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    Catch the Moon

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    English 2B 27 September 2012 Catch the Moon Imagery is an important part of the novel story “Catch the Moon” by Judith Ortiz Cofer. The The story is about a trouble maker named Luis Cintron who has just gotten home from juvenile hall. Luis works in his father’s junkyard; he is not the happiest teenager doing that job. The author uses the literary element imagery to allow the reader to experience what Luis is experiencing. The author states‚ “She stood in the sunlight in her white sundress

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    their society is broken down into five groups consisting of alphas betas‚gammas‚deltas‚epsilon. Brave new world uses the incompatibility of happiness and truth‚ production and identity to show a controlling government. In the novel one of the literary devices was imagery because Huxley display a lot of imagery especially animal imagery. In chapter one there was a repetition of “Straight from the horse’s mouth” (Huxley 23). Another way huxley display animal imagery when he

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    Samira Sackiety AP English Literature Bonnick In The Picture of Dorian Gray‚ author Oscar Wilde employs the literary element of symbolism to help us‚ the audience to see the protagonist Dorian Gray’s transformation from a innocent naïve individual to later a soul marked by secrets and sin. It is also‚ through symbolism that we see exactly how and what influences Dorian to his destructive path and ultimately his dramatic end. Wilde uses the symbol of the yellow book given to Dorian by Lord Henry

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    To Kill a Mockingbird Using literary skills in the right way can have a amazing effect on the quality of a novel. This is proven true in Harper Lee?s novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird. Harper Lee uses descriptions that appeal to the reader?s sight‚ which helps them to visualize the setting. She uses personification to relate non-human objects in the setting to the reader. Lee uses adjectives that suggest different feelings‚ which help the reader to better understand the setting. Harper Lee uses descriptive

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    Writing stories with dark twist and unlucky characters is how Jackson set the mood and tone of the story‚ however she does this with a couple of literary tools such as repeating phrases over and over again. In the story “The Tooth” an example of this is when Clara keeps telling her husband “I feel so funny” [Jackson 207]. By having Clara repeat this throughout the story it is foreshadowing that something bad is going to happen to her. Along with foreshadowing her inevitable bad luck coming her way

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    the Fitzgerald family interpret it and death. The bond between the different Fitzgerald children and how their secrets and misfortunes have brought them closer is explored on multiple occasions during the novel. Picoult uses a number of different techniques and features in order to explore these themes including symbolism‚ metaphors and foreshadowing. The plot of the novel focuses on Anna Fitzgerald’s desire to no longer donate various parts of her body to her sister – who suffers from leukaemia and

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    The Dead by James Joyce is one of the fifteen stories in the series Dubliners. Through Joyce’s’ use of literally techniques‚ symbolism‚ themes‚ and an epiphany‚ the story has a much deeper meaning. By using these techniques and looking at the story closer you can find how Joyce was trying to provoke a deeper meaning in relation to the dead and living and the main character‚ Gabriel‚ searching for meaning or reason to his life. Paradoxically the story shows that the dead can still be living‚ through

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    The Amazing Catch

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    Amanda Dennis Laura Toomb Interpersonal Communication September 6‚ 2014 The Amazing Catch I am writing this paper on the video clip of the amazing catch made by the ball girl. This paper is going to be my perception of the video as I go through the three stages of perception. I will also be explaining my thoughts throughout the three stages of perception while watching the video. In addition‚ I will in the end be deciding whether or not I believe the video to be true or fake. Selection. Selection

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    In this excerpt‚ from A White Heron‚ by Sarah Orne Jewett‚ a number of literary techniques were used. All of them contributing to the excerpt’s excellent flow. This essay will focus on three literary techniques Jewett used "" imagery‚ tone‚ and symbolism. Imagery is an important literary device which‚ when used well‚ can enable an author to convey powerful and persuasive themes. Imagery can also be used to convey the mood of a book in ways that straightforward‚ factual descriptions never could.

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    Catch a Fire

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    The book “Catch a Fire” is a beautiful description of the Jamaican culture‚ the Rastafarian faith‚ the growth and development of reggae music and how it all added up to make Bob Marley’s life. All of those elements of what made Bob Marley “human” will be talked about and explained in this paper. The best artists are the ones who have passed but there work still lives on and Bob Marley left an unforgettable mark on modern music‚ both as a reggae creator and as a cultural icon. His beliefs and values

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