from the rest because this is where Romeo and Juliet exchange their vows of undying love. During the balcony scene‚ Shakespeare uses personification‚ metaphor‚ and simile to help convey Romeo and Juliet’s deep affection for one another. While Juliet confesses her private thoughts alone‚ Romeo describes her stunning beauty and his feelings of love through personification. As Romeo gazes at her‚ he describes that her cheeks “would shame those / stars” (2.2.19-20). Her looks give off a special radiance
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the cracking noise reverberating along the mountains. This particular use of onomatopoeia makes the reader sit on edge as the area is in solemn silence and the cracking of the thunder serves to scare and bring imaginations of a whip cracking. Personification is also a significant literary tool used by Shelley as she uses it constantly throughout the novel‚
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language feature personification is used in the phrase “Salvage the head‚ the brain is spreading death” It is personifying both the brain‚ and death in general to having human-like abilities. It is a thought that creeps into the soldier’s mind. The brain spreading death is equal to how the soldiers are killing people and their thoughts‚ they themselves are killing people. In the example‚ the brain is given the ability to spread stuff‚ which is a human-like ability. Personification applies human attributes
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American author‚ playwright‚ and poet‚ created his success on no more than his high school diploma. He did‚ however‚ learn many valuable lessons in life which he incorporates in his works. Ray Bradbury uses figurative language such as irony‚ personification‚ and imagery to artistically present his vision of life’s morals. Bradbury’s use of irony in his pieces establishes how mankind commonly contradicts himself. In “The Veldt”‚ George and Lydia hear screams that “sound familiar” but ignore them
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by Emily Dickinson‚ we can clearly see that both poets have borrowed the images of the bird to express the deeply of each verse‚ and to add lively for their poem. This method is called personification‚ is one of the main methods by which the poet used to write a poem vividly. Although both poets use personification methods in both poems‚ such as borrowing the images of the bird to write a poem as an example‚ but actually the use of such methods have different deeply meaning in the two poems. And that
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people have dreams‚ but they do not reach them because they accept the position they are in. Steinbeck’s particular rhetorical styles develop his point of view‚ the impossibility of the American Dream‚ through the use of parallelism‚ syntax‚ and personification. Steinbeck portrays emotional situations in the farmer’s lives explaining why they can not reach the American Dream through the use of parallelism. During the beginning of the novel‚ George‚ a farmer‚ describes the common life of farmers and
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their poetry‚ they both still convey the overall theme of illustrating racism in the 1920s. Claude McKay and Langston Hughes use their writing skills to vocalize a major social issue during the 1920s. They construct the poems with personification‚ mood‚ and tone. Taylor4 Despite using many of the same illustrations to make the writing come alive Hughes emphasizes a positive outlook on the
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whereas in the poem "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night? Dylan Thomas presents the idea of refusal and opposition to death. Despite the differences in theme‚ these two poets both use similar figurative language devices‚ such as metaphors‚ personification and alliteration as they explore their contrasting ideas pertaining to the concept of death. Through the use of their same literacy techniques‚ both of the authors have presented two very different perceptions on death: Dickinson’s message is
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high‚ six months before his assassination. In Dr. King’s speech “What is your Life’s Blueprint?” he asserts that everyone should be the best they can be‚ no matter who or what they do. In his “Life’s Blueprint” speech‚ Dr. King uses metaphors‚ personification‚ and similes‚ in order to figuratively and eloquently inspire students to perform to the best of their abilities. In the speech “Life’s Blueprint”‚ he uses metaphors to help describe what a blueprint of life is. His use of metaphors describe
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) imagery - “Poised between going on and back‚ pulled both ways taut like a tightrope walker” “The Base Stealer” by Robert Francis‚ pg. 476. D.) diction - “Moving slowly” “The Cyclopes in the Ocean” by Nikki Giovanni‚ pg. 672. E.) personification - “Seeing the snowman standing all alone” “Boy at the Window” by Robert Frost‚ pg. 451. 2.) A.) simile - “which holds them in like stolid cattle” “Internment” by Juliet S. Kono‚ pg. 437. B.) metaphor - “Its head which like you fist
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