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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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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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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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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Literary Devices in Poetry 1.) A.) simile - “This bundle of clothes I wash and hang and wash again like flags we share” “Daily” by Naomi Shihab‚ pg. 410. B.) metaphor - “And I recall his hands‚ two measures of tenderness” “The Gift” by Li-Young Lee‚ pg. 469. C.) imagery - “Poised between going on and back‚ pulled both ways taut like a tightrope walker” “The Base Stealer” by Robert Francis‚ pg. 476. D.) diction - “Moving slowly” “The Cyclopes in the Ocean” by Nikki Giovanni
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The speaker of the poem has recently lost a child to drowning. The pain of losing a child is uncomparable to anything in the world‚ and Margaret Atwood uses the title‚ tone‚ language and structure to describe the pain. The author uses different similes and metaphors to describe her son’s recent death. The title of the poem is essential as it sets the tone for the rest of the poem. Before the reader begins to read the poem they will read “Death of a Young Son by Drowning‚” after reading that title
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What becomes of deferred dreams: “Harlem” In “Harlem‚” by Langston Hughes‚ the speaker wants the reader to consider the dangers of postponing their dreams. Through similes of imagery‚ he emphasizes the importance to consider dreams to be as real as flesh and vital as food. “Harlem” is a free verse poem consisting of eleven lines‚ which are broken into four stanzas. In the first stanza‚ the speaker offers a question‚ “What happens to a dream deferred?” which has infinite many answers. In stanzas
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appeals to your senses. It offers you a verbal snapshot. Ex: “She could smell the moist‚ fresh grass.” 6. Metaphor- A metaphor is a comparison of two unlike objects. Ex: “He is a dirty rat.” 7. Simile- Similar to a metaphor‚ a simile is a comparison of two unlike objects. The difference is a simile uses the words “like” or “as”. Ex: “He is as dirty as a rat”. 8. Onomatopoeia- Words that are used to imitate sounds. Ex: Buzz‚ knock sizzle‚ crack‚ hum‚ pop‚ etc. 9. Personification- Giving human
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In “The Soul Has Bandaged Moments”‚ a person who is observing the soul gives their analysis of the cycle of the soul‚ beginning with bandaged moments‚ moving to freedom moments‚ and finishing with retaken moments. Dickinson incorporates repetition‚ simile‚ and rhyme in her poem to develop an observant tone in reporting the speaker’s observations about the soul’s cycle of experiences. Throughout the poem‚ Dickinson employs repetition to show the cyclical experiences of the soul‚ hence to create an
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describes his journey of power and how he flourished‚ but on “the third day comes a killing frost….[which] nips his root”. Wolsey is describing the king in a metaphor as a killing frost who has led him to his downfall. Shakespeare included this simile in Wolsey’s soliloquy to ensure the audience is fully aware of how Wolsey is feeling after just having his world turned upside down. In the end of the soliloquy Shakespeare expresses his complete cycle of emotion by having Wolsey realize his “high-blown
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