this‚ he has committed treason against his country. He hopes that his country‚ his other dearest love‚ will pardon him because he loves both his country and his love interest. | LITERARY DEVICES 1. PERSONIFICATION * Lines 4‚ 6-7: The love interest’s eyes constantly accuses and convicts the persona. This device highlights the extent to which the persona has hurt this person. * Lines 18-20: The persona hopes that his country‚ his other dearest love‚ will forgive him for the treasonous act
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(lines 5‚ 6). This shows the reader that the mother has experienced hazardous situations‚ in which she had to overcome in order to be where she is. As the poem continues it uses an extended metaphor to compare the mother’s life to a staircase‚ with the repetition of‚ “Life ain’t been no crystal stair‚” (line 2). The poem also uses local vernacular to help the reader understand the tone of the mother’s voice. As she is giving the son advice‚ “So boy don’t you turn back‚” (line 14)‚ it a loving but stern
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Literary Devices – Poetry Allusion: An event or fact from an external context assumed to be known by the reader (e.g. historical‚ biblical‚ etc.). An allusion can increase one’s understanding of the poem in question by drawing parallels with other subjects. Anthropomorphism: The showing or treating of animals‚ gods and objects as if they are human in appearance‚ character or behaviour. Apostrophe: Something that addresses an object‚ abstract idea‚ or person who is dead as though it could
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also uses an allusion on page 370 he writes “‘Ah‚ so you shall be misunderstood?’-is it so bad‚ then‚ to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood‚ and Socrates‚ and Jesus‚ and Luther‚ and Copernicus‚ and Galileo‚ and Newton‚ and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood.” Basically‚ he is saying that all of these people made major contributions to scientific‚ philosophical‚ or religious thinking and yet they were all misunderstood. Emerson uses this
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What general topic have you selected? What components‚ or sub topics‚ are related to this topic? What particular aspect of this topic interests you most? What is your purpose or goal for writing an essay on this topic? What question do you want to answer or address in the essay? What is your narrowed topic choice for final expository essay? Is your topic still too broad for the length of the paper
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a Coaster‚ always going all over the place and wanting it to stop. In the song “Coasters” by Khalid‚ he utilizes the literary devices of Imagery‚ symbolism‚ and diction to prove that having to get over someone is difficult situation that some people deal with‚ but it’s for the better for themselves. Imagery is visually descriptive or figurative language. In the song Coaster he uses imagery to show express on how he’s feeling‚ he says “ I’ll throw
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the image of the product has more priority than the performance of the product. An article in‚ “The Onion‚” the author satirizes how products are marketed to consumers through means of a variety of literary strategies such as words and phrases‚ dialogue‚ and scientific vocabulary. First‚ the literary strategy of using words and phrases throughout the article to mock the long tradition of how marketing companies advertise their products. The product in this article is shoe inserts. For instance
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FRANKENSTEIN LETTERS► Introduces Walton and Frankenstein.► Establishes the openingand closing settings (anArctic landscape).► Introduces a number ofkey ideas | IDEAS► Walton’s ambition‚ his desireto explore unknown realmsand the dangers of thisforeshadow Frankenstein’squest.► Transgressing the naturalorder.► Responsibility for one’sactions.► Isolation as a result oftransgression.► The need for friendship andsociety► Culpability►The potentially transformingpower of story telling. | TECHNIQUES►
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sister committed suicide and as result she had a lot of despair and loneliness in her life. This led to her gothic-romantic style of writing. Frankenstein‚ stylistically written for Shelley’s time period‚ is a worthy representation of both gothic and romantic literature. Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus is a classic composition that entails conflict and uses point of view to tell the story in a constructive way.
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right way to understand and communicate their feelings within a relationship‚ whether it be with each other or a romantic relationship. In order for them to transgress their sentiment‚ they may in some cases use tough love. On the other hand‚ they themselves will be subjected to much worse devices‚ such as violence. Like most people‚ they yearn for tenderness in the simplest of means but more often than not can not find it. The fragility of their bonds often mixes with the mysterious underlying curse
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