playwright‚ and a civil rights activist. She was born in the early 1900s so she experienced racism and racial prejudices and it really reflects in a lot of her work. In her writings she has a specific tone and structure‚ she also often times uses figurative language that relates to what she has been through/experienced. Maya Angelou’s voice/tone reflects so much in her writing that you can tell exactly how she is feeling and since she is so
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starts off innocent‚ but then goes on to commit horrible atrocities as a Nazi during WWII. Both Lord of the Flies by William Golding and Innocence by Thom Gunn show that anyone can turn savage under certain conditions. Lord of the Flies uses figurative language‚ allusions‚ and symbolism to show the transition from civilization to savagery. When Roger dropped that rock on Piggy‚ Golding said‚ “The rock struck Piggy a glancing blow from chin to knee; the conch exploded into a thousand white fragments
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the breakdown of civilization and the light and dark in humans. William Golding uses a plethora of descriptive writing to paint a picture in the Lord of the Flies using foreshadowing‚ mood‚ tone‚ and many types of figurative language. Golding uses many examples of figurative language such as similes‚ metaphors‚ personification‚ and hyperboles. A simile and metaphor compares two unlike objects. To differentiate the two‚ similes uses like or as and metaphors directly compares the two objects. An
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The Treasure of Lemon Brown There are many ways that writers use to help us visualize their story. The author of The Treasure of Lemon Brown uses a lot of descriptive and figurative language to make the story real . When he uses phrases such as‚ ”Never compare your weakness to other people’s strengths. This text is about the history of this little boy trying to play basketball but‚ his dad doesn’t want him to play‚ he wants him to study a lot a be a good kid in school but‚ after a discussion
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In The Odyssey‚ Homer uses figurative language the best to build characterization while using epic similes and metaphors to go into more detail about traits and evets. One of the main uses of figurative language homer uses to build characteristics is an epic smile This is proven when homer writes "The attackers struck like eagles…swooping down from a mountain ridge to harry smaller birds that skim across the flatland cringing under the clouds but the eagles plunge in fury‚ rip their lives out…never
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In the soliloquy from Shakespeare’s play‚ Henry VIII‚ Shakespeare’s use of elements represents complex Wolsey’s reaction from dismissal of the court that grows from a conceited tone that developes into one of self pity. Every piece of writing contains the author’s tone‚ this tone could be approving‚ formal‚ solemn or playful. It conveys what the author wants the characters to portray in a piece of dialogue such as Wolsey’s soliloquy. In the beginning of the soliloquy Wolsey portrayed conceded
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Anjalee Sadwani English Coburn P.3. Figurative language of To Kill A Mockingbird‚ book one Figurative language Chapter 1 Personification: "May comb was an old town‚ but it was a tired old town when I first knew it" (5). "...and the house was still" (15). Metaphor: "She was all angles and bones..." (6) "Mrs. Dubose was plain hell" (6). " Dill was a curiosity" (7). " Mr Radley’s posture was ramrod straight" (12). Hyperbole: "...the meanest man God ever blew breath into" (12)
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children younger than five-years old are focused on themselves and communication needs to be simple and concrete. Abstract or figurative language should not be used since it will be taken literally. Children that are in elementary school want to be prepared through explanation. Middle-schoolers and high schoolers can think abstractly‚ so figurative language‚ and more complex language can be used (Hockenberry & Wilson‚ 2015). One teaching technique that I always employ is the “teach-back method‚ in which
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audience such as the general public that many cities on the planet shouldn’t use too much light because it has detrimental effects‚ both physically and to the Earth. Bogard achieves his purpose and tone through the use of fierce diction and figurative language. Paul Bogard uses fierce diction in his essay to prove his main point in the essay that there should be more darkness and not to use too much light. Paul Bogard uses such fierce words such as “cancers‚” “wrecking” and “disturbing.” Through the
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Danielle Harrison English 101 K. Kemp May 2‚ 2012 The short story that I had analyzed was Rikki-Tikki-Tavi by Rudyard Kipling. I decided that characters‚ figurative language‚ and plot all gave a significant amount of support to the development of this story. Without these components of the story‚ I feel as if the story as a whole would not be at the level that it is at now. There were many characters with several different personalities in this short story. Rikki-Tikki‚ the mongoose‚ was
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