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    significant because of its empowering message. The lyrics allow listeners to feel confident about being strong no matter what or who may try to bring someone down‚ even if it were their own mistakes. To convey this message‚ Clarkson used many literary devices. For example‚ in lines like‚ “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger‚ Stand a little taller” there is external rhyme‚ which makes the song more pleasurable to the ears. Its chorus‚ “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger” is a metaphor‚ that

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    Literary Devices in “The Great Gatsby” Personification- where inanimate objects or abstract concepts are seemingly endowed with human self-awareness; where human thoughts‚ actions‚ perceptions and emotions are directly attributed to inanimate objects or abstract ideas. Fitzgerald uses personification to set a sense of allure and mister y in the book‚ giving it a more mysterious tone. He also uses personification to enhance the qualities of a character and give them more depth‚ and in this

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    going to happen next?" is what you are saying when watching this classic play. I watched the Romeo and Juliet play that was produced in 1976 by Paul Bosner. William Shakespeare uses literary devices such as aside‚ couplet‚ epithet‚ motivation‚ irony‚ oxymoron‚ paradox‚ and symbols. Paul Bosner uses all these literary devices in his recording. Aside is a remark by a character in the play that is heard by the audience but unheard by the other team members in the play. In Romeo and Juliet an example would

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    by day with friends and a fiancée who attends dinner events and party but by night he takes joy in taking the lives of other human in New York and engaging in sexual activates with multiple women. In the American Psycho‚ Bret Easton Ellis uses Literary devices such as foreshadowing and allusions all while leaving readers with the theme that thing are not always what they seem. Ellis continuously gives readers clues throughout the first half of the story as to what Patrick Bateman does by night

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    Rhetorical Devices that use figurative language Rhetorical devices are techniques that writers use to persuade‚ create a literary effect‚ or evoke an emotional response from the reader. Whenever you describe something by comparing it with something else‚ you are using figurative language‚ which is any language that goes beyond the literal meaning of words in order to furnish new effects or fresh insights into an idea or a subject (e.g. Whenever you call something “cool‚” you’re not talking

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    disturbing. For example‚ “Natural disasters are dramatic enough people photoshop years old pictures‚ out-of-context videos and inevitably which causes havoc and disruption with citizens”. This quote implies that A.J. is using the literary device hyperbole‚ when using this device he does not agree with the using of photoshop during these type of natural causes due to the interruption and bad view on the

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    Alice Walker very cleverly uses literary devices to emphasize the morals in her story. The setting‚ symbolism‚ tone‚ and point of view of the story all help the reader clearly understand and somewhat relate to the life that Celie is living. Celie is an African American woman that was raped by her Pa. He takes away her children after they are born‚ and he marries her off to an abusive man named Mr. ___. The only reason why Celie was in a way happy to marry Mr. ___ was because she can bring her

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    Literary devices used in Animal Farm Timothy Quong What is the definition of a good novel? Opinions on this question may differ‚ but there are many things that good novels have in common. Most importantly‚ the reader must enjoy the novel. When I use the word enjoy‚ I don’t necessarily mean that it should make the reader ‘happy’ or ‘joyful’. The novel should give the reader a valuable or worthwhile experience. Many good novels often address topics that relate to our own reality. In

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    One of the things that makes Shakespeare’s writing so famous is all of the literary devices he adds in. One of the many devices found is found Act 2 scene 2. At this point in the play‚ Macbeth has just killed King Duncan and is talking to his wife‚ Lady Macbeth about it. Macbeth is very paranoid and freaking out because he suddenly hears a strange knocking‚ but his hands are still covered in blood. This is where a hyperbole comes in and Macbeth says “Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood

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    illustrative literary devices and diction to inspire‚ convince‚ and persuade the British people to prepare for war and the American people to join England’s worthy cause. Each literary device that Churchill uses enhances his message‚ adding to the beauty‚ and importance of the cause. During Churchill’s speech "The Defense of Freedom and Peace"‚ he decorates his message with literary devices such as allusion‚ rhetorical question‚ and imagery. Perhaps one of the most emotional of literary devices‚ Winston

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