"The giver literary devices" Essays and Research Papers

Sort By:
Satisfactory Essays
Good Essays
Better Essays
Powerful Essays
Best Essays
Page 47 of 50 - About 500 Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    INPUT DEVICES

    • 441 Words
    • 2 Pages

    making non-text selections such as menu choices on the till of a fast food outlet. The keyboard is also waterproof which can be useful where there is dirt or the risk of splashes. 5. Explain why a mouse often called a pointing device A mouse is often called a pointing device because it enables you to control what happens on the screen by moving the mouse on your desk and pointing‚ clicking and selecting items on the screen. 6. Describe the difference between a mouse and a tracker ball? The difference

    Premium Keyboard

    • 441 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Good Essays

    The Giver By Lois Lowry

    • 543 Words
    • 3 Pages

    For my independent reading project I chose to read The Giver written by Lois Lowry. This story takes place in a “perfect” society. A society with no color. A society with no feelings. A society with no individuality. A society with no freedom. This book is set in a dystopian society‚ where everyone is the same and everything is chosen for you The main character in this story is a twelve year old boy named Jonas. He got placed into a job as reviver of energy. In the beginning of the book he is very

    Premium The Giver Lois Lowry Newbery Medal

    • 543 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Lexical Stylistic Devices

    • 1731 Words
    • 7 Pages

    LEXICAL STYLISTIC DEVICES Metaphor Genuine metaphors Trite(dead) metaphors Metonymy Metonymy Metonymy is the substitution of one word for another with which it is associated: ‘The White House said…’ (the American government) ; the press (newspapers and magazines); the cradle(infancy‚ place of origin);the grave(death); The hall applauded; The marble spoke; The kettle is boiling; I am fond of Agatha Christie; We didn’t speak because there were ears all around us; He was about a sentence away from

    Premium Rhetorical techniques Figure of speech Metaphor

    • 1731 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    The Giver I have recently read the novel The Giver‚ by Lois Lowry‚ and watched the movie Pleasantville. These works focus on making perfect societies. The Giver is about a boy named Jonas who lives in a community with many rules. He is assigned the job of the Receiver of Memory and goes through great amounts of pain and happiness

    Premium The Giver Lois Lowry Newbery Medal

    • 598 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    The Giver: Book Summary

    • 2358 Words
    • 10 Pages

    Book Summary The book starts with Jonas feeling apprehensive. At dinner that night‚ Jonas’s family- his father‚ mother‚ and sister named Lily- share their feelings like they do every night‚ it’s called the “the telling of feelings”. Jonas’s dad talks about taking care for a child. Jonas explains that he is apprehensive about the Ceremony of 12- the time when he will be assigned a career and begin his adult life. Jonas lives in a very strict community. Jonas starts thinking about all the other

    Premium Jonas The Giver Memory

    • 2358 Words
    • 10 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Good Essays

    singled out during the event‚ but then soon relizes what it has in store for him. In “The Giver” By lois Lowry‚ Jonas is a protagonist. While he lives in his Utopian society‚ he has no idea the secrets that he would unfold after he becomes the current Receiver Of Memory’s apprentice. His world quickly turns blue after it happens. The major reason that there are similarities and differences in “The Giver is‚ because Modern Society is more of a dystopia‚ and Jonas’s Society is more of a Utopia.

    Premium Lois Lowry Utopia Dystopia

    • 728 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Better Essays

    Rhetorical Devices

    • 3019 Words
    • 13 Pages

    Rhetorical Devices Style is part of classical rhetoric and a number of rhetorical devices are worth considering in any analysis of style. For the analysis of literature a knowledge of rhetorical devices is indispensable‚ since there is often a considerable density of rhetorical figures and tropes which are important generators and qualifiers of meaning and effect. This is particularly the case in poetry. Especially the analysis of the use of imagery is important for any kind of literary text. (For

    Premium Sentence Figure of speech Word

    • 3019 Words
    • 13 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Good Essays

    perfect society would be based on a great lie. People would be told that lie from the cradle‚ and they would believe it‚ because human beings need to make order out of chaos(-Anne Frasier)”. The Giver perfectly reflects the quote because their lives are based on a huge lie from birth to their death‚ but the Giver and receiver are exposed to the dark truth. Human beings are incapable of creating a perfect society due to their nature and limitations. This claim can be supported by the fact that perfection

    Premium Human The Giver Jonas

    • 974 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    The Giver Theme Essay

    • 486 Words
    • 2 Pages

    The Giver Short Answer by: William Nguyen (Core 2 Language Arts) While there are many themes that are present in "The Giver" and "Harrison Bergeron"‚ one theme stands out. That theme is‚ memories are important and if they’re lost‚ they can cause pain. In "The Giver"‚ by Lois Lowry‚ there are moments when important memories cause pain. When Jonas is talking to The Giver about [The Giver’s] daughter Rosemary‚ Jonas asks the Giver what happened when Rosemary was released. The Giver responds‚ "’The

    Premium Family English-language films Mother

    • 486 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Emotions In 'The Giver'

    • 472 Words
    • 2 Pages

    Feelings and emotions are an important feature for how a person acts and behaves. They impact greatly on their personality and how they react. Emotions can help motivate a person or cause them to become cautious‚ create and recognize attachments‚ and give them compassion to protect themselves and others. They are the connections that give a person their individuality and independence. How a person feels about something can affect what do about it. If it is a good feeling like confidence‚ they would

    Premium Psychology Emotion Feeling

    • 472 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
Page 1 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50