Night Portfolio By: Scott Kahler Mrs.Grandel 2nd Hour November 19‚ 2010 Figurative Language 1. Simile- “Physically he was as awkward as a clown. (pg.1).” Moshe was compared as a clown because he was a funny guy. 2. Metaphor- “Thousand gates and one gates leading in to the orchard of mystical truth.” This is a metaphor because each
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Second‚ in his essay about Hell‚ Joyce uses intensive imagery to create a scenery of Hell. Imagery is the figurative language that is most prominent in this passage. Without it‚ describing what hell looks like is useless. For example‚ in paragraph six‚ Joyce gives a description of the sensation of hellfire. He states “Every sense of the flesh is tortured eternally and every faculty of the soul therewith: the eyes with impenetrable utter darkness‚ the nose noisome odor‚ the ears with yells‚ howls
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Woolf keeps an eye on the moth and watches as the moths go through its course of life of struggling to get through the windowpanes‚ and eventually reaches death. The figurative language and syntax in the essay efficiently conveys the matters of life and death and what it means to be nothing but life. In the short essay‚ figurative language‚ specifically metaphor‚ is used effectively to connect life and death. Woolf witnessed the comparison and connection of life and death as she saw the moth struggling
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I think they do this so they do not look up to anyone but them. With a parent the kids may look up to the parents more than the dictator. therefor they take the children from their parents. They would enforce this because they wouldn’t want the children to learn their parents view of the situation. The parents could make it so their kids would want to revolt after knowing what a terrible situation it is to be in I believe that dictatorial leaders enforce children living apart from their families
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Anthem Essay In the novella Anthem‚ Ayn Rand promotes her vision of human nature by creating a society in which Individualism is a sin. The main character‚ Equality struggles in this world when he questions the belief of Collectivism that his government forces upon its people. Equality eventually realizes "To be free‚ a man must be free of his brothers”. In other words‚ he can not succeed in life if he is not independent and different from everyone who is in his society. Collectivism is the difference
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land—during this culturally delicate time. Kennedy speaks in a passionate tone for the socially divided citizens. Indeed‚ they differ between settling for peace or retaliating with anger. By acknowledging the immediate audience‚ Kennedy uses diverse figurative language and recognizes the issue of violence to grant his speech credibility. Kennedy incorporates imagery throughout
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“the Census Bureau calculates that the median woman in the United States makes 79 cents for every buck paid to the median man.” (Paquette) Women have always been underprivileged compared to men. Zora Neal Hurston effectively used setting‚ figurative language‚ characterization‚ and the manipulation of plot in Their Eyes Were Watching God to inform the audience how feminism has always been present and plays a big role in our lives‚ whether we are aware of it or not. Hurston began her novel describing
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“Sonnet 83” by William Shakespeare conveys the indescribable beauty of a person using punctuation‚ imagery‚ and figurative language. The word “painting” as used in the first line of the poem is a type of poetic imagery that means praise or poetic flattery. This accompanied with “painting set” creates a much more elegant image than simply writing the word praising. Imagery and figurative language is more heavy and emphasized in the last two lines of the quatrains. The last line of stanza one for example
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Literary Techniques in Anthem In the novel Anthem‚ Ayn Rand’s use of diction and figurative language provides readers with an excellent understanding of the style and tone in the novel. The author wrote Anthem in a deliberately simple‚ serious style to complement the story going on in the novel. It is one that is simple and serious‚ because of the major conflict‚ which is that Equality 7-2521 struggles to identify himself in a society that has rejected individualism in favor of collectivism
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In the stanza from the story of Macbeth‚ Lady Macbeth wants to lose her feminine qualities in order to be capable of murder. She conveys this through the use of figurative language and alliteration. Through the usage of figurative language‚ it is understood that she wants to lose her nurturing female qualities. Her statement of “unsex me here” figuratively means that she does not want to be the sex that she was given so that she could commit the murder. Literally she means that in order to pull
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