Zoe Zettel Mr. Warren Period 8 12 September‚ 2012 Figurative Language Essay In this passage from The Count of Monte Cristo the author uses similes‚ metaphors‚ and descriptive details to establish the mood. The mood of this passage is that of a dark‚ disturbing scene of an execution. The author wants the reader to feel as though they are witnessing a terrifyingly grotesque death. The authors’ use of similes in this passage can be found throughout. Instead of describing Albert’s face as simply
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“waltzing” in their kitchen with their mother watching. Roethke does use a few words such as clinging and romped that could indicate a playful dance and a child clinging to their loving father not wanting to go to bed; however‚ there is more predominant language that shows an abusive father. The author first indicates that the whiskey on the father’s breath could make the son dizzy. This shows that the father has been drinking a large amount
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Mary Lascelles‚ a famous literary scholar once said “I suspect that Jane Austen’s practice of denying the aid of figurative language which‚ as much as any other habits of expression‚ repelled Charlotte Brontë‚ and has alienated other readers‚ conscious with a dissatisfaction with her style that they have not cared to analyze.” Therefore‚ when an author doesn’t use figurative language‚ they can alienate their readers and not describe characters‚ moods‚ or other objects nearly as well. This would lead
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portrayal of the major theme of family was also dominant. A variety of creative choices were made such that the language features‚ stylistic features and narrative conventions‚ such as figurative language and imagery‚ mood‚ and speech‚ as well as a deliberate plot‚ were appropriate to achieve the purposes of entertaining and conveying the theme of family to the intended audience. Figurative language‚ especially in the form of similes‚
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occur during battle. It concludes with informing the reader that war is not as glorious as ancestors or propaganda make it out to be‚ instead it is horrid and brutal. Owen uses figurative language‚ imagery‚ and rhyme to help the reader experience the pain and suffering he endures during combat. Owens uses figurative language‚ like similes and hyperboles‚ to make his hardships as a soldier understandable to his readers.
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In the poem The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe‚ he uses many different types of figurative language and spiritual references to tell a grieving story of a depressed man. Poe also has had many struggles including losing the love of his life to an illness. There are many references to the narrator’s grief throughout The Raven. The seventh stanza references the Bible‚ showing there is hope in a time of darkness. In the seventh stanza‚ Poe demonstrates allusion‚ alliteration‚ and personification. “...Raven
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That isn’t really figurative because that is saying exactly what it means. Figurative language is something that doesn’t mean what it says. The phrase above means exactly what it says. In “Fame is a fickle food” the closest thing to figurative language is rhyming and that isn’t figurative language. These poems are a great example of how you don’t have to have figurative language for it to be a poem. Lastly‚ they are different because in “ Fame
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Assignment 1: Sensory Perceptions Nicole Brock PHI 210 Renee Pistone 10/21/2012 “The brain‚ a complex structure‚ allows a human being to perceive and react to their environment‚ contemplate "the big questions‚" and experience a myriad of emotions. The brain controls the body and maintains the delicate internal balance needed to sustain life” (Smith‚ 2010). If fortunate enough‚ we humans all have five senses: vision‚ hearing‚ taste‚ touch‚ and smell. All of these senses that we have‚ work
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Outline the main causes of sensory loss There are many factors that can be attributable to causing sensory loss. Varying degrees of vision and hearing loss may occur: During pregnancy: a woman may come into contact with a virus or disease that affects the growing foetus an inherited condition or syndrome may be passed on to the child a chromosomal disorder may occur during the foetus’ early development injury affecting the foetus whilst in utero Complications at birth (multiple
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Bernard Shaw uses figurative language to describe what he saw and what he learned during the cremation of his mother. Shaw uses ironic tones of humor and beauty to describe the cremation. Shaw describes the cremation by stating: “The feet burst miraculously into streaming ribbons of garnet coloured lovely flame‚ smokeless and eager like pentecostal tongues‚ and as the whole coffin passed in‚ it sprang into flame all over; and my mother became that beautiful….” Shaw’s figurative language of metaphor and
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