The main subject of the story‚ as it was already told‚ is final exams. It is interesting to observe how many stylistic devices are used by Gordon to describe the concept of examination. The author employs conceptual metaphor to compare exam with death and develop this metaphor throughout all the narration. In the very beginning the direct simile to death is given “To medical students the final examinations are something like a death”. Then Gordon mentions death telling about students’ superstition
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CXC POEMS - A CONVERSATION DREAMING BLACK BOY INTRODUCTION I believe that we all dream when we are asleep. Most of these dreams have very little basis in reality. But there is another kind of dream which is based on our experiences. This is a longing‚ a hope or a wish for something that is lacking. You may dream of the day when CXC is finished so that you may have long periods of uninterrupted sleep. For those whose parents are working overseas you may dream of the holidays when your parents will
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is valiant acts of bravery. “I have begun to plant thee and will labour to make thee full of growing” (1.4.32-33). This quote is a metaphor that tells the reader that Duncan fully trusts Macbeth and is completely naïve to his dark true character. “I have begun to plant thee…full of growing” Duncan says that he will look for more ways to honour Macbeth. The metaphor uses the fertility of nature as a comparison. Duncan is easily fooled by Macbeth’s act. Banquo uses the example of bubbles in water
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traditional morality. He was interested in the enhancement of individual and cultural health‚ and believed in life‚ creativity‚ power‚ and the realities of the world we live in‚ rather than those situated in a world beyond. Nietzsche’s Aphorism 339 is a metaphor‚ “Vita Femina’‚ life is a woman. I agree with this statement there can be no life without woman. Women bring life into to the world. Life starts in the womb. The birth of a child is one of the
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Langston Hughes In question one‚ speaking of “The Negro Speaks of Rivers”‚ it asks about why the river is “apt metaphor for the human soul.” The answer to that question is because rivers map out areas‚ like the Euphrates is mentioned‚ well in the beginning of time the Euphrates was a pretty important river. Then Hughes talks about the Congo‚ Nile‚ Mississippi‚ and New Orleans River‚ thus detailing or mapping out man’s movement across the globe. Also notice that the author chooses rivers that have
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is essentially that of a metaphor: when two people‚ objects or concepts are alike in some way‚ even though they may have different qualities otherwise. Comparison provides a given object with multiple meanings‚ allowing it to be interpreted in different ways even though it remains essentially unchanged. Resolution * The second type of ambiguity occurs when two or more different alternate meanings are used as one. That essentially means using two different metaphors at once‚ neither lessened
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For my second test I choose the poem "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" by William Wordsworth because I like the imagery in it of the dancing daffodils. After reading the poem many times I had realized that most of this imagery is produced by the many metaphors and similes. In the first line‚ Wordsworth says "I wandered lonely as a cloud." This is a simile comparing the wondering of a man to a cloud drifting through the sky. I think that the wandering cloud is lonely because there is nothing else that high
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Entry V. “Where I Lived‚ and What I Lived For” by Henry David Thoreau. Genre: Classic Essay 1. Thoreau declares his higher purpose as going off into the woods (deliberately) in search to learn of the truth. He lived to reduce life to “its lowest terms” and to find the true and genuine meaning of the world. He wants to know it solely by getting to experience it in different terms compared to others; Thoreau just wants to live and not be caught up in a materialistic society. 2. “I went to the woods
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Abstract: On the base of the definition of stylistics‚ this thesis gives a detailed analysis of some the of stylistic devices used in the famous speech by the well-known American civil rights movement leader Martin Luther King‚ Jr.‚ and then probes into the stylistic characteristics of speech as a style. Key words: Stylistics‚ Stylistic devices‚ analysis‚ speech As an interdisciplinary field of study‚ stylistics promises to offer useful insights into literary criticism and the teaching of literature
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and provide examples of the following literary terms: 1. Simile- A simile is a direct comparison that always contains word as or like. Examples: He is as wealthy as Bill Gate. Her personality is like a bubble in a bottle of champagne. 2. Metaphor- A metaphor is a comparison without the use of as or like. It refers to a person or object (as) being (like) another. The comparison is Implied rather than stated directly. Examples: He is a half
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