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    Daffodils and Patterns

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    Paula Kriesel In the poem “Daffodils” by William Wordsworth uses many techniques through out his poem. He uses imagery‚ metaphors‚ personification‚ similes‚ and hyperbole to help the reader feel like he feels. Alliteration‚ rhyme‚ and rhythm make the poem flow smoothly and easy to read. In the poem “Patterns” by Amy Lowell the focus tends to be more on imagery than other items. Amy Lowell uses some metaphors in her poem. “Patterns” is very descriptive through out the poem. The speaker

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    their respective texts Jasper Jones and Bora Ring. The idea of change as a maturing yet calamitous and estranging force is conveyed onto the audience through demonstration of its dynamic effects. The skilful use of literary techniques—metaphors‚ similes and symbolism—allows the reader to fully comprehend the consequences of this perpetual force. Metaphors and personification display the idea that change is cataclysmic when it is not required. Change emerges in the life of Jasper Jones’ protagonist

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    Peter Skrzynecki

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    Several aspects of belonging can be explored through any of Peter Skrzynecki’s poems in the Immigrant Chronicle. Peter Skrzynecki explores belonging and its effect on him and his family. Belonging is a feeling that every human has a need to feel. When a person feels like they don’t belong they lose the feeling of security‚ they lack self esteem and an individual’s physical and physiological wellbeing can also be affected. In the poem “St Patrick’s College” shows the feeling of being unable to

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    In “The Story of an Hour‚” Kate Chopin uses optimistic imagery to state that freedom is a spark that becomes a flame to those who are binded by darkness as her main idea. She is able to convey this main idea to the readers through metaphors and similes that correlates with freedom. Chopin states her main idea by using optimistic metaphor about the taste of freedom from a woman‚ whose husband was thought to be dead. In the story‚ the narrator says‚ “she was drinking in a very

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    Caged Bird

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    How do we know which season the poet describes? A. The season is spring‚ seen in the springing grass‚ first bird‚ first bud. Note the simile here‚ which helps us picture the pastoral scene which the bird so desperately wishes to join. What figure of speech describes the flower? A. The poet refers to the fragrance of a flower as it opens. He uses a metaphor to compare the flower to a goblet. What type of figurative language is used here? A. The poet uses personification‚ “cruel bars‚” attributing

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    Tom Brenna Speech

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    Tom Brennan Speech. How has the prescribed text you have studied conveyed how knowledge attitudes and beliefs of characters have been affected by the transition of going ‘Into the World’? How would you and your family cope with a major tragedy? Would you be bitter‚ argue or cling together? And most importantly how would you even begin to move on with your life? Throughout the book ‘The Story of Tom Brennan’‚ each character deals with the tragedy in many different ways. Tom becomes depressed and

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    additionally‚ she articulates her own feelings of inadequacy while at the same time delicately portraying the futility of the entire situation. The very first simile in the poem‚ ?ink smeared like birdprints in snow.? (2) alludes to a metaphor that continues throughout the poem in which the author describes herself as a sparrow. The simile itself serves multiple purposes‚ the first and most obvious of which is the imagery it creates‚ comparing the black words she is writing on the paper to the footprints

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    Sandra Cisneros Similes

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    In this story‚ there are so many similes‚ however one that really stood out was the one quoted above. As I continue to go on with the story it amazes me how Sandra Cisneros‚ structures these sentences to make the readers more captivated. Reading this story once or just skimming through it‚ there would be no way to fully understand the deep meaning she is trying to reveal. For me‚ I personally had to reread the story a couple times to be able to catch all the similes and fully grasp the whole story

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    Composers create distinctive voices in their texts to help shape‚ challenge or even support perceptions we have about the world we live in. Composers use distinctive voices in their texts to help us think about the significant issues involved in the world around us. Marele Day‚ in “the Life and Crimes of Harry Lavender”. Using the form of a crime fiction to challenge our perceptions of the role of men and women in the world we live in. Martin Luther King’s speech “I have a dream” also explores these

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    the yellow wallpaper

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    tangible‚ the yellow wallpaper. Gilman establishes this theme by using the wallpaper as a symbol for the structure of family‚ Personification of the pattern itself‚ her use of irony within Jane’s statements‚ and the work’s events and by utilizing similes and metaphors to compare the wallpaper to suicide. Carpenter 2 The Yellow wallpaper symbolizes the framework of the household‚ therefore it extensively deals with the power dynamics within the family. The short story is placed somewhere between

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