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    • His sexist monologue insults and belittles the men‚ with the purpose of making them suffer‚ and toughening them up. • Within this monologue‚ Dawe uses a rhetorical question and hyperbole‚ to…answer question‚ showing the dehumanising process of creating a soldier. LF – Rhetorical Question • The opening of the poem directly relates to the audience‚ and makes the audience feel like they have stepped into the dialogue. • Amongst

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    than 250 million views on YouTube. The song resembles quite a few poetic devices‚ Hyperbole‚ Rhyme‚ Omniscient‚ Metaphor‚ Personification‚ Onomatopoeia and Assonance. The term Hyperbole means exaggeration of something dramatic‚ a perfect example of a hyperbole within the song is “Every tear‚ a waterfall” (3rd Verse‚ 4th Line)‚ the phrase represents how each tear is equivalent to a waterfall‚ not only is this a hyperbole but a metaphor too‚ a metaphor meaning a comparison between two objects giving

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    happy.Even when it comes to replacing pets repeatedly.The essay‚ “I’ve got a few pet peeves about sea creatures” by Dave Barry is a high level comedic text that uses hyperbole and sarcasm to expose the truth that parents will go to great lengths to create positive pet experiences for their children. First Dave Barry starts using hyperbole here to explain how hard it is to find a suitable pet.”The aquarium guy would inform me that these fish could become aggressive if they were fewer than four of them

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    In Koebler’s article “Rise of the Robolawyers” he utilized sarcastic allusions‚ hyperboles‚ and antanagoges inside of parallel paragraphs. Different from Metz’s snarky antecedent‚ Koebler used a sarcastic allusion to introduce his article that added humor to a serious topic. When introducing the general hatred for lawyers‚ Koebler alluded

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    As I got more interested in Literary devices I started to get confident on which Type of Devices I wanted to use in my poem‚ I finally decided what kind of Devices I wanted in my poem‚ these include Onomatopoeias‚ Similes‚ and Hyperboles As I added in these Two of these Devices I wanted to try and use different literary devices. As I added more Stanzas I got an opportunity to add in another Device in each

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    I. Identify the type of sonnet given below by determining the rhyme scheme then write your answer below the poem. 1. Is it for fear to wet a widow’s eye ______ 2. That thou consumest thyself in single life? ______ 3. Ah! if thou issueless shalt hap to die. ______ 4. The world will wail thee‚ like a makeless wife; ______ 5. The world will be thy widow and still weep ______ 6. That thou no form of thee hast left behind‚ ______ 7. When every private widow well may keep ______ 8

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    sad excuse for a king. They start‚ what seems to be‚ an endless rambling frenzy of compliments that feed his growing ego. In Aristophanes’ play‚ The Birds‚ a comical scene is illustrated that brilliantly fuses together irony and humor. The use of hyperboles and rhyme shape Aristophanes’ satirical tone‚ which sends his audience into a state of gasping laughter. Although he uses poetic diction to define Pithetaerus‚ the choice of words ironically set up a comparison between expectations and reality.

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    a new life. It tells us that your new life is dangerous. “Radioactive” also says it is about not giving up during this new life that you have started. The theme of a new life is shown throughout the song with literary devices such as metaphors‚ hyperbole‚ alliteration‚ and repetition. Firstly‚ Imagine Dragons keeps singing‚ “I’m radioactive‚ I’m radioactive” throughout the song which is called repetition. This lyric shows that they are unstable and are very crazy in the head. Secondly‚ the lyric

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    fatalities. Jack London uses excellent literary devices when portraying the scene of the earthquake. He makes the reader able to envision the scene and events that were taking place. Hyperbole‚ parallelism‚ and simile are just a few of the literary devices that he uses. One type of literary device he uses is called a hyperbole. The earthquake occurred Wednesday at approximately 5:15 a.m. Many fires broke out in factories and in the working-class ghetto. In the city‚ all communication and organization were

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    announces upcoming football matches in an imitation of Sky Sport’s animated announcers . Mitchell advertises various games as well as the Sky Sports’ football coverage in an extremely enthusiastic fashion. Mitchell and Webb use the rhetorical device of hyperbole and enhance their comical approach through their well-selected diction to bring humor and entertainment to their viewers. The parody cleverly imitates the many football previews shown on the Sky

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