and murdering Claudius‚ he consequently questions himself due to his uncle’s cunning nature and smooth transition into kingship. Claudius’ ultimate betrayal of Hamlet’s family sets the action of the play into motion and focuses on the thematic importance of how one man can cheat his way to the

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    In both “Lights Out” by Edward Thomas and “To Sleep” by John Keats‚ techniques such as selection of detail‚ diction‚ and figurative language are utilized to convey each speaker’s state of mind. The poems have similar ideas‚ but the techniques they use show the many differences in the speakers. Both poems use sleep as a metaphor for death. Thomas describes sleep as an “unfathomable deep” where all “lose their way.” Keats describes it as an “embalmer of the still midnight.” Despite their similar themes

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    appealing to the fears ‚ pity and vanity.Edward had a Tremendous impact on his puritan audience because of his angry tone‚ vivid imagery and use of expressive figurative language. In" Sinners in the hands of an an angry God" Edward (the author) uses a large sum of figurative language. Metaphor is one type of figurative language he uses to compare too or more things. In paragraph 1 line 1-3 he uses extended metaphor to compare the ease of God’s

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    5.6 Using figurative language Figurative language is word or phrase that is being used to describe something by comparing to something else. Using figurative language makes the writing more interesting or more dramatic than using everyday or common language uses. It also creates powerful feelings since the readers can figure out images or pictures that have more meaning than simple words. In narrative writing‚ a few different figurative languages are used in narrative writing

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    both of the pieces are similar in a sense that they both emphasize heavily on being united‚ diverse‚ and believing in wants right. But both authors go about proving their point‚ the authors uphold this theme through their different uses of figurative language‚ description‚ and format. To start off‚ the first reason/example of how these two texts are alike yet different is through their different

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    Emily” by WIlliam Faulkner‚ the use of figurative language gives the reader a reference point or make an image more real to us. An example of this is when William Faulkner says “Her hair changed until it attained an even pepper-and-salt-iron-gray.”‚ (scene IV)This gives the reader an idea of what color her hair is by giving an object to compare it to. These instances would continue throughout the short story‚ and only provide more detail and insight. Figurative

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