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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creates a tone of fear and foreshadows an impending revolution‚ which reveals the importance of individuality for one to be happy. Equality7-2521 was taught that he was a sin from a young age‚ “There is evil in your bones‚ Equality7-2521‚ for your body has grown beyond the bodies of your brothers” (18). He was different from his brothers and to be different was to stand out‚ to stand out was to be an individual. Equality7-2521 believed he was born with a curse; to have thoughts which are forbidden
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on the phone. She started to pretend to talk to the doctor‚ “Hello‚ doctor? My baby is sick! What should I do now? I am so worry!” After a while‚ she said‚ “Ok‚ goodbye! Thanks!” After she put down the phone‚ she used a spoon to take a coloured bead from the container and feed a bead (pill) to each doll. She talked to the dolls‚ “Baby‚ you will be alright soon after you take the medicine.” She continued her solitary pretend play until her mother called her for lunch. Analysis of mathematical
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The Kite Runner Essay on Literary Value Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner relies too heavily on coincidence; consequently‚ surrealism masks the novel. Though the novel portrays the cruelty of the Taliban and poverty in Afghanistan‚ Hosseini’s reliance on coincidence lessens its literary value as the novel descends into ridiculous and unrealistic plot twists. As critic Edward Hower notes‚ such plot twists are “better suited to a folk tale than a modern novel.” Hosseini thickly foreshadows
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Troy has a low expectation of what black men can do with their lives‚ and is holding his sons back from obtaining successes that Troy could only dream about obtaining. Lyons is ambitious talented jazz musician. Lyons jazz playing appears to Troy as an unconventional and foolish occupation. In the beginning of Fences‚ Lyons comes to Troy to borrow
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doesn’t mean they’re not a gentleman anymore! Because everybody cries‚ everybody feels pain. It is just that gentleman carefully avoids whatever may cause something embarrassing to the minds of whom he interact with. Usually gentlemen always open for any criticism Gentleman does not give up easily on a certain task given or assigned. But each in every one of us is different‚ nobody is perfect. Even how much we kept on hiding such thing we feel still it comes out‚ we just don’t want to show it to everyone
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Essay The Holocaust genre was a tragic time in the 1930s‚ during Hitler’s reign in Germany and it involved the persecution of the Jewish people. Holocaust literature was developed from this and from testimonies of survivors and fictional writings by authors. John Boyne’s ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’ is an example of Holocaustic literature; the story follows a young boy who is the son of a Nazi officer during the reign of Hitler. Holocaust literature texts contain conventions common to the genre
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What if you were living happily minding your own self living life‚ and then suddenly‚ different roles were forced upon you‚ and in a short time span your whole world would be thrown upside down? Well that is a brief insight into what Marji’s life‚ as described in the graphic novel and autobiography‚ Persepolis. The book takes place in 1980 Iran. The story is about a young girl‚ Marji‚ coming of age. She is living during the Iranian revolution where she faces the struggles of oppression and life
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loving letter full of tender solicitude." He then went on to say "although he missed them‚ he was willing to bear the separation a while longer-realizing that their health and pleasure were the first things to be considered." These quotes were taken from the letter Alcee had written to his wife. The storm had passed and it looked as if everyone in Alcee’s situation was going to be happy. As for Calixta‚ she was extremely happy to see her son and husband return home safely‚ as indicated in the story;
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but perish in a vicious storm called “The Perfect Storm”. Wroblewski expresses his theme of revenge and getting justice for his father‚ by using the literary features of foreshadowing‚ allusion‚ and point of view. Meanwhile‚ Junger expresses his theme of why people risk their lives everyday by using some literary features of fiction‚ but mainly literary features of nonfiction‚ including the use of interviews‚
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