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    England and France during the start of the French Revolution‚ A Tale of Two Cities provides a glimpse into the lives of both the aristocrats and the revolutionaries of the time. In this classic novel‚ Dickens makes use of many sophisticated literary devices. These devices help tell the real story and convey the author’s true intentions for the novel’s outcome‚ as well as adding depth and richness to an already interesting story. “It was the best of times‚ it was the worst of times‚ it was the age of wisdom

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    the image of the product has more priority than the performance of the product. An article in‚ “The Onion‚” the author satirizes how products are marketed to consumers through means of a variety of literary strategies such as words and phrases‚ dialogue‚ and scientific vocabulary. First‚ the literary strategy of using words and phrases throughout the article to mock the long tradition of how marketing companies advertise their products. The product in this article is shoe inserts. For instance

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    based on a person’s emotions. In this perspective‚ it’s Khalid’s emotion and how it affected him. He relates his emotions as a Coaster‚ always going all over the place and wanting it to stop. In the song “Coasters” by Khalid‚ he utilizes the literary devices of Imagery‚ symbolism‚ and diction to prove that having to get over someone is difficult situation that some people deal with‚ but it’s for the better for themselves. Imagery is visually descriptive or figurative language. In the song Coaster

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    specifically mentioned as they link to death due to the fact that coffins are made from this type of wood. Nick Dear’s adaptation of Frankenstein can link to Ulalume by Poe due to the similar technique of contrasting Frankenstein’s feelings through a literary platform of

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    their feelings within a relationship‚ whether it be with each other or a romantic relationship. In order for them to transgress their sentiment‚ they may in some cases use tough love. On the other hand‚ they themselves will be subjected to much worse devices‚ such as violence. Like most people‚ they yearn for tenderness in the simplest of means but more often than not can not find it. The fragility of their bonds often mixes with the mysterious underlying curse lurking their family‚ internally and externally-fukú

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    CASE: PETRIE’S ELECTRONICS Determining Systems Requirements Although the customer loyalty project at Petrie’s Electronics had gone slowly at first‚ the past few weeks had been fast paced and busy‚ Jim Watanabe‚ the project manager‚ thought to himself. He had spent much of his time planning and conducting interviews with key stakeholders inside the company. He had also worked with the marketing group to put together some focus groups made up of loyal customers‚ to get some ideas about what they

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    the reader‚ they can convey the ideas and themes represented in the story successfully to the audience‚ and therefore the intension of the writer can be better understood and appreciated. In order to achieve this target‚ the writers often employ literary techniques‚ such as foreshadowing‚ story in story‚ suspense‚ etc‚ to attract and hold the reader’s attention. Usually‚ the plot itself plays the most important role in holding the reader’s attention‚ by evoking the interest and curiosity in the

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    Here is what I thought of the poem after reading and studying it. It is not so much an analysis of the poem‚ but an analysis of the devices used to convey the thesis of the poem. E. E. Cummings presents his views about life and how the individual is able to create more opportunities in life by pushing boundaries than if he were to conform to the demands of society by using sequential diction in an informal sentence structure through a weary tone. The weary tone gives the impression that the

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    Conrad uses devices such as anaphora‚ symbolism and imagery. “When the sun rose there was a white fog‚ very warm and clammy‚ and more blinding than the night” (Conrad 44) He mentioned‚ the fog‚ which creates imagery of literal darkness and obscurity throughout his

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    Literary Devices of Tell-Tale Heart The first literary device Poe uses in Tell-Tale Heart is time of day. Although not specific‚ “Tell-Tale Heart” seems to be set within a house shared by the old man and his killer. In (538:1) he uses the literary device of time of day; “And every night‚ about midnight‚ I turned the latch of his door and open it-oh so gently!”. Another time of day is in (538:1); “And this I did for seven long nights- every night just at midnight”. The night time observance of

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