with a number stylistic devices: metonymy ( the divisional machine-guns)‚ epithets (artificial world‚ hopeless comment‚ nervous despair)‚ personification ( saxophones wailed‚ something within her was crying‚ rooms that throbbed‚ dying orchids)‚ hyperbole (a hundred pairs‚ half a dozen dates‚ half a dozen men). There was found a case of simile (fresh faces like rose petals) . The author used such figures of contrast as oxymoron (cheerful snobbery‚ sweet fever)‚ antithesis (there was a certain struggle
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Harper Lee uses ___figurative language_____________________ (imagery‚ figurative language‚ simile‚ metaphor‚ etc) to intensify the mood of terror and suspense as Jem trespassed on the Radley property. The first example of figurative language is hyperbole .For example ‚scout says ‚”I made perhaps one step per minute “ (69).by using this quote the reader can understand the suspense within the characters movement . this suspense helps create a creepy mood because their movements are super slow and cautious
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careerbuilder.com/share/aboutus/pressreleasesdetail.aspx?id=pr542&sd=12/29/2009&ed=12/31/2010 Erichsen‚ Gerald. “10 Facts About the Spanish Language.” About.com. Spanish.About.com‚ 2011. Web. 27 Nov. 2011. Reagan‚ Brian. “The Epitome of Hyperbole.” Dakota Pictures‚ 2008. www.netflix.com. Web. 30 Nov. 2011 “Worldwide Spanish Speaking Population Statistics.” Spanish SEO. SpanishSeo.org‚ 2009. Web. 27 Nov. 2011.
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Do you believe in happy endings? The majority of J.D. Salinger’s book‚ “Catcher in the Rye”‚ certainly makes readers believe he doesn’t. “Catcher in the Rye” is a story about a misanthropic‚ 16 year old named Holden Caulfield. Holden has just been kicked out‚ or “gotten the ax” from yet another school‚ called Pencey Prep. He leaves Pencey early‚ and spends a few nights out in New York City‚ meeting up with old acquaintances and generally hating adulthood. Thankfully‚ the ending to Holden’s account
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Sarcasm “I have been been inducted into a world rich with gossip and intrigue‚ and now baptized in the whitest of fluids (66)”-Purpose: To inject humor to the situation and show that she takes things into stride‚ even getting milk poured on her. Hyperbole “What is a self-respecting restaurant cook doing in a flavor-free environment anyway? (65)”- Purpose: To express doubt about Pete’s honesty‚ she overemphasizes the blandness of the food he serves. Antithesis “wizened toddlers at a tea-party
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Ideas/Background: Bob Dylan is an American folk rock musician who influentially utilised poetry and current social themes in his music to create an impact. The song ‘Hurricane’‚ released in 1976‚ is one of his most famous songs. It discusses racism‚ racial injustice and corruption through the incorrect trial and murder conviction of African-American male Rubin Carter‚ an issue relevant to its time of release. Martin Luther King Jr. was a leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. He delivered
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Cockroach" Kevin Halligan reflects upon the value of life and the many challenges we face. Structure‚ tone and language techniques draw attention to the amount of detail and lessons that can be observed through an usually overlooked insect. The hyperbole of "a giant cockroach" conveys the closeness with which the persona is observing it‚ showing the reader the irony in his fascination and interest with this seemingly insignificant pest. The repetition of the insect here and in the title reinforces
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through his two poems “my heart leaps up” and “I wandered as lonely as a cloud”. ‘I wandered as lonely as a cloud’ reflects the inherit connections between man and nature. Wordsworth uses a variety of figurative language to communicate this idea. Hyperbole‚ visual imagery and personification are important techniques used as they indicate Wordsworth’s love for nature. In the first line of the poem he uses personification in representing himself figuratively "as a cloud". Wordsworth then proceeds to
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Alain De Bottom’s The Art of Travel causes disconnect allowing the audiences perspectives to change. “Who could not be satisfied with the horizons of home even as thy appropriate the limits of other lands‚" the double alliteration exhibited suggests that the composer is embracing both familiar and unfamiliar landscapes also reinforced by the high modality language that Alain De Bottom feels as though this should be both natural and universal. Similarly in Margaret Atwood The City Planners as she
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Barack Obama was re-elected for a second term as president of the United States on November the 7th 2012‚ by beating Mitt Romney despite dissatisfaction with the way he handled the economy. Before this particular outcome of the election‚ Obama made some remarks at a Campaign Event in Denver‚ Colorado. These remarks were among many other initiatives established by Obama to persuade the American people to vote for him. In order to reach this goal‚ he uses modes of appeal and rhetorical features‚ which
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