O’Brien is a great example of one of these pieces of fiction. A big part of this novel was O’Brien’s theme of metafiction. Metafiction is a type of fiction that self-consciously addresses the devices of fiction. This in another sense means that metafiction is the act of writing about writing. This literary device is used in The Things They Carried‚ as O’Brien’s method to systematically remind his readers that the stories that he is telling are fiction but that sometimes stories can be more real than
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the work “Desiree’s Baby” by Kate Chopin you will go through the story of a baby who’s race is of great controversy among many people. That baby will even get his mother kicked out from her husband’s house. Throughout the book‚ Kate Chopin uses literary devices such as foreshadowing and suspense to make the story interesting and to keep her readers captivated. Kate Chopin uses foreshadowing to tantalize the readers and make them interesting in what is to happen next. In the beginning of the story
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mother’s village‚ Mbanato. Achebe incorporates literary devices such as detail‚ dialogue‚ and analogy to reveal the Igbo tradition of eating together as friends and the challenges this traditions experiences which is people not inviting friends to feast together or people having feats as a form of retribution. Okonkwo threw this feast just to gather everyone together. Achebe successfully utilizes these devices to enhance his writing. Dialogue is a noticeable device used. Okonkwo claimed that “[He] have only
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Literary devices employed by Shakespeare in Macbeth’s words in Act 4 Scene 1 of the play Macbeth Symbolism: the apparitions’ appearances each symbolise something‚ the first‚ a bloody head in a helmet‚ symbolises Macbeth and his inevitable death. The second‚ a bloody child‚ symbolises Macduff‚ who had been “untimely ripp’d” (born of a C-section)‚ and the third‚ a child with a crown and a tree. The crowned child symbolises Banquo’s progeny that will come to rule after Banquo. Metaphor: metaphors
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In the poem‚ My Papa’s Waltz‚ Theodore Roethke reminisces about his youth of tangled empathy of concern and unconditional appreciation regarding his predecessor besides the imperfections his predecessor has. Theodore Roethke shows the emotions of concern and appreciation through word choice‚ imagery and metaphors in the poem My Papa’s Waltz. Roethke’s word choices highlight the mixed emotions he feels regarding his predecessor. Through the combination of the words “death” and “waltzing” (l. 3-4)
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Shakespeare’s use of Literary Techniques Candia Ndayizigiye ENG 4U1 Mr. Daranjo
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2014 What was Hiroshima Really Like? Mary Jo Salter may not know all about Hiroshima after the bombing‚ but what she does know is that no words or pictures can explain the horrors of what it was truly like. The pictures and mannequins in the museum are put behind glass just like how the world views the bombing‚ trivializing how bad it truly was. The author uses specific language such as descriptive imagery and expressive figurative language in a somber poem “Welcome to Hiroshima” to persuade the
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No More Hiroshimas. James Kirkup. Appreciation by P.S.Remesh Chandran‚ Editor‚ Sahyadri Books‚ Trivandrum. Mankind hates to destruct‚ in spite of the destructive traits inherent in man. In his heart‚ man is a good being who likes to preserve mankind’s achievements intact for the posterity. But politics is often not led by men‚ but by mobs and crowds. Wars when fought by single persons have always turned to be good to this world: Socrates‚ Tolstoy‚ Louis Pasteur. When fought by people‚ they turned
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki The morning of August 6‚ 1945 was devastating to Japan. The United States B-29 bomber Enola Gay had dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Nicknamed “Little Boy”‚ it was the first nuclear weapon to be used in warfare and packed an explosion equal to that of 20‚000 tons of TNT. Just three days later‚ another bomb‚ called “Fat Man”‚ was released on the industrial city of Nagasaki. Combined‚ the death toll was above 200‚000 people. Leading up to these attacks‚ much research had
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Simile: Similes are used in comparative figurative language. They make direct comparisons between the two objects similarities‚ these are usually distinct and different. Similarly‚ metaphors are another literary device used to compare two objects‚ and they also work in a similar way. Unlike metaphors though‚ similes use the words “like” or “as” to make their comparisons. Take the phrase the room was as calm as a twister. The simile here compares the rooms calmness to a twist using the word “as.”
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