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    Nikki Giovanni uses free verse‚ hyperbole‚ and symbolism in her poems‚ Nikki- Rosa‚ Ego Tripping‚ The Beep Beep Poem‚ and Kidnap Poem. Her style is to make the audience to create a descriptive picture and a deep understanding of Nikki’s perspective of her life of being a Black- American‚ which she didn’t let the color of her skin stop her from dreaming‚ creating her own imaginative life in her poet’s world. The first poetic technique that she uses in her poems is free verse. Free verse

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    people-first critics look more to the human aspect of everything. Scientist Edward O. Wilson satirizes the language of the two groups‚ and how unproductive their discussions are‚ through the use of hyperboles‚ insulting and stereotypical diction‚ and a created sense of situational irony.     Wilson’s hyperboles exemplify how little is achieved during discussions between the environmentalists and the people-first critics. When the critics are criticizing the environmentalists‚ they tell an elaborate and

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    Indians on the reservation. He adopts a sarcastic tone in order to motivate young Native American children not to fall into that stereotype. Sherman Alexie takes on the following strategies to convey his position: hyperboles‚ repetition‚ and metaphors. Sherman Alexie applies hyperbole strategy. “Our house was filled with books. They were stacked in crazy piles in the bathroom‚ bedrooms‚ and living room.” Using his exaggerated speech it shows the reader how much Alexie read growing up. The stacked

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    to customers. The article is riddled through with malapropisms‚ and the whole article is a parody of an advertisement. Sarcastic irony is used when statements are made in the article that are obviously meant to show that the opposite is true‚ and hyperbole‚ or exaggeration‚ is used to show how advertisers will try to convince people that their product is useful for many more issues than it is. Malapropisms are the main use of satire in this article. Words like “kilofrankels”‚ “pain-nuclei”‚ and

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    rhetorical language is shown through the element of visual rhetorical devices and figures. In the ad for “Bounty Big Spills” paper towels‚ we can closely analyze the main devices the author/creator uses to appeal to the audience. First off‚ the hyperbole is the overall device used to appeal to us; it designates a relatable incident of society and family issues in our mind but by maximizing the paper towels to the largest potential‚ which brings about the easy use and reliability of it. In the ad

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    The topic of “Perfect Storm” by Brad Paisley‚ is unconditional love. Unconditional love can be defined as‚ love that has no limitation. This constructs the theme‚ no matter what someone does‚ you will always love them. Brad Paisley expresses this theme by saying “I know how to make her laugh‚ or blush‚ or mad at me. But that’s OK‚ there ain’t no one more beautiful angry” (Paisley 21-24). Although the girl he is talking about is upset with him‚ he still thinks that she is gorgeous. Another way Brad

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    In his short story “Neither Here Nor There: Travels in Europe‚” Novelist‚ Bill Bryson uses hyperboles and repetition to convey a farcical tone in his trip to Luxemburg. The purpose of Bryson’s whimsical story is to show to the people of the western world that not everything is the same everywhere. Not all cultures are the same around the world‚ and even Europe can be drastically different from what we think is normal in the U.S. One of the most used devices of rhetoric the Bryson employs is the overabundant

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    emphasizes the unrealistic expectations that society has created for a mother and wife. To accentuate the ideologies placed on women Brady starts to list the duties that all mothers wives should be upholding. Through the use of sarcasm‚ extended hyperbole‚ and repetition‚ Brady creates a connection with all independent‚ career driven mothers‚ and wives in order to motivate them in their profession. Brady uses sarcasm to expose the unrealistic expectations put upon a mother and a wife by society

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    Within the story of Beowulf‚ it is evident that there are many different translations. Each translation tells the same story but in a different way‚ a way in which someone may comprehend differently. However‚ one of the first translations was Lehmanns. Ruth Lehmann’s translation was known as the most related to the old the version or also known as the imitative translation.He had used a formatting where there were tons of breaks‚ more complex words‚ and less modern in general. However‚ compared to

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    travels. In the first paragraph Bryson uses the rhetorical technique of hyperbole while describing his backpack. He says‚ “I half expected to be asked‚ "Anything to declare? Cigarettes? Alcohol? Dead horse?" Bryson is implying that his backpack is so massive that he could fit a dead horse in it. This‚ of course‚ is a hyperbole. No backpack can fit a dead horse‚ or at least none that I have ever seen. The use of hyperbole in this sentence puts an image in the reader’s mind as to how big is backpack

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