A figure of speech is the use of a word or words diverging from its usual meaning. It can also be a special repetition‚ arrangement or omission of words with literal meaning‚ or a phrase with a specialized meaning not based on the literal meaning of the words in it‚ as in idiom‚ metaphor‚ simile‚ hyperbole‚ or personification. Figures of speech often provide emphasis‚ freshness of expression‚ or clarity. However‚ clarity may also suffer from their use‚ as any figure of speech introduces an ambiguity
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Analysis “Hobnail” by Crystal Arbogast The author of the story is Crystal Arbogast. She is an American famous writer. She was born in Wise County‚ Virginia. And the events of the story take place also there. She did not start writing stories until she was 40 years old. Crystal Arbogast is well-known for her short stories. The story is entitled “Hobnail”. The title doesn’t reveal the theme and the idea of the story. I want to say‚ that I had several ideas what the story would be about before reading
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mother in stories. When given the chance to go‚ he begins to see all the technology and fascinating things that the new world has to offer. However‚ the longer he stays there he begins to realize the disadvantages. Through the use of metaphors‚ onomatopoeias‚ and similes‚ Huxley portrays the negative effects of technology on society from an outsider’s view. One advantage of being exiled is being able to experience new things. The author shows this by creating
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John Appleseed 11/21/13 English Prd. 3 SHAMPOO Shampoo- simile‚ hyperbole‚ alliteration‚ metaphor‚ personification‚ onomatopoeia‚ oxymoron Time out By Jana Ghossein Help how much my heart hurts My mouth is as dry as a desert My throat is sore My voice is a goner My heart is beating as fast as a tiger My hand is a rattling snake My face is a tomato Bye bye‚ boring life I cannot take it no more I lay my head Upon my knee Now blow the whistle referee The poem‚
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Owen’s main idea was to expose the true horrors of war and to challenge the romanticised view of war that poets such as Rupert Brooke held. To achieve this‚ Owen used familiar imagery techniques of similes and assonance‚ and sound devices such as onomatopoeia and alliteration. ‘Anthem for Doomed Youth’ aims to give a clear reference to the audience‚ a glimpse of the awful realities of life and death in the trenches. Wilfred Owen helps us visualise the terrible conditions the soldiers are living in
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The Road Not Taken By: Robert Frost Imagine that your making a decision and you are stuck to choose between two things that could change and impact your life greatly. What would you do? What pathway would you take? Robert Frost wrote ‘The Road Not Taken’ in 1916 at the age of 42 in New England‚ Massachusetts. ‘The Road Not Taken’ is one of his most popular works due to the ideology of choices that people would have to face in their life. In the early 20th century‚ Robert Frost based the majority
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Nursery rhymes are known as playful‚ short‚ nonsense rhymes created for the pure amusement of children. With the use of rhythmic words such as "humpty" and "dumpty" or exaggerated references such as the old woman who lives in a shoe‚ children find these nursery rhymes silly and easy to memorize and chant. However‚ some nursery rhymes also encase meaningful lessons for little ones‚ as well as hidden references to historic figures or events such as the "Ring Around the Rosie" referring to The Great
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Sound devices are fascinating techniques for poets to use‚ enabling them to enhance the flow and effect of their poems. The poem chosen is by William Blake and throughout his poem‚ The Tyger Blake is able to use repetition‚ alliteration‚ and Onomatopoeia to implement the theme intended‚ which is the establishment of good and bad‚ referring to God the father being the maker of all. The first sound device that is used and distinctly seen during the first read of the poem is repetition. Blake
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Figurative is used in all different aspect among restaurant and much other business around us. The figurative that I choose to discuss are hyperbole and onomatopoeia. “Hyperbole comes from a Greet meaning “over-casting” is a figure of speech‚ which involves an exaggeration of ideas for the sake of emphasis”. (Literary Devices) One restaurant that uses figurative language is Burger King; there hyperbole is “Have It Your Way”. This figure of speech does not mean that you order a whooper with cheese
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total‚ the poem has 9 lines organized in two quatrains. Moreover‚ in terms of sound devices‚ we can say that this lyrical poem contains alliteration‚ onomatopoeia and has an organized rhyme scheme. Alliteration can be noticed in the last line of the second stanza - Does thy life destroy”‚ while in the last line of the first stanza‚ contains onomatopoeia- “howling storm”. Furthermore‚ when we analyze the rhyme scheme‚ we deduce that the rhyme is feminine‚ and (the second lines of the quatrains match
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