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    the idea is the same‚ and is extended to make it seem infinite. The commas also represent the pauses. The pauses are needed so the reader takes the time to pause and comprehend what happens in the poem. This also adds onto the message of the poem. There needs to be times where people take the time to stop and comprehend what is happening and to absorb the sensations of life. Life is fleeting‚ and if people do not take the time to pause and take everything in‚ them they will not understand the beauty

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    Walt Whitman in ‘Leaves of Grass’‚ uses many similar techniques throughout his poem to give off and emphasize his meaning. The three techniques that further Whitman’s meaning in my opinion are repetition‚ along with the overuse of commas and lack of use of periods‚ and alliteration. Whitman’s uses common themes from transcendentalism including body and soul‚ immortality and Whitman also talks a lot about equality. Whitman uses repetition in the beginning of certain sentences to stress his message

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    “How is the concept of Breaking Free represented in A Room with a View‚ related text and a text studied in class?” Breaking Free is represented in E.M. Forster’s‚ Room with a View through Lucy and the contrast in constraints of the English society and the freedom loving‚ passionate nature of Italy. Breaking Free is also represented in the feature article “Women at War” by Jo Chandler‚ through how women have broken free from the traditional female roles and taken on front line duties with the Australian

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    The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass‚ An American Slave Slavery is an evil institution that‚ once established‚ robs not only the humanity of the enslaved‚ but also the morality of the slaveholder. It deprives the slave’s natural desire for knowledge‚ and hypocritically denies a man of his God given right to life‚ liberty‚ and the pursuit of happiness‚ stated in the Declaration of Independence for the very country that enslaves him. Douglass uses specific examples‚ in the case of Hugh

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    antagonist. The narrator efficiently utilizes a third-person omniscient narrator to relay to the reader the bitterness of the cold‚ along with the adamant determination of Lutie Johnson. Through the use of chillingly descriptive imagery‚ and figurative language including resplendent personification‚ the narrator successfully conveys the perilous nature of the cold to enhance Lutie Johnson’s temporal and sensory experiences. Imagery is certainly the most central literary device in this excerpt‚ as

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    Figurative Language Identifications 1) Simile “…How like a deer‚ strucken by many princes‚ Dost thou here lie!” -Antony (Act III‚ Scene I) 2) Setting “…Who to Philippi here consorted us.” -Cassius (Act V‚ Scene I) 3) Personification “O conspiracy‚ Sham’st thou to show thy dang’rous brow by night‚ When evils are most free? O‚ then by day Where wilt thou find

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    “Night” by Elie Wiesel is an autobiography in which Elie’s life during the Holocaust is explained. Elie Wiesel uses imagery‚ figurative language‚ and pathos as tools to express the horrors he experienced while living through a nightmare‚ the Holocaust. Elie describes his experiences with imagery. “Open rooms everywhere. Gaping doors and windows looked out into the woid. It all belonged to everyone since it no longer belonged to anyone.” “Some were crying. They used whatever strength they had left

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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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    SCENE 1 In lines 11-13‚ a simile is being used by the Duke when he implies that “you’re [Escalus] as pregnant in [common justice] as art and practice hath enriched any that we remember.” The use of the word pregnant describes how well informed and resourceful he is in the certain subject. The word pregnant gives the connotation that Escalus has had someone impose this knowledge on him‚ as in with impregnation. By stating that Escalus is as “enriched” as “any that we remember‚” he means he is extremely

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    is a moralist. Nothing seems to matter to him and his or anybody else’s actions makes no difference. Camus’s use of language allows readers to discover the mood and meaning being conveyed through diction and word choice. His use of figurative language can be seen throughout. Such an example of figurative language is imagery. From reading The Stranger‚ one can clearly picture whats happening as Camus beautifully describes every action of Meursault. In the first chapter‚ Meursault hears that his mother

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