METAPHOR AND DIALECTICS AS LITERARY DEVICES AND COMMUNICATIVE TOOLS By Odum‚ ikechukwu A. B.a‚ m.a‚ PGD (sc/antr)‚ Mnipr Metaphor as a Literary Device The classical Greek philosopher‚ Aristotle declared metaphor one of the highest achievements of poetic style. According to him‚ “it is the mark of genius – for to make good metaphors implies an eye for resemblances …” (Dukore 50). Our literary world especially‚ the African literary world is pervaded with metaphors. Metaphor has become an indispensable
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school districts must deal with immigrant children." School calendar can help teachers to keep their teaching on track and teaching more. But there are some objections which against to achieve more cause they do not have money‚ most of learning do not take place at school and extending the school days and making the day longer. Response I strongly agree with Stephen’s opinion cause these suggestions which he discussed about can really help students to understand why they have to study‚ what they
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Often in novels‚ the author is able to personify and use the setting as an imperative aspect of a story such that it could almost take the form of a character. For Homer Hickam Jr. (Sonny)‚ Coalwood was not only his hometown‚ but it became his motivation to continue building and launching his rockets. Every house in Coalwood was occupied with families of coal miners‚ and for someone to participate in another activity besides football was rare and often discouraged. “Only coal mining was more important
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Jehovah’s Witnesses Gary Davis University of Phoenix REL334/World Religious Traditions II Dr. Devon Smith January 10‚ 2007 Jehovah’s Witnesses Jehovah’s Witnesses get their name from Jehovah‚ which is English version of the name given for God in the Hebrew Scriptures. The word Witnesses is taken from the passage in Isaiah 43:10 “Ye are my witnesses‚ saith the Lord..." Jehovah’s Witnesses are a high strength religious group that requires a major
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Dumb Witness | INTRODUCTION Dumb Witness is a detective fiction novel written by the British witer Agatha Christie. This book was based in a shot story‚ “The Incident of the Dog’s Ball”. It was lost for some years and found by author’s daughter in 2004. SYNOPSIS The story is set in Littlegreenhouse and centers on Emily Arundell. She was a woman with a substancial amount of money‚ sorrounded by three young relatives‚ Bella‚ Theresa‚ and Charles‚ who wanted to take her fortune
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I read the story “The Witness for the Prosecution” by Agatha Christie. Christie began writing during World War II. She earned the title of “a master of crime fiction” after the publication of her book “The Murder of Roger Ackroyd” in 1926. Also in 1926‚ Christie created a mystery of her own life when she disappeared for ten days. She was found checked into a hotel under a different name‚ suffering from amnesia. This incident actually increased the sales of her books (Great British Stories 273). The
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Literary Devices in “The Great Gatsby” Personification- where inanimate objects or abstract concepts are seemingly endowed with human self-awareness; where human thoughts‚ actions‚ perceptions and emotions are directly attributed to inanimate objects or abstract ideas. Fitzgerald uses personification to set a sense of allure and mister y in the book‚ giving it a more mysterious tone. He also uses personification to enhance the qualities of a character and give them more depth‚ and in this
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In Ben Franklin’s work “Address to the Public‚” he is informing readers about how slavery intellectually‚ emotionally‚ and morally impacts slaves. Franklin is working toward the abolition of slavery and uses literary devices and ideologies to help prove his thinking. The primary metaphor used by Franklin is light‚ and in his work‚ he relates light to the enlightenment of a free slave. At the same time‚ Franklin relies on the ideology of environmentalism to defend his argument. While displaying his
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Literary Analysis: The Great Gatsby Tesla Henderson F. Scott Fitzgerald demonstrates the thematic concern of carelessness in his fictional novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ by using characters such as Jordan‚ Myrtle‚ and Daisy. Carelessness is exemplified many times throughout the book; such as on page 26. The narrator says‚ “She nodded and moved away from him just as George returned.” This statement describes Myrtle caressing her secret lover‚ Tom‚ just before her husband re-enters
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Literary Devices Used In The Things They Carried By: Tom Vennemann The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien expresses the importance of a story-truth‚ as opposed to a happening-truth by use of literary elements in his writing. The novel is about war and the guilt it leaves on everyone involved in the war. Story-truth is not exactly what happened‚ but uses part of the truth and part made up in order to express the truth of what emotion was felt‚ which an important thematic element in the novel is
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