Persuasive Essay At some point in a kid’s life‚ they will beg for a cell phone. Most teens or preteens own one. However‚ some people abuse the privileges of having one. People do not understand the actual reasons for owning a cell phone. I am mature and independent enough to own one. I should be able to have a cell phone for convenience‚ to teach responsibility‚ and for safety. One positive reason for having a phone is for convenience. Cell phones are a great way to contact parents while
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things together. But sometimes the glue dries out‚ and you leave. You fade as if you were just a burst of wind. You come and go. But it will come around again….another day. You are the bonds‚ oh so strong bonds‚ that connect all people. It’s indescribable what you can do. You pull people together. And unfortunately you can also push them apart. Some can’t realize they have you until you open their eyes. They may have had it the whole time. But only you would know. You express yourself
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As life goes on‚ humans will live on. Along with life comes the struggles of dealing with everyday events. These events can evoke emotions that one may not realize were there initially. The way that one deals with emotions varies between people‚ but on general rule of thumb‚ most people would rather deal with their emotions alone. Some will go down the more artistic path of expressing emotions‚ through poetry. Poetry can be used to illustrate a person’s emotions without them openly writing about
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This passage is rich with literary devices including imagery and personification. This passage is describing the chaos and turmoil happening at the storming of the Bastille. One of the literary devices makes everything seem not even close to being diminutive. This is the imagery that Dickens writes. He wrote‚ “Flashing weapons‚ blazing torches… shrieks volleys… massive stone walls‚ and the eight great towers‚” (224). Words like “massive” and “great” make everything seem large and important and allow
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In The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho‚ Santiago searches through the whole book to find his personal “legend”‚ or his biggest dream. “It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting‚” (Coelho 11). The use of imagery‚ personification‚ and the interactions between characters between The Alchemist and XXIX Sonnet by Shakespeare develop the theme in each by the way that they help the authors connect to the readers. In these two great pieces of literature‚ one of the main literary
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certain times in my life where I have felt alone. Frost uses personification and imagery to convey the solitary atmosphere of the streets at night. Frost uses personification to show his familiarity with the night. “I have been acquainted with the night” (l.1) and “I have looked down the saddest city lane” (l.4) shows that Frost knows how the night is. He has seen and felt the sadness of a still dark night. The author also uses personification in saying “One luminary clock against the sky proclaimed
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ne’s Holy Sonnet 10: Death Be Not Proud Donne’s Holy Sonnet 10‚ “Death‚ be not proud” expresses the speaker feelings towards death. He uses personification by addressing death as if it was a human. In the first stanza the author says: Death‚ be not proud‚ though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful‚ for thou art not so; For those‚ whom thou think’s thou dost overthrow‚ Die not‚ poor Death‚ nor yet canst thou kill me. (1-4) From the tone of the stanza it may seem like the speaker is talking
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I Quit Nothing The story of how I became the personification of a patchwork quilt. By Nora Gladstone 10/10/24 It was a Tuesday evening two weeks ago and I had come home after a gruesome practice for a home-cooked meal. Even with hours of work ahead of me‚ I found comfort in the 30 minutes I could set aside to talk to my family. We found our spots at the table and I explained the new English prompt that would become the focus of the next few weeks of class. There was something about this assignment
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sister and I were riding our bikes. As we get closer to our house she falls over. So I leave my bike on the sidewalk and run over to see if she was alright. If she wouldn’t of fell I wouldn’t of had the courage to leave my bike to see if she was alright. This supports my thesis because I had the courage to protect someone I love. My story and Rikki Tikki are similar because in a way they share the same theme. The theme is that love gives you the courage to face your fears. My fears were that my new
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He uses personification in three ways in this poem. First‚ he says “Yet if hope has flown away” Even so‚ we all know that hope is an abstract thing and it can’t literally fly. Next‚ he says that “One from the pitiless wave?” Despite that wave can’t pity‚ he personified
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