Ray Bradbury uses a lot of different techniques to create tension in his short story‚ "A Sound of Thunder". The techniques used are adjectives‚ adverbs‚ verbs‚ metaphors‚ similes‚ short sentences and he varies the sentence structures to create tension. The first technique Ray Bradbury uses is Adjectives. He uses them in lists of three‚ "... great oiled‚ resilient‚ striding legs." This emphasizes that part of the description and it has more effect on the reader because it creates a strong image.
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a memoir about his time in the Holocaust concentration camps Elie used animal imagery. Animal imagery is when someone uses animal instincts and behavior to define the characteristics of a human. Using animal imagery‚ he accomplished multiple things. One of them is showing how the prisoners act and how this experience has changed them and made them animal-like. Most people know how animals act. An by using animal imagery the author gives the reader a greater understanding of the situation. There is
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devil with instruments of torture‚ shrill screams of pain‚ and an encompassing‚ sweltering heat. Jean Paul Sartre proves in his play‚ No Exit‚ that Hell is not this petrifying scenario that is so popularized‚ but that Hell is simply other people. He uses metaphors to prove that the characters lose their sense of selves in hell‚ and have no other way to look at themselves except through the other people present. Cradeau is introduced to the room‚ where the bellboy runs down what is different in hell
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this fear by using the irony of the residents which he interviews to prove that they are just afraid of the unknown. Another interview that shows irony is when he talks to a man that protected his house with many different safety precautions; Moore uses his witty comments and careful editing to defeat this man’s defences. Some
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science as such‚ it is the advancement of science as it affects human individuals” (11). He is not suggesting that this is how science should advance‚ but that science will advance the way that people allow it to. The novel is not supposed to depict a “utopian” society by any means‚ but it is supposed to disturb the reader and warn him not to fall into this social decay. Huxley uses irony to exploit both communism and American capitalism created by Ford. Huxley’s first example
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him that way until the night before she died. She was upset and drunk and went for a drive. After that Miles and the colonial start to get consumed by their grief. They then try to figure out exactly how she died and pull the ultimate prank the boarding school has ever seen in honor of Alaska. John uses many figurative devices such as symbolism‚ allusions‚ imagery‚ metaphors‚ and similes to portray friendships and its growth and strength. Throughout the book miles talks about these white flowers by
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The Blindness of War In Liam O’ Flaherty’s short story “The Sniper”‚ two strangers in an irish civil war‚ embarrass in a conflict between themselves. The story has a more true and deeper meaning‚ how war can be so blind and numb to the body. How war can bring two strangers completely opposite from each other‚ together to find out what war actually is. The short story is truing to send out a true message to the world. That war is truly brother against brother and that it is not necessary in the
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the wilderness. She has a very deep respect for her father‚ so when she gets the chance to travel to “the spring wood” with him she could not be happier. Her use of language‚ including; diction and imagery‚ the manner in which she talks about the knowledge she gained that day‚ and of course how she looks up to her father reveals just how cherished this outing was for her. Esther’s deeply rooted respect for her father is evident from the very first sentence she wrote‚ “I have just come back from
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The Praise of Folly The author of “The praise of folly” Erasmus‚ wrote this book not with the intention of starting wide spread theological debates but with the intention of showing how pointless these debates are. The book is written in first person so that Folly herself is the one who the readers/listeners (because the book is written as if she were speaking to a crowd) are hearing and not just some man acting like he knows more or is better than anyone else. The book addresses three different
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Her name is Lauren Phillips‚ it may seem like a basic and common name‚ but she is not. Lauren loves to swim‚ she is the captain of the canton swim team. If swimming has taught her anything it would be to always give your best effort in everything you do also‚ how to be a team player‚ reach your goals‚ and just doing the best you can with motivation and support from others. “I like swim because it’s based on how hard you train‚ it’s all up to you‚ you don’t have to rely on anyone else. No one else
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