to Remember… Figurative Language Simile- A simile compares two things using the words “like” and “as.” Examples: busy as a beeas dry as a bone clean as a whistle brave as a lion stand out like a sore thumbthey fought like cats and dogs Metaphor- When you use a metaphor‚ you make a statement that doesn’t make sense literally‚ like “time is a thief.” It only makes sense when the similarities between the two things become apparent or someone understands the connection. Examples:
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The Fate of Ichabod Crane Ichabod Crane‚ a very frail‚ gullible man that had just moved from his hometown of Connecticut to a very petite and eerie village called Sleepy Hollow‚ New York. There in the town he had heard rumors of mysterious creatures roaming the streets and a very popular legend‚ the Headless Horseman. Being the gullible man Ichabod was‚ he believed all of these stories and feared of one day meeting the Headless Horseman. While living in this small town‚ he acquired the job of
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Introduction Stephen King is known for horror and suspense‚ and he is the master of writing horror books (Kraft 1). Stephen King was born in Portland‚ Maine‚ on September 21‚ 1947. King is identified as a writer of horror fiction mostly because of three novels he published under the genre of horror (Senf 3). In the essay ”The Horror Writer and the Ten Bears” it reveals King’s familiarity with that tradition. In the essay it describes his personal fears in ascending order of importance. Some of
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Brown Girl‚ Brownstones Paule Marshall Online Information For the online version of BookRags’ Brown Girl‚ Brownstones Short Guide‚ including complete copyright information‚ please visit: http://www.bookrags.com/short/brown−girl−brownstones/ Copyright Information ©2000−2005 BookRags‚ Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. The following sections‚ if they exist‚ are offprint from Beacham’s Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction: "Social Concerns"‚ "Thematic Overview"‚ "Techniques"‚ "Literary Precedents"‚ "Key Questions"
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..a great adventure story—it is certainly one of that select handful that I have given to people‚ envying them the experience of the first reading." Ray Bradbury is another influence‚ with King himself stating "without Ray Bradbury‚ there is no Stephen King."[68] King refers to H. P. Lovecraft several times in Danse Macabre. "Gramma"‚ a short story made into a film in the 1980s anthology horror show The New Twilight Zone‚ mentions Lovecraft’s notorious fictional creation Necronomicon‚ also borrowing
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Stephen Spender’s "My Parents Kept Me from Children who were Rough" has as the focal point of the poem conveyed in the title itself. The verb ’keep’ with reference to the context of the poem implies "preventing". However‚ an analysis will bring to light that the verb’keep’ also has its own negative connotations as in the illegitimate "keep". Therefore it also indicates the deed of holding a person "illegally". The notion that the parents were obdurate on restraining the speaker from such company
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What are greatest moments? Are they the best moments in life‚ the ones we remember or the events we try to forget? When asked‚ people generally seem to say the moments they consider the best: Weddings‚ graduations‚ the birth of children and personal enlightenment. The key word here‚ it seems‚ is Greatest‚ and Great does not necessarily mean best‚ it means most important. The Greatest moments in life are just as likely to be tragedies as they are triumphs because bad moments are just as likely to
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September‚ 18 2013 Stephen Hawking 1243 Brown St. Europe‚ Oxford 21348 Re: Scientific Research
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4. Define “Dark Romanticism” as you understand it by discussing two works by different authors. Account for the rise of this kind of writing in America and evaluate its appeal and significance then and now. The Dark Side of Romanticism Romantic literary texts focus on the expression of emotion. Authors during the Romantic period developed and integrated the idea of the individual being the main focus in life. Romantic authors focused on the individual being at the center of their own happiness and
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------------------------------------------------- Stephen Hawking From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Stephen Hawking CH CBE | Hawking at NASA‚ 1980s | Born | Stephen William Hawking 8 January 1942 (age 71) Oxford‚ England | Residence | United Kingdom | Nationality | British | Fields | * General relativity * Quantum gravity | Institutions | * Cambridge University * California Institute of Technology * Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics | Alma mater |
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