For my imitation paper‚ the homeric style elements used are simile‚ imagery‚ delay‚ dialogue‚ and patronymics. The first element I used is simile and according to The Odyssey‚ there’s a quote "and as four yoked stallions spring all together‚ beneath the lash‚ leaping high‚ and then eat up the dusty road on the plain" (Homer‚ 194). A simile that I included in my imitation is "With the song of "tale as old as time‚" Considering that tune is compared to the age of the song‚ Comparing the certainty of
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their future and their father. This makes the little rich girls “wild with joy.” After Aunt Beryl abuses the Kelvey girls‚ shooing “the little rats” from the dollhouse in the courtyard‚ she happily hums as she returns to the house‚ her bad mood dispersed. “The Doll’s House” is
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Rhetorical Devices and Literary Techniques Rhetorical devices and literary techniques are closely related to tone and style. In fact‚ an author’s style partly consists of selecting and using certain devices; an author’s tone is partially determined by the type of techniques an author uses. Many SAT books will list lots of Greek terms you don’t need to know‚ such as synecdoche and anaphora. But the Critical Reading section won’t require that you know the names of rhetorical devices or literary techniques
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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 all
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Lexical Stylistic devices (Metaphor‚ metonymy‚ irony‚ simile‚ epithet) in the novel “Pride and Prejudice” by Jane Austen” DIPLOMA PAPER Scientific Supervisor: E. B. Jumakeeva Done by: Satarova Rahat‚ group: A08-2 Contents: Pages: Introduction Chapter I. General survey of Stylistic Devices I.1 Historical background of Style and Stylistics Devices I.2 Types of Stylistic Devices Chapter II
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In the novel Fahrenheit 451 Bradbury uses many literary devices. He ranges from imagery‚ diction‚ connotation‚ syntax‚ metaphors‚ and similes. Bradbury uses these several literary devices in order to show sadness and in a way build suspense. Throughout Fahrenheit 451 his usage is shown in a wide variety of ways. An example of imagery is “It was like coming into the cold marbled room of a mausoleum after the moon has set. (Bradbury 10)” Bradbury uses this statement to show us as the reader that
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Compare and contrast A Doll House by Henrik Ibsen and A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams. Write a brief essay (of approximately 1000 words) to comment on the two female protagonists’ (Nora Helmer and Blanche Duboi’s) relationship with men. A Doll House by Henrik Ibsen and A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams are two well-known plays that give rise to discussions over male-female relationships in old society. The female protagonists in the plays are women who are dependent
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Henrik Ibsen foreshadows potential trouble in the marriage between the self-centered Torvald and the immature Nora‚ as the reader learns that a big secret is creating tension in their relationship. We discover that Nora has mistakenly forged a signature‚ committing a crime which Krogstad is now using to blackmail her. Weary of what her husband’s reaction might be if she were to tell him the truth‚ Nora learns of Torvald’s thoughts on this subject after thinking Krogstad has forged someone’s name
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have. Most lyrics are entertaining and it attracts various people to listen to it. Songs have multiple literary devices that make the connections to others. Songs like “Like i’m gonna lose you‚” by Meghan Trainor‚ is filled with multiple literary devices. This song was one of many others on the top hits in 2015. The song “Like i’m gonna lose you is filled with mostly three main literary devices which is similies‚ metaphors‚and personifications. This song is about how they felt that their love wasn’t
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Night is what happens when your side of the planet is pointed at outer space without the sun. Daniel X Watch The Skies is a good book because it is an easy book to read it keeps your attention though out the whole book. It has literary devices in it. This book is also interesting because it has an epilogue and a prologue. This book is the only book that I have read that has had those in it before. The authors’ James Patterson and Ned Rust said "Daniel x takes on the wildest threat the world has ever
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