“Dreams” a direct approach is used. Hughes uses statements and metaphors to make his point. The authors statements tell us to hold on to our dreams. This is the focus of the poem. He uses metaphors to reiterate this thought‚ and expand the readers understanding of the serious nature of this statement. The first metaphor from this poem is‚ “life is a broken winged bird‚ that cannot fly.” Hughes’ statement coupled with this metaphor explains that life has no purpose without dreams‚ just as a bird
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perfect scene Dickenson has planned. As always‚ Death is unpredictable and unable to be scheduled or planned by a mortal. Dickinson’s description of the setting is limited. She only stresses “In the room‚” but her excessive use of similes and metaphors helps the readers to conjure up the picture of the deathbed scene: “The stillness in the Room Was like the Stillness in the Air— Between the Heaves of Storm—” The room quiets as the narrator and the mourners are waiting for the last breath of
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to a question…even one that YOU had Note why you underlined it (Setting? Theme? Mood? Point of View?) REPETITION AND LITERARY DEVICES Circle any lines that are repeated (this means they are important!) Circle any Literary Devices (simile‚ metaphor‚ alliteration‚ etc.) simile He left like a ghost in the night alliteration His feet fleeing fast Leaving me behind I later knew he was gone for good He left like a ghost in the night repetition CONNECTIONS Put brackets around sections that
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“trapped” or restricted. By using the kea in the text‚ Frame is able to show the significance of the idea as the Kea compares the life of the readers to itself. Frame portrayed the importance of this idea through the use of connotative language‚ metaphors and contrasting language. Frame shows how people‚ including the readers‚ will not or do not reach their full potential due to being “trapped” or restricted is an important idea through connotative language. Connotative language was used in the
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have been. There is an extended metaphor that runs throughout the piece that compares Alexander to something fragile and cracked. Words like "splintered"‚ "shards" and "fractured" imply glass and all of its frailty. She sees herself as a mass of distinct pieces‚"a mass of faults‚"that cannot succeed in coming together‚ "fluid and whole" to complete her as a satisfied person. In opposition to this "glass diction‚" Alexander uses another metaphor that compares herself with a beautiful flower
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Following is an example of student writing in which figures of speech are overworked and actually impede rather than enhance the clarity of images. Cool water flows through the rocky banks of the creek and into a wide pond. Reeds and cattails surrounding the bank embrace the pond like a mother’s enfolding arms reaching out to caress her sleeping child. Like a beaming‚ proud mother’s eye‚ the sun drenches the scene with its loving warmth. Just beneath the sparkling surface of the water‚ minnows
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given. Two common literary devices‚ that is metaphor and metonymy will be examined‚ and afterward discover how they have been used in the ‘Edge’. Metaphor Use in the “Edge" Prior to attempting to examine the poem according to these values‚ it is foremost essential to appreciate the concepts concerned in the analysis. Thus‚ metaphor and metonymy are intrinsically related to dissimilar literary forms. Normally by assessment‚ metaphor is commonly found in poetry‚ whereas prose is the
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Claude McKay. McKay believed that change was in order and the black community needed to do something in order to make that change. In the poem “If We Must Die‚” Claude McKay calls for racial pride against white oppression through his use of similes‚ metaphors‚ contradictions‚ and biblical allusions. McKay uses a simile to introduce his trope of blacks being hogs trapped in the city. He also establishes that being a hog is not something that he likes and that he wants to change. The simile is found in
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decides to emerge from her shell. When she speaks to her middle school friend-turned-enemy Rachel about the event at the summer party‚ Melinda is accepted with open arms and forgiven of her accusations. Through the symbol of the white couch and the metaphors of the seasonal change and the tree‚ which is each effectively inserted into Speak‚ one can tell that a person grows through learning from his experience rather than by mere aging. Most trees are a symbol of life when they are full of leaves in
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language 4 Implications for teaching 3 Samples activities 3 “used in some way other than the main or usual meaning‚ to suggest a picture in the mind or make a comparison” (Longman Dictionary of English Language and Culture 1992: 475). Metaphor My love is a rose Rose Love Qualities of the rose Beauty Fragance Softness Carry over Qualities of the love Beauty Fragance Softness Examples of the figurative language Violence is the cancer of modern society
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