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    In the ”Gettysburg Address‚” Abraham Lincoln incorporates literary devices in his address to achieve his purpose. Lincoln uses repetition‚ antithesis‚ and parallelism to remind those who were present of the lives that were lost and the dream that should continue to live on for them. Abraham Lincoln utilizes repetition in his speech to make it very clear what his point is. By repeating words it emphasizes Lincoln’s point and the importance of it. He says‚ “... we cannot dedicate- we cannot consecrate--

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    Beginning with When You Are Old by William Butler Yeats‚ we as the reader’s first notice the rhyme scheme used. Readers observe that the first and fourth lines of the poem rhyme‚ as well as the second and third lines. Correspondingly‚ the poem grasps an iambic pentameter which gives Yeats poem a more musical characteristic. The word “And” appears in this poem more than six times just in the first stanza alone which keeps the rhythm of the meter constant. In my opinion‚ I believe that the narrator

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    Set in the middle of the yellows woods‚ the poem The Road not taken by Robert Frost‚ is an extremely powerful poem‚ which talks about the difficultly of decision making in life. The poem is a story about a the poet‚ who is at an intersection in the woods with two diverging roads‚ and is faced with the decision of choosing between the two equally good roads. There the poet is conflicted with decision‚ as he wants to travel both roads yet must on chose one as he can on only travel on one of the two

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    Shakespeare Play ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ is one of Shakespeare’s less complex plays in terms of deep thinking and ideas‚ but what it lacks in this sort of substance it makes up for in grand‚ witty and intricate speech. This essay will explore the literary devices that Shakespeare employs in ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ during Act II Scene III and Act III Scene I and what effect this has on the audience. These two scenes run almost in tandem in terms of plot as we see‚ in Act II Scene III‚ Benedick being

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    Photo of a fire taken with a 1/4000th of a second exposure A flame is a mixture of reacting gases and solids emitting visible‚ infrared‚ and sometimes ultraviolet light‚ the frequency spectrum of which depends on the chemical composition of the burning material and intermediate reaction products. In many cases‚ such as the burning of organic matter‚ for example wood‚ or the incomplete combustion of gas‚ incandescent solid particles called soot produce the familiar red-orange glow of ’fire’. This light

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    Advertising has become an important factor in society. There are many advantages to advertising. However‚ there are also disadvantages that occur when there is advertising. It’s been able to provide information to people‚ but it has also caused the purchasing of unnecessary products. Advertising is seen as an advantage to today’s society because it helps people learn and can even help people who are in need. In source A‚ lives can be saved because people saw the advertisement about the American

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    White Clouds and Blue Skies Dead Man’s Cell Phone is a fun and quirky play about a shy and timid woman who finds a man dead at a café with his cell phone ringing‚ and she feels compelled to answer it. The Actors Theatre in charlotte did a fantastic job in presenting this story. The actors‚ wardrobe‚ stage setup‚ and props were all very unique and creative. One aspect that really grabbed my attention was the blue sky and clouds background throughout the play. Blue skies and clouds can be connected

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    The sentence structure and diction revealed another side of Hamlet in act 3. In previous acts‚ Hamlet’s sentences were short and choppy. However‚ in act 3‚ his sentences were much longer‚ and included many semicolons‚ commas‚ and colons in each one. For example‚ “To be‚ or not to be: that is the question:/Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer/The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune‚ Or to take arms against a sea of troubles‚ And by opposing end them?” (A3S1) In this one sentence‚ there are

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    “To Build a Fire” Theme Analysis Behold‚ how great a matter a little fire kindleth! -New Testament: James 3:5 “To Build a Fire” is a short story written by Jack London. This story was originally published in 1902‚ with the famous version being published in 1908. When London was a student at the University of California‚ Berkeley‚ he had discovered the name of his biological father and wrote to him in an attempt to establish a relationship. His letter was returned with

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    Poets‚ as any other authors‚ make use of literary techniques to capture readers in their work and the impact of these literary techniques has proven to be effective in enabling readers to grasp the poems. Literary devices in poems enable the poets to communicate themes and messages within a poem to an audience with a compelling and long-lasting impact. The poems which utilise these literary devices include‚ Sharing the Lift by Kavevangua Kahengua‚ For Don M - Banned and City Johannesburg‚ both written

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