The short story "The Birthday Party" by Katherine Brush is a representation of life in the 1940’s‚ and so through this short story she uses a series of literary devices such as caricature‚ antecedents‚ and change in the atmosphere to convey her objective. The beginning of the story has humorous caricature describing the couple‚ the author keeps her characters ambiguous and vague so to represent a typical married couple in this era‚ and drama that comes with the atmosphere shift with the rejection
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● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Hyperbole: obvious and intentional exaggeration Paradox Simile: compare two unlike things with “like” Metaphor: without “like” Extended metaphor: a metaphor introduced and then further developed throughout all or part of a literary work Personification: inanimate objects with personality Apostrophe: a digression in the form of an address to someone not present‚ or to a personified object or idea Foreshadowing: to show or indicate beforehand. Alliteration: the commencement of
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hot enough to roast a duck in here” to show how hot it is inside the house. A greater meaning though‚ is that Eliza is panicking and is trying to find ways to adapt to her environment to make sure the lives of the young children are saved. Another literary device used to show more description is when it says “Mattie stated firmly” after Eliza asked her to go home and Mattie said she would stay and work more. This shows that Mattie‚ knowing the Fever has hit full force‚ wants to help Eliza as much as
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GLOSSARY OF TECHNIQUES USED TO CREATE MEANING Active voice/passive voice Writing that uses the forms of verbs which create a direct relationship between the subject and the object. Active voice is lively and more direct. Eg. ‘We had fun’ is written in the active voice; ‘Fun was had’ is written in the passive voice. Alliteration The repetition of the consonant sounds at the beginnings of words. It is used to produce sound that adds to the atmosphere or mood of the words‚ or perhaps
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to communicate ideas or views to readers. In the two poems‚ “High Flight” (John Gillespie Magee) and “Suburban Sonnet” (Gwen Harwood)‚ the poets are trying to convey their experiences and lives. In the poem‚ “High Flight”‚ the poet uses various techniques such as active verbs‚ imagery‚ personification‚ a metaphor‚ exaggeration‚ alliteration‚ and symbolism in order to portray his joyful experience as he test- flies a new plane. Active verbs like ‘’slipped’’‚ ‘‘danced’’‚ ‘‘wheeled’’ and ‘‘soared’’
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------------------------------------------------- Techniques for creative teaching Creativity Home About Creativity Defining creativity Elements of creativity Fostering creativity Teaching Creative teachers Techniques for creative teaching Creativity as a course module Evaluating creativity Learn More Resources Research Creative teaching In order to teach creativity‚ one must teach creatively; that is‚ it will take a great deal of creative effort to bring out the most creative thinking
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In the poem‚ “It’s All Over Now‚ Baby Blue”‚ Bob Dylan uses the literary technique of repetition to make the point that nothing will ever be the same again. He repeats‚ “And it’s all over now‚ Baby Blue”‚ at the end of every stanza and uses it to embed in the readers’ minds that changes must occur and there must be a new way to live. For example‚ Dylan states‚ “Look out the saints are comin’ through And it’s all over now‚ Baby Blue” (lines 5-6). This marks the beginning of change and the establishment
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The Idea of Technique tech·nique [tek-neek] 1. Method of performance; way of accomplishing. 2. Technical skill; ability to apply procedures or methods so as to effect a desired result. Acquiring technique is mostly a process of brain/nerve development‚ not development of finger strength. Skill is acquired in two stages: (1) discovering how the fingers‚ hands‚ arms‚ etc.‚ are to be moved‚ and (2) conditioning the brain‚ nerves‚ and muscles to execute these with ease and control. Many
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tom riddle Ms. sterm English 12H-Period 5 13 December 2012 Black boy “Analyzing Literary Techniques” Paragraph In Richard’s Wright autobiography “Black boy”‚ Wright describes his childhood as a time where he had to be grateful for what little he had‚ even though he grew up in the slums and often experienced extreme hunger. Wright uses imagery‚ which is words and phrases the author uses to appeal to the senses and form an image for the reader to better comprehend their idea‚ to further demonstrate
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picture in our minds‚ which perceive the life of the people who had no choice but to live through the winds. Her vison of her insane neighbor with a machete represented the madness the winds really caused to the town. Didion also utilized another literary technique‚ symbolism‚ to identify the “meek little wives” because it showed that the husbands were usually the powerful ones in the relationship instead of the other way around. The winds seemed to have transferred power to the wives‚ even with intentions
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