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    Sinners in the hands of an Angry God Jonathan Edwards shows great anger in this sermon through the use of metaphors‚ personification‚ and diction. He uses a variety of metaphors to show the dark tone of this sermon. "would have no more influence to uphold you and keep you out of hell‚ than a spider’s web would have to stop a falling rock.". This explains how nothing is holding you from hell; that if you make a mistake‚ you will fall to hell like a rock through a spider web. "keeps the arrow

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    thought of of being sly‚ cruel creatures. Although it seems the poem is about this fox it is actually about a poet looking for an idea and he sees out of the window the fox and decides to write about the fox. This technique is called an extended metaphor which Huges uses a lot‚ other techniques that Huges uses in the ‘Thought Fox’ consist of enjambment (one line or stanza running on to the next ‘…And again now‚ and now‚ and now/Sets neat prints into the snow’. The mood is calm and quiet‚ there are

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    the use of provocative symbolism throughout the novel‚ Ward has very interestingly narrated how the family suffered through the Hurricane‚ and how they spent their lives without any concern for the future. This paper probes into the symbolism and metaphors Ward used in the novel. The greatest symbolism that the reader finds in the novel is Esch’s body. Esch is the eldest sister of her siblings. She gets pregnant with Manny’s child‚ and the reader finds that she views the world through her bodily

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    many metaphors which explain how childhood behaviors stay with him his entire life. The first metaphor he uses relates hiding from the rain to hard times because as a child rain was a misfortune. As a child when it rains you must stay inside and most children would rather be outside. Also rain is sometimes unexpected like most difficulties. In order to counter the rain‚ the speaker hides under a chair‚ just like most adults avoid a situation when they don’t know what to do. Another metaphor example

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    single point across before the extra information is added in the subordinate clause “in the valley of despair”. He uses the emotive words to add emphases on to what he is saying: these are “wallow” and “valley of despair”. This is also a biblical metaphor‚ which he uses to establish rapport with the audience‚ as many of

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    Gender in Translation

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    Study of the Translation of Image Metaphors of Color in the Shahnameh of Ferdowsi By Anousheh Shabani‚ Isfahan University‚ Iran Become a member of TranslationDirectory.com at just 6 EUR/month (paid per year) Advertisements: | | Abstract Metaphors are taken to be the most fundamental form of figurative language‚ carrying the assumption that terms literally connected with one object can be transferred to another object. A writer/speaker uses metaphor more often than not with the intentions

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    SYLLABUS

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    COURSE SYLLABUS (Fall 2014) Lenoir-Rhyne University Course Prefix and Number: FYE 191.10 Course Title: Gender‚ Race‚ Metaphor Instructor: Edgar G. Foster (Ph.D.) Required Texts and Other Materials: Sylvan Barnet and Pat Bellanca‚ A Short Guide to College Writing (fifth edition). ISBN: 9780205238613; Cornel West‚ Prophesy Deliverance (Westminster John Knox Press‚ 2002). ISBN: 978-0664223434. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks‚ by Rebecca Skloot (Broadway‚ 2011)—summer read. Course Description:

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    Obama's Rhetoric

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    Barack Obama’s Inaugural Address: Metaphor and Values as Captivating Strategies to Celebrate a Presidency M. PILAR GUITART ESCUDERO Coordinadora Área Lengua-Lingüística Hispanic Studies Program University of Virginia VA‚ EEUU C/ Ramón Gordillo‚ 4 46010 Valencia E-mail: pilar.guitart@uvavalencia.org Tel. +34 96 3691 485 BARACK OBAMA’S INAUGURAL ADDRESS: METAPHOR AND VALUES AS CAPTIVATING STRATEGIES TO CELEBRATE A PRESIDENCY ABSTRACT: Barack Obama’s rhetorical style is broadly acknowledged to be

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    1. Work out the rhyme scheme of this poem using letters‚ such as “a”‚ to represent the sounds at the end of each line. abab cdcd efef gg 2. What is the tone of the poem? Quote extensively from the poem to support your answer. For me this poem is humorous and realistic‚ because most poets‚ who are writing sonnets‚ would praise the ones they love and not be realistic about their imperfections. “My mistress’s eyes are nothing like the sun; Coral is far more red than her lips’ red (line 1 / 2)” Here

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    points to her direct characterization. In this way‚ we gradually move to the plot of the novel. In the exposition author introduces us with the problem of marriage: for women it is the aim of life‚ for men it is a kind of hazard‚ trap; he uses the metaphors instant flight could save him and the inevitable loom menacingly before him talking about marriage as a dangerous thing. We can feel that sarcastic humor

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