Literary Devices – Poetry Allusion: An event or fact from an external context assumed to be known by the reader (e.g. historical‚ biblical‚ etc.). An allusion can increase one’s understanding of the poem in question by drawing parallels with other subjects. Anthropomorphism: The showing or treating of animals‚ gods and objects as if they are human in appearance‚ character or behaviour. Apostrophe: Something that addresses an object‚ abstract idea‚ or person who is dead as though it could
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intruding fool‚ farewell.” On Gertrude/Ophelia/Women: “i shall in my best obey you madam” “Like Niobe‚ all tears” “incestuous sheets” “the funeral baked meats did coldly furnish the marriage tables” “Frailty‚ thy name is Woman” “Get thee to a nunnery” “Wise men know well enough what monsters you make of them” “I have heard of your paintings too‚God has given
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1. Strategy in the second half of the 1980s: Having innovative‚ high-quality products and being a reliable‚ responsive supplier. 2. (1) Benefits of the “half-life”: it will encourage the company to reduce cost and defective rates. The total quality of the production has been improved. (2) Limitations of the “half-life”: it focuses only cost‚ not revenues. The quality goals and the company’s goals were in conflict. Half-life made the whole company centered on the quality improvement‚ while
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Device Quote Function Imagery/Simile/Hyperbole “Where Tjaden puts it all is a mystery‚ for he is and always will be as thin as a rake.” When the author compares Tjaden to a rake‚ it makes the readers realize how thin he really is. This quote makes the reader imagine a rake and how it relates to the character. Conflict (external; man vs. man) “Eighty men can’t have what is meant for a hundred and fifty... I don’t care about the stew‚ but I can only issue rations for eighty men.” The men are starving
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Lexical Stylistic devices (Metaphor‚ metonymy‚ irony‚ simile‚ epithet) in the novel “Pride and Prejudice” by Jane Austen” DIPLOMA PAPER Scientific Supervisor: E. B. Jumakeeva Done by: Satarova Rahat‚ group: A08-2 Contents: Pages: Introduction Chapter I. General survey of Stylistic Devices I.1 Historical background of Style and Stylistics Devices I.2 Types of Stylistic Devices Chapter II
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Dante Alighieri: A Poetic Descent into Metaphorical Hell "Abandon all hope‚ ye who enter here" Only through a journey into hell can we hope to attain paradise... His Early Life: Dante Alighieri was born under the sign of Gemini‚ he was thought to be born on May 29‚ but this is not certain. He was born in Florence‚ the son of Alighiero II‚ his family was one of lower nobility. His mother died when he was a child and his father when he was eighteen. According to him‚ the most profound
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where he is ’seen’ swinging on the birches‚ and lastly Frost describes his desires to return to his childhood‚ wanting to start over. This poem contains no rhyme scheme and is not divided into stanzas. Frost utilizes the use of various literary devices‚ such as personification‚ symbolism‚ alliteration‚ and metaphors to describe to the audience the difficulties life throws at us‚ and how one can persevere with the aid of innocent images found in many of our childhood memories within our souls. The
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Analog Devices’ strategy in the second half of the 1980s: (1985-1990) In 1983‚ Ray Stata recognized that ADI was having problems with the quality of its production‚ so he implemented the concept of total quality management into the company management control system. He hired Schneiderman‚ an expert in practicing TQM and implemented the “half-life” concept and corporate scorecard into the control system. The “half-life” concept Evaluation of the “half-life” concept in light of Analog Devices’ strategy
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functions of the literary devices are to conveys the different moral and ethically decision made by both the children and the adults in I’m not scared. Throughout the book the adults are seen as corrupt and unethical‚ this is showed when Ammanitit uses a similarly to compare the adults to toads‚ they “stayed shut indoors‚ like toads”. Toads are ugly and not particularly pleasant animals. Ammanitit uses the toad has a symbol for evil but also has a metaphor for papa being evil‚ papa is the bogey monster
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differences between life‚ love‚ and its state of vulnerability. To start‚ Doyle uses many examples to display his ideas‚ but his first example is the hummingbird. He describes how fragile the small bird is by saying‚ A hummingbird s heart is the size of a pencil eraser. A hummingbird s heart is a lot of the hummingbird. (Doyle) This is a great example of how fragile life can be‚ and how small the hummingbird truly is. He then brings up the biggest heart in the world‚ which is inside the blue whale. He describes
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