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    used in this sentence? A) hyperbole B) metaphor C) personification D) simile 2. My father was the sun and the moon to me. What type of figurative language is used in this sentence? A) hyperbole B) simile C) metaphor D) personification 3. The rain seemed like an old friend who had finally found us. What type of figurative language is used in this sentence? A) onomatopoeia B) metaphor C) personification D) simile 4. "Smash"‚ when the cup fell off the table. What type of figurative language

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    used a number of techniques to help the responder understand these themes. The main themes in the poems are journey‚ sadness‚ and transitions. Techniques which the writer has included are oxymoron‚ personification‚ a mixture of 1st and 3rd person‚ simile‚ alliteration‚ hyperbole‚ onomatopoeia‚ surrealistic imagery and juxtaposition. These techniques help us to understand the key themes in the text and follow Skrzynecki on a journey through his life experiences. A New England Morning is a poem about

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    the name of a distinctive hill which was mentioned in the writing. The travel writing is descriptive as it creates effects and atmospheres for the reader. To achieve these effects the author uses a variety of literary techniques such as metaphors‚ similes and personifications. In this travel writing‚ the author talks about the North Yorkshire coast. The text covers three different places in three different paragraphs which all of them are set within the North Yorkshire coast. In the first paragraph

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    children to a field where only the fittest survive. Owen use techniques to generate a graphical journey in our minds to draws us into his poem physically. He uses simile to describe the youth ‘like old beggars under sacks’‚ ‘coughing like hags’ as they are ‘cursed through sludge’. Owen conveys his concern of pity about the youth through simile as these ‘old beggars’ are the young generations of Australia that had been sent to war. He then metaphorically describes them as ‘drunk with fatigue’‚ ‘men marched

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    English 1 1 April 2012 Langston Hughes’s “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” Langston Hughes was born February 1st‚ 1902 in Joplin‚ Missouri. Lynching was a growing problem where he lived growing up. His parents divorced when he was young and racism made Hughes’s father leave the country for Mexico while his mom traveled from city to city looking for work as a journalist and stenographer. Langston Hughes went to high school in Cleveland‚ Ohio where he started writing poetry‚ short stories‚ and plays

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    Emily Dickenson’s poem “I heard a fly buzz- when I died- “is a great example of don’t judge a book by its cover. In “I heard a fly buzz-as I died”‚ Emily Dickinson uses symbols‚ imagery‚ similes and themes to show what it can be like when someone is dying. When you first read the title u probably think that the poem will be about the fly and her dying but as a matter of fact the poem’s title is an oxymoron. The oxymoronic “I heard a fly buzz when I died” is in the sense a death poem about life.

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    formed our world today along with the people in it‚ he began his works long before all of us were made. While reading “From Preface to God’s Determination‚” Edward Taylor captures many elements throughout the poem that represents a theme‚ imagery‚ and similes. The theme is the central idea in a piece of writing. In “From Preface to God’s Determination‚” the message of the poem is God’s handiwork on everyday life. Reading the poem‚ he interpreted God’s handiwork by

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    no one is faster‚ beautifuller or event different from anyone else. In the short story Harrison Bergeron Kurt Vonnegut explains a lot of hardships and restraints in talents and personalities. The author uses symbolism‚ descriptive language and similes to show restraint through handicaps. First of all the author uses the craft move of symbolism to show restraint through handicaps. For example on page‚ 1 paragraph‚ 1 “They were all equal in every which way. Nobody was smarter than anybody else

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    My Mistress’s Eyes Are Nothing Like the Sun The tone of this poem is serious and comical. He realizes the imperfections in humans. This is clear in the poem in line 1 “my mistress’s eyes are nothing like the sun” (Shakespeare W. My Mistress’s Eyes Are Nothing Like The Sun). Generally poets would worship their loved ones features‚ however the speaker appears to joke about this person’s features in this poem. In line 9 – 10 “i love to hear her speak‚ yet well i know that music hath a far more

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    hell’s wide gaping mouth open"(21-22).This quote explains that everyone is going to hell where there are flames and hell is ready for them to go into it. Personification compares human qualities to objects. Another rhetoric device he used is a simile. A simile paints a picture which makes Edward’s writing more intense. Edwards warns his audience that something horrendous would happen to them :" The wrath of God is like the great waters that are dammed for the present; they increase more and more‚

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