Some the literary elements that Poe uses in the bells are onomatopoeia‚ alliteration‚ assonance‚ repetition‚ and rhythm. Onomatopoeia which is the formation of word by imitation of a sound made or associated with its referent‚ it is used in line 3 with the phrase tinkle tinkle‚ tinkle. Alliteration is the commencement of two or more stressed syllables of a word group either with the same consonant sound or sound group‚ used in verse 2 lines 10 and 12 “frantic fire” and “desperate desire.” Assonance
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How does Malorie Blackman create a vivid picture of the bomb and its aftermath in this passage? A shocked atmosphere concludes this chapter with a bombing of Dundale shopping centre in the book noughts and crosses‚ Malorie Blackman makes the aftermath and bombing of the Dundale shopping centre very vivid for the reader by using very interesting and useful word and phases. Firstly‚ Malorie Blackman uses many ominous hints and foreshadowing to create a vivid picture of what was about to happen in
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Figure of speech 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
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Poem Analysis Digging Digging is a poem written by the Irish poet Seamus Heaney. It’s about a person looking back into the past and thinking about his father and his grandfather. The memories in the poem are about his father and his grandfather’s occupation. The sentences: ‘Stooping in rhythm through potato drills.’ shows that his father was a potato farmer and ‘My grandfather cut more turf in a day’ shows that his grandfather was a turf harvester. The title of this poem also has a meaning
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The Physical Journeys throughout the book Huckleberry Finn suggest that it is also an inner Journey. Marc Twain uses a range of techniques that he establishes throughout the novel Huckleberry Finn to point out that this is also an Inner journey. Marc Twain uses the technique symbolism to make the Mississippi River seem like freedom from Society. "Rivers are roads that move" this quote indicates to us that the Mississippi River is the open road for this boy Huck. The river represents freedom and
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death to the unprecedented and shameful mass killings of the Great War. Throughout the poem‚ Owen juxtaposes the musical quality of an anthem with the harsh sounds of war. This concept is first raised at the end of the first quatrain with the noisy onomatopoeia of the "rifles’ rapid rattle". The use of the adjective ’rapid’ and the assonance on ’a’ quickens the pace and indicates the fashion in which the dead are buried in war.
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Onomatopoeia is seen in the following text‚ “At dark‚ shadowy intersections in Chicago‚ I could cross in front of a car stopped at a traffic light and elicit the thunk‚ thunk‚ thunk‚ thunk of the driver- black‚ white‚ male‚ or female—hampering down the door locks” (1). By using onomatopoeia to represent the sound the lock creates when the drivers press the button to lock the doors‚ it shows that
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Simile : A comparison between two distinctly different things‚ objects or events. It consists in placing two different things side by side and comparing them with regard to some quality common to them. First the two objects must be different in kind. Secondly‚ the point of resemblance between the two different object or event must be clearly brought out. Such words are used for comparison : ‘like’ or ‘as’. A simple example of Robert Burns‚ “O my love’s like a red rose.” Errors like strews upon
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The nine year olds feelings for the cat are very strong at this point which leads to the boy hitting the cat with ‘daddy’s stick’ and the cat shooting for the door which was almost shut and the boy slamming it with the harmless cat half-through. Onomatopoeia is used well here. “Cracked like a nut‚ and the soft black thud was dumped on the floor.” The boy suddenly got terrified‚ bit his knuckles and cried. Scannell used metaphorical text to show the nine year old boys mental state‚ which actually worked
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Douglas Armbrister 11c1 Dulce et Decorum Est and Anthem for Doomed Youth The two poems‚ “Dulce et Decorum Est” and “Anthem for a Doomed Youth”‚ were written by Wilfred Owen‚ who was a private tutor and a war-time poet. He wrote these two poems while he was serving in the First World War. “Dulce et Decorum Est” mocks the old words of an old ode by Horace‚ which states: Dulce et Decorum Est pro patria Mori - it is sweet and right to die for your country. This poem demonstrates through gruelling imagery
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