speech. To help his audience understand his goal‚ Martin Luther King Jr. had used a variety of literary devices. This includes metaphors‚ similes‚ anaphores‚ and allusions. This great significance in his speech makes his speech the best out of John Lewis’s “Patience is a Nasty and Dirty Word” and Malcolm X’s “What Does Mississippi Have to Do With Harlem” speech. Whose speeches used little or no literary devices. Martin Luther King Jr used metaphors and similes to show the importance of equal rights to
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his story with a lot of literary color‚ making it alive and vivid to the reader. The character that stood out the most was Ralph‚ who was the novels protagonist. The twelve year old English boy‚ who was elected leader of the boys in the beginning of the novel‚ is the primary representative of order‚ civilization‚ and productive leadership in the novel. Ralph attempts to organize the boys’ efforts to build a miniature civilization on the island until they can be rescued. Ralph represents human beings’
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Willie Barron Kelli Gary EN102 – Section EA Essay #2 – Using a Critical Perspective 05 March 2010 As I read Ralph Ellison’s “Battle Royal”‚ pushes one in the direction of the Marxist perspective. This perspective demonstrates how the dominant white male majority uses its power to summarily subjugate black males in a pugilistic affair. The Marxist perspective is evidently portrayed through
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2013 Use of a Literary Device in “Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day” William Shakespeare’s sonnet “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day” is a fourteen line poem that contains three quatrains followed by a couplet. The poem is also known as Sonnet 18‚ and is a beautiful poem describing just that‚ a summer’s day. If one wishes to be technical‚ Shakespeare does more than describe a summer’s day‚ he is comparing an individual to a summer’s day. Shakespeare uses the literary devices imagery and
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Poetic Devices Alliteration - The repetition of initial consonant sounds. “Doubting‚ dreaming dreams no mortal ever…” Poe‚ “The Raven” Assonance - The repetition of vowel sounds. “Poetry is old‚ ancient‚ goes back far...So old it is that no man knows...” Sandburg‚ “Early Moon” Hyperbole – An overstatement or extreme exaggeration. Example: I nearly died laughing. Imagery - Words or phrases that appeal to any sense (sight‚ taste‚ touch‚ hearing‚ and smell) or any combination
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In "Mother to Son" by Langston Hughes‚ the literary device being used is dialect to communicate the mothers message on how life may be hard but you have to work through it. Dialect is a particular form of a language that is peculiar to a specific region or social group. Dialect is used to help the reader understand the characteristics of the speaker like the speakers education level. In this case‚ the dialect is from a black‚ working‚ uneducated mother. This poem is about a mother who grew up
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his explanation of why he is there‚ but the father already knows. “Mr. Ellison Oswalt.” the Sheriff says with a hint of anger in his voice. “Sheriff.” Ellison replies with a calm voice. “ You better not cause any problems around here Mr. Oswalt‚ after your last book you managed to piss off a lot of officers!” Sheriff says loudly so even Ellison’s
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Riley Bergue Ms. Cornelius AP Literature p.3 31 March 2013 Literary Device Four – Symbol A symbol “may be roughly defined as a something that means more than what it is” (Arp 91). A poem written by Robert Frost called The Road Not Taken shows an example of symbolism with the use of choosing between two roads. “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood‚ and sorry I could not travel both‚ and be one traveler‚ long I stood … Somewhere ages and ages hence: two roads diverged in a wood‚ and I
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young-adult fiction book by William Golding‚ Ralph the protagonist‚ comprises the true qualities of being a competent ruler. He is a sophisticated‚ mature leader who works for the common good; although‚ Jack is more confident in himself and is more assertive as a leader. Initially‚ Ralph is a very sophisticated leader despite his immaturity at the beginning of the first chapter. Before the boys agreed to choose Ralph as the
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