The use of figurative language or illustrations to represent objects‚ actions or ideas. An example of imagery. An example of imagery in this novel divergent are the factions. In the novel divergent‚ society is divided into five separate factions including‚ Amit faction ‘the peaceful’ was formed in order to have a peaceful society free from conflict and sadness caused by wars and instigation. Amity comes across as very kind and understanding. They strongly dislike war. They are truely a democratic
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Figurative Language in Shakespeare’s Macbeth Macbeth‚ the play of a greedy man who achieves his goals through treachery and murder‚ is filled with figurative language. Its author William Shakespeare‚ used imagery such as light and clothing to interpret the characters or themes. He also repeated several words as motifs throughout the play. A motif is a recurring theme in a story. One of the main motifs that Shakespeare uses is the word: blood. Blood is used forty-five times in Macbeth. It is used
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In the novel‚ Running in the Family by Michael Ondaatje‚ the author uses figurative language in Ceylon where which the story of his family unravels. He uses figurative language to connect Ceylon to the people who live there‚ particularly his family. As the story goes on‚ Ondaatje has the climate and earth of Ceylon form who people are‚ and how they act. At the beginning of the novel‚ Ondaatje is just starting to piece together his family’s past. He starts to realize how stubborn the whole family
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Maya Pimentel Ms. England English 12 CP/ Period 6 6 December 2016 Human Condition In both poems‚ “On Monsieur’s Departure” and “The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock‚” they reveal very similar aspects in the human condition using figurative language. The use of figurative language in these poems makes it easier to portray the types of feelings that go through one’s head. In “The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock” the poem is talking about what seems to be more of what happens when one over thinks when he’s
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“Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.” How effectively does Orwell convey his political message in “Animal Farm”? INTRODUCTION – TAGL (PARAGRAPH 1) Title Author Genre – Novel Link to question George Orwell. “Animal Farm”. Written in 1943. Explores the dangers of power and the violent consequences of corruption and the abuse of power. Orwell uses characterisation‚ turning points and language. George Orwell’s “Animal Farm” is a novel which explores the dangers of power. It follows
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Edwin Arlington Robinson uses types of figurative language‚ such as similes‚ hyperboles‚ and word choice to impart a message in the narrative poem‚ “Richard Cory”. In order to provide a mental picture‚ figurative language is used‚ creating an impact that goes beyond literal language. The people of the town‚ who are of lower class‚ look up to Richard Cory and want to be exactly like him. However‚ they have a change of heart once Richard kills himself‚ showing the townspeople some things can’t be bought
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Mildred. Guy is a fireman. In this book firemen don’t put out fires they start them‚ mostly to burn books. When they burn the books‚ they also burn the houses and the people. The theme of dangerous censorship is effectively shown through setting‚ figurative language‚ and plot. One way dangerous censorship is displayed is through the setting of the book. This book is set in a dystopian society where all books are banned. Knowledge is power and this society doesn’t want unequal amounts of power. Books are
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artifices to produce news and advertisements of all kinds in a brief manner. Journalists use various Linguistic devices such as syntactic phonological‚ morphological‚ semantic‚ lexical‚ rhetorical devices‚ plenty of figurative language in taglines‚ headlines and slogans and so on. Language has a powerful dominator role in affecting readers mind and
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6) In The Scarlet Letter‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne employs figurative language to explain the symbolic character of Pearl before she becomes a woman. To Hester‚ her child who is often associated with sin is‚ “Her Pearl! ...she named the infant “Pearl”‚ as being of great price‚ --purchased with all she had‚ her mother’s only treasure!”(6‚1). This allusion of the Gospel of Matthew‚ the merchant man seeking goodly pearls gave up everything to get that one pearl‚ similarly connects to how Hester gave up
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In “Mother to Son‚” Langston Hughes uses figurative languages like metaphors and tone to enhance the theme that you must keep going even through hard times. Hughes uses a metaphor to help show this theme by comparing two main ideas in the poem. A metaphor is a comparison between two unlike things in which one thing becomes another without using like or as. Hughes uses a metaphor when he compares the mother’s life in the poem to a crystal stair. The mother in this quote tells her son “Don’t you fall
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