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    Fahrenheit 451 Analytical Essay Liz Casten Ms. Brown Advanced English 10: 3A 18 November 2013 Liz Casten Ms. Brown Advanced English 10: 3A 18 November 2013 Fahrenheit 451 Analytical Essay Ray Bradbury’s novel Fahrenheit 451 illustrates what will happen if we let society fall away from thinking and reading. The main character‚ Montag‚ is a fireman that struggles between following society or going against it after he meets Clarisse‚ a preppy‚ meddlesomeness teenager. After he encounters

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    Peculiarities of translation of stylistic devices in the short stories by E.A.Poe 2.1. Main characteristics of translation of stylistic devices 2.1. Reproduction of simile in the short stories by E.A.Poe 2.2. Reproduction of metaphor in the short stories by E.A.Poe 2.3. Reproduction of epithets in the short stories by E.A.Poe 1.3.1. Simile . According to K. Ya. Lotots’ka simile is an imaginative comparison which is also called literary comparison.[27‚ p.102] I.R. Galperin

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    In examining the speeches that Brutus and Antony gave in Act 3‚ Scene 2 of Shakespeare’s play we are able to locate many different literary devices. We find that Brutus uses rhetorical questions on page 129 lines 30 to 34. He asks “Who is here so base that would be a bondman?”‚ “Who is here so rude that would not be a Roman?” and “Who is here so vile that will not love his country?”. Rhetorical questions are often used to put a thought into a listeners mind without that listener recognizing such

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    Short Stories - Literary Devises Title:__ Point of View: Protagonist: Barber What type of character is the Protagonist? Dynamic‚ round. Antagonist: Captain Torres Describe the setting: (time‚ place‚ mood and atmosphere) In a barber shot‚ eerie atmosphere and taking place in the modern day. Type of Conflict: Man Vs. Himself. Describe the main conflict: Despite the fact Captain Torres has done so many terrible things to the barber he can’t decide if he will bring himself

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    Fahrenheit 451 as a Dystopia A dystopia looks at an idea of social balance to be pessimistic. They are solely fictional‚ representing grim‚ depressive societies. Dystopias are typically supposed to scare the reader‚ yet there is a sense of comfort because of the fact that it is purely fictional. In Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451‚ this novel’s setting is a complex dystopia where not a soul is truly happy‚ family isn’t certain and society doesn’t allow someone to be true to themselves. In this

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    forest fires. However‚ at the hands of people who are bent on destruction‚ fire becomes a powerful weapon. To some people fire symbolizes destruction or renewal‚ but depending on how you look at it fire can symbolize both. In Ray Bradbury’s novel Fahrenheit 451‚ fire is both a symbol of destruction and renewal. Even as Montag changes his understanding of fire so does the symbolism that represents it. Montag’s perspective of fire changes dramatically throughout the book. In the beginning of the book

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    speech. To help his audience understand his goal‚ Martin Luther King Jr. had used a variety of literary devices. This includes metaphors‚ similes‚ anaphores‚ and allusions. This great significance in his speech makes his speech the best out of John Lewis’s “Patience is a Nasty and Dirty Word” and Malcolm X’s “What Does Mississippi Have to Do With Harlem” speech. Whose speeches used little or no literary devices. Martin Luther King Jr used metaphors and similes to show the importance of equal rights to

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    Poetic Devices Alliteration - The repetition of initial consonant sounds. “Doubting‚ dreaming dreams no mortal ever…” Poe‚ “The Raven” Assonance - The repetition of vowel sounds. “Poetry is old‚ ancient‚ goes back far...So old it is that no man knows...” Sandburg‚ “Early Moon” Hyperbole – An overstatement or extreme exaggeration. Example: I nearly died laughing. Imagery - Words or phrases that appeal to any sense (sight‚ taste‚ touch‚ hearing‚ and smell) or any combination

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    Period 6 Fahrenheit 451 In Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury‚ technology is used to show what could potentially happen if we don’t think for ourselves. The main characters are Montag and Mildred. Mildred‚ the spouse of Montag‚ focuses on the television so much that she forgets to think for herself. Mildred ends up passing away‚ and Montag didn’t have any sympathy because their relationship wasn’t very close. Technology has a big impact on not just ourselves‚ but our own thinking. Fahrenheit 451 demonstrates

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    2013 Use of a Literary Device in “Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day” William Shakespeare’s sonnet “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day” is a fourteen line poem that contains three quatrains followed by a couplet. The poem is also known as Sonnet 18‚ and is a beautiful poem describing just that‚ a summer’s day. If one wishes to be technical‚ Shakespeare does more than describe a summer’s day‚ he is comparing an individual to a summer’s day. Shakespeare uses the literary devices imagery and

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