ANGLO-CHINESE SCHOOL (INDEPENDENT) English Language and Literature Department Poetic Devices and their Likely Effects Alliteration Gains reader’s attention through repetition of a consonant sound‚ appeals to the sense of hearing‚ emphasizes words‚ links lines‚ unifies stanzas (or the poem as a whole)‚ and enhances flow of poem. Draws attention to particular words or lines through repetition of a vowel sound‚ appeals to the sense of hearing‚ enhances the development of the image created by the words
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murderer left evidence of blood‚ but they will never know who did it. The overall theme or message in this song is doing important things while you can before you lose them. There are five literary devices in this song that include: metaphors‚ hyperbole‚ imagery‚ and refrains. The metaphor is‚ “As he came into the window/It was the sound of
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Everyone has been in a position where something in their life is so important that they cannot stop thinking about it. In All Summer In A Day‚ Ray Bradbury uses hyperbole‚ explosive writing‚ and symbolism to display how important the sun is to the children. Bradbury uses these three forms of craft in a very unique way. His use of simile and metaphor can also be argued to be forms of craft the author uses to send his message across. Overstatement‚ symbolism‚ and extremely detailed writing are all
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heartbreak as he describes his horrid position‚ and further portrays to the reader a gruesome disquisition about his dreadful circumstances. “I wanted to run away‚ but my feet were nailed to the floor. Idek grabbed me by the throat.”(57) Elie used this hyperbole to define the chilling position he is in. Without this piece of figurative language‚ the characterization of this heart pounding event would be very subtle and limited to description. He has used this blunt description of a terrifying event to characterize
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than 250 million views on YouTube. The song resembles quite a few poetic devices‚ Hyperbole‚ Rhyme‚ Omniscient‚ Metaphor‚ Personification‚ Onomatopoeia and Assonance. The term Hyperbole means exaggeration of something dramatic‚ a perfect example of a hyperbole within the song is “Every tear‚ a waterfall” (3rd Verse‚ 4th Line)‚ the phrase represents how each tear is equivalent to a waterfall‚ not only is this a hyperbole but a metaphor too‚ a metaphor meaning a comparison between two objects giving
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happy.Even when it comes to replacing pets repeatedly.The essay‚ “I’ve got a few pet peeves about sea creatures” by Dave Barry is a high level comedic text that uses hyperbole and sarcasm to expose the truth that parents will go to great lengths to create positive pet experiences for their children. First Dave Barry starts using hyperbole here to explain how hard it is to find a suitable pet.”The aquarium guy would inform me that these fish could become aggressive if they were fewer than four of them
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In Koebler’s article “Rise of the Robolawyers” he utilized sarcastic allusions‚ hyperboles‚ and antanagoges inside of parallel paragraphs. Different from Metz’s snarky antecedent‚ Koebler used a sarcastic allusion to introduce his article that added humor to a serious topic. When introducing the general hatred for lawyers‚ Koebler alluded
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the author about how a young boy is facing a hard life and being verbally abused. In the song‚ Naughty Boy uses a hyperbole to convey the idea that someone is feeding lies to the little boy. As stated in the lyrics‚ “Hush‚ don’t speak- When you spit your venom‚ keep it shut I hate it-When you hiss and preach-About your new messiah ‘cause your theories catch fire.” This is a hyperbole because theories can not actually
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I. Identify the type of sonnet given below by determining the rhyme scheme then write your answer below the poem. 1. Is it for fear to wet a widow’s eye ______ 2. That thou consumest thyself in single life? ______ 3. Ah! if thou issueless shalt hap to die. ______ 4. The world will wail thee‚ like a makeless wife; ______ 5. The world will be thy widow and still weep ______ 6. That thou no form of thee hast left behind‚ ______ 7. When every private widow well may keep ______ 8
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sad excuse for a king. They start‚ what seems to be‚ an endless rambling frenzy of compliments that feed his growing ego. In Aristophanes’ play‚ The Birds‚ a comical scene is illustrated that brilliantly fuses together irony and humor. The use of hyperboles and rhyme shape Aristophanes’ satirical tone‚ which sends his audience into a state of gasping laughter. Although he uses poetic diction to define Pithetaerus‚ the choice of words ironically set up a comparison between expectations and reality.
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