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    unlike Dulce it keeps a steady tempo all the way through. Both of these styles were used by Owen to conjure up feelings of sympathy and regret. Dulce et Decorum est opens with the strong description of ’coughing like hags’. The use of similes and metaphors really set the scene of tired‚ dishevelled soldiers trudging back home. The use of words like ’blood-shod’ - in itself an unusual combination of words - puts the picture of men in shoes of blood vividly into the reader’s mind. Hyperbole is used

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    curriculum to teach the students and sometimes its hard to fit it all in. Rather than teaching the students what similes and metaphors are‚ students can read Romeo and Juliet and have perfect examples right in front of them while not wasting any time. While reading Romeo and Juliet you may notice that Romeo is a romantic and he loves using metaphors and similes to compare Juliet to celestial objects. You may ask so what? Well Romeo is one of the main characters which means

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    poem above the rest and gives you the experience about the aboriginals. The author has used very effective language devices and emphasizes changes in the aboriginal’s lives through the use of various literary devices such as metaphors‚ similes and symbolism. Some of the metaphors include ’white fella Bunyip’ is used to further illustrate and explain and add emphasis to try evoke different emotions and feelings within you and “call him red” is talking about the old stories that are taught to children

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    The theme of mutability is revealed in Tennyson ’s "Ulysses" as Ulysses struggles to rebel against time. Tennyson reveals this theme through the use of tone‚ similes‚ metaphors‚ imagery and setting. He uses a confidant nostalgic tone to help develop this theme as the speaker reminisces on triumphant times past. Comparisons to the stars and to the horizon throughout the poem are effective in emphasizing the mutability of time. Tennyson also uses imagery to demonstrate the effect that time has

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    IAH 231C Final Exam Guide Unit 1:Pinker Chapter 1 How language is related to other components of Human Experience: Thoughts‚ reality‚ community‚ emotions‚ social relations Words and Community: Naming‚ certain words that become accepted Words and Emotions: Denotation( What they refer to is the same)/Connotation (different emotions associated with them)‚ Swear words Words and Social Relations: direct request vs indirect request Words and Thoughts: Conceptual semantics: discipline that studies the

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    Dytyna LVIV 2012 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................3 Chapter1. EMOTIVE PROSE AS A SPECIFIC GENRE OF ARTISTIC LITERATURE AND EPITHET‚ SIMILE AND METAPHOR AS MEANS OF CREATIVE REPRESENTATION OF IDEAS IN A LITERARY WORK..............................................6 1.1. Emotive prose as a form of artistic literature and peculiarities of its translation.......................................

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    | | |3.2 |Reflective Diary‚ Appraisal‚ Personal Development Plan | | |4.1 |Question in pack | | |4.2 |Personal Development Plan | | |4.3 |Personal Development Plan‚ Appraisal | | |5.1 |Reflective

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    giraffes is a metaphor for life without life‚ the enclosure where the giraffe lives is a metaphor for "no life" as her life is very lonely and restricted. On the other hand‚ her natural habitat is a metaphor for "life"‚ as is identified in "she could be a big slim bird just before flight"‚ essentially meaning freedom. The poem also portrays the agony and grief of the giraffe confined in captivity suffers‚ the poet dramatises the loneliness the giraffe experiences by using metaphors such as "She languorously

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    feelings‚ excite and thrill our spirit‚ or warm and kindle the flame of our hearts. They can also slap our face‚ punch us in the stomach‚ rattle our nerves‚ kill our desire‚ or destroy our self-confidence. Of course this is metaphorical‚ but these metaphors capture in words our physical reactions to what is said‚ and that is the power of language. It can emotionally move and affect us as powerfully as physical actions. Unfortunately‚ however‚ we have yet to recognize and legitimize this great power

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    English Assessment Plaster cast and Fresh bait The stories I have chosen to talk about today are Plaster Cast by Archimede Fusillo‚ and Fresh Bait by Sherryl Clark. I have chosen to talk about these particular stories‚ because the ways in which they are similar captured my interest when reading them. Both stories feel as if they are written from end to beginning. They unfold slowly‚ keeping the reader in rapt suspense‚ on the edge of their chair‚ until the very end‚ when the story takes its last

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