Firstly‚how are the figurative language used in the poem? The different figurative languages used are: Simile: Example 1:"eyes as wide as a football-pool" Meaning: Timothy’s eyes are very big. Why use this:exaggeration Example 2:"Ears like bombs and teeth like splinters" Explanation: Timothy’s ears are very big and his teeth are very sharp Why use this:exaggeration again Metaphor: Example 1:"And his hair is an exclamation-mark" Explanation:Timothy’s hair is very messy Why use this:To
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and connotations relating to both leeches and Satan. Together these literary techniques develop Chillingworth’s mutation from an upstanding citizen to a devilish bloodsucker and depict his relentless obsession with vengeance. Hawthorne integrates similes and metaphors into his unveiling of Chillingworth as a less righteous man than originally believed to aid characterization. His examination of Dimmesdale is begun “with the severe and equal integrity of a judge‚ desirous only of truth‚ even as if
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sexiness upset or offends them. Angelou is speaking to her audience of oppressors about how she had overcome racism‚ criticism‚ sexism‚ and personal obstacles in her life with pride and grace. Angelou uses literary elements such as personification‚ simile‚ and imagery to covey the theme. Angelou uses the literary element personification to help the reader realize how you can rise above all negative words people can say to you. In the sixth stanza in Maya Angelou’s “Still I Rise” she says “You
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In this essay I am going to be analysing how Wilfred Owen uses language to convey the horror and pity of war in‚ “Dulce Et Decorum Est”. Owen wrote‚ “Dulce Et Decorum Est” in October 1917. The poem describes the soldiers returning from the front for a period of rest. They are all exhausted and look ragged. They hear the gas shells trying to find their range but are too lethargic to worry about them. Then suddenly the enemy find their range and the shells hit them. One man fails to fit his gas mask
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Great Greek Minds Quiz on Homer’s Odyssey and Greece (45 pts) 1. (10 pts) What would our lives be like if no one had the ability to read or write? Without the ability to read and write‚ our lives would be very boring. By having a written language‚ we are able to understand things better and communicate more effectively. We wouldn’t be able to send letters or write books. We would use mostly oral tradition for our history and entertainment. Oral tradition is important but it is only
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graduating from naiveté and moving onto maturity. With an expressive voice‚ Angelou includes imagery‚ through the use of similes and colors‚ as well as juxtaposition in her narrative essay to illustrate the racial inequality between the Negroes and the whites. Throughout her narrative‚ Angelou demonstrates her emotional transition between hopefulness and disappointment through the use of similes. To this end‚ she thinks of the graduation class “like travelers with exotic destinations‚”
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During the 19th century‚ women experienced significant strides in Women’s Suffrage‚ but still struggled to be seen as equal to men in every part of the world. Charlotte Perkins Gilman‚ having suffered from depression‚ went to a well-known physician‚ Silas Weir Mitchell‚ who prescribed her the rest cure only to risk losing her sanity from the lack of brain stimulus. With the intent to go against Mitchell’s methods‚ give fellow women real experience and advice‚ and share about the oppression of women
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Disrespect was a major cultural difference. From the beginning of the relationship between Native and European Americans‚ the European Americans(Europeans) repeatedly dishonored the treaties which they agreed to uphold. Usually‚ they established the same treaties they betrayed‚ such as the Treaty of Fort Laramie (1851); which eventually led to the tragic massacre of the Cheyenne Indians at Sand Creek.[1] “The Treaty set forth traditional territorial claims of the tribes as between themselves.” [2]
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the negative connotations of the word “hurting”. | |“That was the thing about my sisters‚ she’d become tough. It was like I hardly knew her anymore” (p29) |Characterisation of Kylie; simile; metaphor |Tom sums up Kylie’s negative transformation‚ a consequence of the accident with the metaphoric verb “tough” and the simile “like I hardly knew her anymore” which emphasises their changed relationship. | |“The clouds were out and a storm was threatening” (p 105) |Pathetic fallacy tone‚ foreshadowing |When
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nature through imagery‚ personification and allusion. This poem explores the lack of appreciation humanity has for the natural world‚ It uses simile to create vivid imagery. An example of a quote would be ”And are gathered up like now sleeping flowers” is a simile which creates visual imagery by visualising people as sleeping flowers. Wordsworth uses this simile to show that humans do not appreciate nature as much as they used to‚ and that humans are blinded by their man-made world. However‚ the poet
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