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    disconcerting enough‚ Poe creates even more terror in "The Tell-Tale Heart" through his adept use of similes‚ metaphors‚ and irony. Edgar Allan Poe uses a variety of figurative language‚ such as similes‚ to produce a cadaverous mood in "The Tell-Tale Heart." When Poe writes‚ "One of his eyes resembled that of a vulture- a pale blue eye‚ with a film over it‚" (Poe‚ paragraph 2‚ page 354) he creates a morbid simile in which the old man’s pale blue eye with a film over it is compared to a vulture’s eye using

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    hair came down on her neck in the frailest of ringlets‚ still black‚ and with an odor like copper." ( simile) (224.4) simile "The cones dropped as light as feathers. " (237.61)“The shadows hung from the oak trees to the road like curtains.” Simile (237.61)“Then she smelled wood-smoke‚ and smelled the river‚ and she saw a steeple and the cabins on their steep steps.” Olfactory Imagery (238.74)Simile “the wrinkles in her skin shone like a bright net.” (239.90)“Then Phoenix was like an old woman begging

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    metaphor‚ one example of a simile‚ and one example of an allusion that Edwards uses in this passage from the sermon to elicit this particular mood. Metaphor: A metaphor is a comparison of two unlike things without the use of like or as. For example: In the sermon the metaphor of loathsome insects describes sinners. The congregation’s righteousness is compared to a spider’s web. God is compared to an archer. What metaphor is used for Hell in the italicized passage? Simile: A simile is a comparison of

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    language such as simile‚ personification‚ and hyperbole. Not only does he use figurative language‚ but he uses selective examples of rhythm. In a rhythmic sense‚ he uses repetition and alliteration. In the poem‚ Wordsworth is very descriptive in his words to put a clear image in the readers head. In the poem Daffodils‚ Wordsworth expresses examples of figurative language by using similes. A simile is used to directly compare two unlike things using like or as. A simile is a useful technique

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    35). The author employs this simile to heighten Raskolnikov’s isolation and seclusion that results from his prideful attitude. The word tortoise represents how he retreats into a lonely and somewhat insane frame of mind. As he contemplates the idea

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    empire as the narrator‚ Orwell uses the officer to show the evils of imperialism on not only the Burmese but also on the enforcers. Orwell develops his argument against British imperialism through his use of rhetorical strategies such as symbolism‚ similes/metaphors‚ and imagery. One rhetorical strategy that Orwell uses to establish his strong dislike for imperialism is symbolism. An example of this is the use of the rifle in Shooting an Elephant. The rifle is not only used to kill the elephant (imperialism)

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    Too Much With Us” and “God’s Grandeur”. Similes are used to help the reader’s understanding of the subject by comparing two unlike things. William Wordsworth states‚ “‘And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers’” (7). Wordsworth continues to express his exasperation with the world while describing nature. The ‘sleeping flowers’ have the potential of ‘waking up’ or realizing the natural beauty around them. Gerard Manley Hopkins also uses similes‚ “‘It will flame out‚ like shining from shook

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    stylistic devices 2.1. Reproduction of simile in the short stories by E.A.Poe 2.2. Reproduction of metaphor in the short stories by E.A.Poe 2.3. Reproduction of epithets in the short stories by E.A.Poe 1.3.1. Simile . According to K. Ya. Lotots’ka simile is an imaginative comparison which is also called literary comparison.[27‚ p.102] I.R. Galperin said that simile intensifies one feature of the concept in question. The usage of simile serves the specification of features

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    Where Ophelia‚ Hamlets girlfriend‚ went mad before drowning in a lake. Then he describes the bees as they are working in ‘passionless industry’. The language features such as similes and metaphors put him on the same level as the reader so that it becomes easier for him to understand his thoughts and feelings. Similes like wild bees as “(swift as tigers)” embodies the way bees are known as being fast and dart about. Also included in this description is a comparison to tigers which gives the reader

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    Like Water for Chocolate Guided Reading Worksheet January In responding to the questions‚ use complete sentences and support your answers with text (quotes) from the reading. 1. Who is narrating the story? 2. What happened to bring on Mama Elena’s early delivery of Tita? 3. Where was Tita born? 4. How come it was not necessary to slap Tita on the bottom at birth? 5. Why did Tita feel a deep love for the kitchen? 6. Explain what happened to Tita when she was two days old. 7. Explain

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