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     Dilliard’s purpose  in the passage is to convey the brutality yet beauty of nature through the death of a moth. She  uses similes‚ choice diction regarding colors‚ and adopts a fascinated tone in order to portray  her feelings about nature‚ that it can be brutal yet beautiful at the same time‚ for her general  audience that reads her passages.  In “Death of a Moth”‚ Dilliard uses several similes such as “like a boiling fire glimpsed  through silhouetted walls‚ like a hollow saint‚ like a flame­faced virgin gone to God”

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    1. simile-I remember the green coat that i wore in fifth or sixth grade when you either danced like a champ or pressed yourself against a greasy wall ‚ bitter like a penny toward happy couples. 2. Personification- with enough belts to hold down a small town 3. Personification-The next day when i got home from school‚ i discovered draped on my bedpost a jacket the color of day old guacamole . 4. Simile- I threw my books on the bed and approached the jacket slowly ‚as if it were a stranger whose

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    Metaphor Vs. Simile in Sonnet 130 My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun; *His mistress’ eyes…like the sun= simile because it is a direct comparison using “like.” Coral is far more red than her lips’ red; *Coral is far more red than her lips= would have been a simile because if he had not been making fun of these types of cliche poems‚ it would have been “her lips are as red as corals.” If snow be white‚ why then her breasts are dun; *If he had not been satirical‚ this line

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    1.0 TERM OF REFERENCES On the 6th of March 2013‚ Zakwan Bin Ahmad‚ the leader of the group had been instructed by Madam Hajah Marhaini binti Mohd Hassan‚ the lecturer of BEL422 Report Writing subject to prepare a report of the decreasing number of tourists that visit Jeram Linang. The purpose of this report is to give an overview about problems that are prevents Jeram Linang to be famous. This report will arise some factor that contributed the decreasing number of tourists that visits Jeram Linang

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    techniques such as tone‚ imagery‚ similes‚ and foreshadowing have been used by authors to engender specific impressions upon their audience. Like an artist’s pallet of paint‚ authors color their words with vibrancy through the use of these literary tools. In the Greek work the Iliad‚ Homer skillfully utilizes similes and foreshadowing in an innovative way. Rather than approaching them as separate entities‚ he notably combines them by foreshadowing in the form of a simile about what will come to pass

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    might be having sleep paralysis. About half of the population has experienced this strange phenomenon at least once in their life This episode can last anywhere from seconds to minutes‚ and may involve visual or auditory hallucinations. In 1867‚ Dr Silas Weir Mitchell was the first medical professional to study sleep paralysis. He captured the condition with the following description: “The subject awakes to consciousness of his environment‚ but is incapable moving a muscle; lying to all appearances

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    the famous art activity is to sing a song. For me‚ it’s not like a hobby‚ it’s more like a part of my life. So I choose one of my favorite song to express myself.in the song‚ there are many figurative languages‚ for example‚ there have repetition‚ simile and rhyme. first of all‚ there are many repetitions in this song‚ repetition means the act of repeating‚ or doing‚ saying‚ or writing something again; repeated action‚ performance‚ production‚ or presentation. in my opinion‚ if you repeat some

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    hyperbole c. metaphor b. simile d. personification 2. What figure of speech is the book dropped from his hands like lead? a. simile c. personification b. hyperbole d. metaphor 3. What figure of speech is they had to have it in their libraries as a monument of antiquity‚ like those old rusty coins which can’t be used in real trade? a. metonymy c. metaphor b. simile d. personification 4. What figure of speech is the field sits breathless? a. simile c. metaphor b. personification

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    providing others with their needs- God provided food for Elijah during his discouragement because God knows that Elijah needed to be fed‚ 1Kings 19:7 Our visitation to other people could be another source of encouragement‚ Act 15:40-41: but Paul chose Silas and left‚ commended by the believers to the grace of the Lord. 41 He went through Syria and Cilicia‚ strengthening the churches. So‚ it is our job to encourage others‚ action is required‚ so let

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    sense. Figurative meaning is far more interesting when it is used in a sentence. It encourages us to use our imaginations. There are different ways to use figurative language in our daily life such as simile‚ personification‚ alliteration‚ paradox and etc. Niklaus runs like a duck. (it’s a simile‚ as Niklaus is explicitly compared to a duck with the use of the words “like” or “as”) Love is a ruthless game (it’s a metaphor‚ as one thing is compared to another without the use of the words “like”

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