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    Robert Frost utilizes exceptional imagery and figurative to highlight the physical wall between the neighbor and him‚ satirizing the critical emotional estrangement and boundary between neighbors. While Frost deems the neighbors’ outdated insistance of keeping the wall unreasonable‚ the speaker’s attitude was somehow ambiguous for there exists a border in his mind. The small conflicts and emotional changes are realistically amplied by the figurative language and imagery. To begin with‚ the great imgery

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    carried out- neither a projection or contest of emotion will elicit. As does the author of this Spenserian sonnet‚ his stridency to appease succumbs to the crass nature of a woman. To which this sonnet derives such implicit diction‚ emotion‚ figurative language‚ and structure‚ we will investigate. The first of three quatrains employs the matter of the protagonist’s situation‚ laying out an analogy to characterize his actions as admirable. A dire situation‚ his audience‚ a woman‚ watches the performance

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    The use of this figurative language was used to highlight how obviously overwhelming the mice’s commotion was. It was effectively used because the descriptive word “swell” gives the feeling of being engulfed. Lastly in paragraph five the author finishes of with the phrase “.

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    Like most protagonists starting out on their journey‚ Blake starts off naive and optimistic‚ but who wouldn’t be when it’s an opportunity to explore the world you live in‚ meet all kinds of new people and Pokemon‚ and realize what your dream in life is? Headstrong and brave‚ Blake never backs down from doing what’s right‚ no matter the danger. When a few members of Team Plasma snatched away a little girl’s Pokemon‚ it was Blake and Cheren that managed to track them down and get it back. When the

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    There are many uses of figurative language in literary texts. Some examples are satire‚ simile‚ personification‚ and metaphors. The two types of figurative language I will be examining are epigram and satire. Epigram is ”a witty saying in either verse or prose‚ concisely phrased and often satiric” (Dramatic Monologue‚ epigram). Satire is defined as “a genre of comedy that is directed at ridiculing human foibles and vices” (Dramatic Monologue‚ satire). Epigram usually includes traces of satire.

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    William Shakespeare‚ born in April 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon‚ United Kingdom‚ was a man who loved the art of playwriting and a poet who knew how to use words to express feelings. Throughout the 1590’s to the 1600s‚ William Shakespeare created lyrical masterpieces such as his most famous play‚ remembered as a story about love and despair‚ Romeo and Juliet. William Shakespeare uses figurative language to develop Romeo’s character development over the course of the story. In terms of figurative language

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    Figurative Language versus Literal Language Sharon D. Dove Strayer University October 29‚ 2012 Author Note We use language to communicate with each other regardless of where we live in this world. We can either speak or write literally or figuratively. In literal language we say or write exactly what we mean while in figurative language our meaning is less obvious. In the following pages we will look at some of the figurative language adopted by the English language. For each term I

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    "Shiloh" Symbol and figurative language There are many examples of symbolism and figurative language in Bobbie Ann Mason ’s short story "Shiloh." The importance of names: the main character is Leroy Moffitt‚ his wife is Norma Jean‚ her mother is Mabel‚ and their deceased son‚ who died of sudden infant death syndrome at the age of 4 months‚ is Randy. In the story‚ Norma Jean says to Leroy‚ while doing her studies for school‚ "Your name means the king." Leroy questions his place in their relationship

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    playwright‚ and a civil rights activist. She was born in the early 1900s so she experienced racism and racial prejudices and it really reflects in a lot of her work. In her writings she has a specific tone and structure‚ she also often times uses figurative language that relates to what she has been through/experienced. Maya Angelou’s voice/tone reflects so much in her writing that you can tell exactly how she is feeling and since she is so

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    In The Odyssey‚ Homer uses figurative language the best to build characterization while using epic similes and metaphors to go into more detail about traits and evets. One of the main uses of figurative language homer uses to build characteristics is an epic smile This is proven when homer writes "The attackers struck like eagles…swooping down from a mountain ridge to harry smaller birds that skim across the flatland cringing under the clouds but the eagles plunge in fury‚ rip their lives out…never

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