Throughout Slaughterhouse-Five‚ Vonnegut chooses to use special literary techniques that better explain his own encounters in war as well as help his readers bare the horridness of war. Vonnegut adds black humor in his text to benefit readers as well as “an author-as-character” perspective to set barriers and help protect his own memories in the war. Without adding these two specific devices‚ Vonnegut could possibly have lost reader’s interests in the book or lost his own interest in writing the
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In the ”Gettysburg Address‚” Abraham Lincoln incorporates literary devices in his address to achieve his purpose. Lincoln uses repetition‚ antithesis‚ and parallelism to remind those who were present of the lives that were lost and the dream that should continue to live on for them. Abraham Lincoln utilizes repetition in his speech to make it very clear what his point is. By repeating words it emphasizes Lincoln’s point and the importance of it. He says‚ “... we cannot dedicate- we cannot consecrate--
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Device Quote Function Imagery/Simile/Hyperbole “Where Tjaden puts it all is a mystery‚ for he is and always will be as thin as a rake.” When the author compares Tjaden to a rake‚ it makes the readers realize how thin he really is. This quote makes the reader imagine a rake and how it relates to the character. Conflict (external; man vs. man) “Eighty men can’t have what is meant for a hundred and fifty... I don’t care about the stew‚ but I can only issue rations for eighty men.” The men are starving
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paragraph uses many different things to make sleeping in a church go from normal‚ and maybe even comforting‚ to terrifying and unsettling. The author uses many different literary devices‚ punctuation‚ and diction choices throughout the paragraph to do so. All of these different techniques make the style of this writing very unique and makes the overall mood more dramatic. The author uses all these things to show us how sleeping overnight in a church is terrifying. There are a lot of literary devices you
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of betrayal‚ honor‚ and the nature of man. It is also masterfully written‚ as Shakespeare uses language to depict imagery and provoke thoughts. Shakespeare uses literary devices to illustrate Richard’s tyrannous character in act 4 when Elizabeth and Margaret are grieving over their losses that Richard is responsible for and when he sends Tyrell to kill the princes in the tower. In scene 4‚ Shakespeare uses an animal motif and a wheel of fortune motif to convey Richard’s personality. Elizabeth and
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God was angry at the Israelites because when Moses was up on the mountain‚ the Israelites took it upon themselves to use their gold to create a golden calf to worship. God had specifically stated in the Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:4-17) that the Israelites were not to worship other idols or gods. By ignoring the commandment to not worship others‚ the Israelites showed God that they did not fear and respect him as they should. God is extremely angry because he believes that after all he has done for
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POETRY Poems are a creative form of writing‚ meant to be read aloud and enjoyed rather than approached as a difficult puzzle to be solved. When analyzing a poem pay attention to the following Elements:- Title Content Structure Literary Devices Rhythm Rhyme Mood Tone Diction/Language Imagery Theme Meaning In addition‚ the Essay Structure and Technique for answering questions will be taught. For convenience‚ questions are broken down into sections (a‚ b‚ c)
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disturbing. For example‚ “Natural disasters are dramatic enough people photoshop years old pictures‚ out-of-context videos and inevitably which causes havoc and disruption with citizens”. This quote implies that A.J. is using the literary device hyperbole‚ when using this device he does not agree with the using of photoshop during these type of natural causes due to the interruption and bad view on the
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Patronymics is used to refer someone by the name of their father which I had used for Belle’s father‚ Maurice. Homer introduces a delay element when he mentions Odysseus’ name at line 15 with "Were safely back home. Only Odysseus..." (Homer‚ 1). Homer uses patronymics when he mentions "Then came the ghost of Achilles‚ son of Peleus" (Homer‚ 172). Dialogues are conversations between two or more people. This is presented when Belle comes back to save Beast and then confesses her love to him before the
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Rhetorical Devices that use figurative language Rhetorical devices are techniques that writers use to persuade‚ create a literary effect‚ or evoke an emotional response from the reader. Whenever you describe something by comparing it with something else‚ you are using figurative language‚ which is any language that goes beyond the literal meaning of words in order to furnish new effects or fresh insights into an idea or a subject (e.g. Whenever you call something “cool‚” you’re not talking
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