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    tends to transcend the category of ‘season‚’ and more accurately takes on the form of a revival. By utilizing personification‚ Dickinson is able to bring to life the natural elements that form the essence of spring‚ while implicitly relating these intrinsic qualities of spring to her faith. Throughout most of her works‚ Dickinson tends

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    Jonathan Edwards incorporates simile‚ personification‚ and metaphor as his rhetorical techniques within his sermon Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God. Edwards incorporates rhetorical devices as a means to terrorize and persuade Puritans and to repent their sins. Throughout his sermon‚ Edward utilizes details and God himself to construct a frightening corollary for sinners in the after life. Edward emphasizes how dreadful and cruel the wrath of God truly is. For instance‚ Edward compares the "destruction"

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    An Eye for an Eye Life is a precious gift from God. Even when a person has no material possessions‚ life is still possessed. In light of these observations‚ it is logical to assume that murder‚ the taking of another’s life‚ is the most heinous of crimes. Undeniably‚ penalties imposed upon criminals should match the crimes committed. Therefore‚ the worst crime possible‚ murder‚ should receive the worst penalty possible‚ death. One argument against the death penalty comes from the Bible‚

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    The brilliant uses of imagery‚ personification‚ and symbolism in Emily Dickinson’s “Because I could not stop for death” reveal that death is not the end‚ but only the beginning of an eternity. Through Dickinson’s use of imagery‚ she successfully paints the different scenes with descriptive language and metaphors to allow the reader to get a deeper sense of the mood and what the poem is conveying. Using personification as one of the most important tools of literature in the poem‚ the author creates

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    Were Spykes and Wide Eye bad products? Do you think they were marketed in objectionable or misleading ways? Do you think companies should be allowed to market other caffeinated alcoholic beverages? SOLUTION Spykes and Wide Eye were innovative products. Spykes was an effort by Anheuser-Busch to compete for younger drinkers increasingly attracted to novel distilled spirits products. Wide Eye‚ a caffeinated schnapps beverage was an example. Both sought to capitalize on market trends including caffeination

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    Poetry Analysis - “Inferno” In a composure of escalating intensity‚ "Inferno" is a twenty-five line poem of increasing intensity just like a musical arrangement. In "Inferno‚" an anonymous teenage author uses metaphors‚ personification‚ and well-chosen diction that explores how an inspiration to achieve a goal is partnered with a strong motivation for succeeding. The author uses several metaphors throughout the poem that compare how a musical composure is a constantly building and developing work

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    Dickinson’s life‚ especially considering the fact that her bedroom overlooked a cemetery‚ but through her poetry‚ she had found a way to write about death in a variety of ways. In this particular poem‚ she writes with a calm and peaceful tone‚ using personification as a main tool throughout. Instead of using the typical depiction of death being depicted as a dark‚ threatening grim reaper-like creature‚ Dickinson personifies

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    narrative clarification‚ the images in Shel Silverstein’s picture book The Giving Tree (1964) consequently solidify as the dominant mode for communicating the text’s overall themes to the reader. In visually presenting the pattern of action of personification and sacrifice‚ and the recurring image of isolation‚ Silverstein’s illustrations actively portray one such theme of the destabilizing physiological and psychological effects of rape on the female body and mind. As such‚ these trends ultimately

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    From my research‚ I’ve gathered that the poem “America” was written by one of the most influential poets of the Harlem Renaissance. The Harlem Renaissance was a golden age in African American culture. The personification used in this poem indicates how Mckay feels about America during the century by giving it human traits. He uses America as a woman to make it more relatable and gives the country mother traits. As a source says “... he is creating the image of America being a mother‚ feeding him

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    Indiana State University The Fourth Face: The Image of God in Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye Author(s): Allen Alexander Source: African American Review‚ Vol. 32‚ No. 2 (Summer‚ 1998)‚ pp. 293-303 Published by: Indiana State University Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3042126 Accessed: 31/08/2009 18:16 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR’s Terms and Conditions of Use‚ available at http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp. JSTOR’s Terms and Conditions

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