In The Veldt‚ Ray Bradbury uses simile‚ tone and mood to give readers deeper understanding. It gives readers a creepy‚ unsettling feeling. The foreshadowing gives subtle hints on what’s to come. Despite some people claiming symbolism presents a cleaner picture‚ that can be proven wrong. Having better tone and mood gives the reader a deeper sense of reality. Good tone and usage of similes make the story seem more realistic. Ray Bradbury’s usage of simile‚ tone and mood‚ create a higher quality story
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Homeric simile‚ also called an epic simile or extended simile‚ is a detailed comparison in the form of a simile that is many lines in length. The word "Homeric" is based on the Greek author‚ Homer‚ who composed the two famous Greek epics‚ the Iliad and the Odyssey. Many authors continue to use this type of simile in their writings. The typical Homeric simile makes a comparison to some kind of event‚ in the form "like a ____ when it ______." The object of the comparison is usually something familiar
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Don’t you just love when everything in your life is wonderful? Your football team is going to state‚ there’s only 2 days until Christmas‚ and your girlfriend is a super hot cheerleader. But even though everything in your life is perfect you feel like it may be too perfect. I felt like that when I woke up Thursday December 23‚ but the thought was quickly pushed out of my head as my phone went off‚ “Hey boo! I just wanted to tell you I love you and I wanted to remind you that we have appointments
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onca also has a varying diet‚ perhaps due to the fact that the habitats differ. Most jaguars are solely carnivorous while some will eat grass; avocados have been recorded as an apparent favorite of the species (Seymour 1989). As for the carnivore side of the species‚ the chief prey is any terrestrial mammal over 1 kg in body mass (Seymour
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OF UKRAINE IVAN FRANKO NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LVIV ENGLISH DEPARTMENT SIMILE VERSUS COMPARATIVE IDIOM: TYPES AND FUNCTIONS IN THE TEXT COURSE PAPER PRESENTED BY Hotsur A.M.‚ a fourth year student of the English department SUPERVISED BY Lototska K. J.‚ an assistant professor of the English department LVIV - 2009 Contents Introduction…………………………………………………………………………...3 Simile: types and functions in the text……………………………………………..4 Comparative idiom:
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left on the street" - simile "bleed water from the sea" - imagery‚ metaphor "hands together tight like a closed book" - simile "dark round monkey eyes" - imagery‚ metaphor "sleepy eyes like cats in the sun" - simile‚ imagery "like someone is poking it with a stick" - imagery "soft and tickly as seagull feathers" - simile "’see my stomach’ she barks" - personification "her long hair plays in the wind" - personification " I thump my head like a ripe watermelon" - simile "I watch Uhmma’s shoes
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large firm to gain more sales for its mass-market products. Eg A car manufacturer may launch a high performance car which will have limited sales. The success and publicity for the sports car may increase sales for its standard range of cars. (Jaguar launched the high
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Analysis of the Simile from the Iliad A passage will be extracted from the Iliad to analyze how the contents of passage are expressed and contain the similes. The selected passage describes the fight between Achilles and Hector. In fact‚ the scene tells how fierce Achilles chases after Hector. Furthermore‚ it describes how Hector gets frightened as facing his death by means of the similes: Hector looked up‚ saw him‚ started to tremble‚ nerve gone‚ he could hold his ground no longer‚ he left
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personalities. Example: 1. “It’s rather a mystery--” “What island is it?” Rainsford asked. 2. “…Some superstition--” “Can’t see it‚” remarked Rainsford… 3. “For the hunter‚” amended Whitney. “Not for the jaguar.” “Don’t talk rot‚ Whitney‚” said Rainsford. “…Who cares how a jaguar feels?” 4. “…I did feel something like a sudden chill…There was no breeze…what I felt was a--a mental chill; a sort of sudden dread.” “Pure imagination‚” said Rainsford. Explanation: A reader (when reading
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and within the Tata Group? What questions does the Nano raise or answer as TML aspires to a global position in the automotive sector? How does the introduction of the people’s car square with luxury corporate acquisitions (e.g. the UK-based Jaguar)? 4. What are the implications of stakeholder tensions in Singur? What steps should TML (or the Tatas) take? Should TML have done things differently in the past?
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