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    afterwards I wrote the response‚ “A good war is a war that teaches it’s mistakes without one having to live with them.” At first I didn’t know if I had truly responded to the question. I analyzed both the question and response carefully through the literary devices and found myself satisfied with the responses standing. When analyzing the response I first had to return to the question. “When does paradox become hypocrisy?” Referring to this question I had to ask if my response held a paradox. “A good

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    Literary Devices Allegory A form of extended metaphor‚ in which objects‚ persons‚ and actions in a narrative‚ are equated with the meanings that lie outside the narrative itself. The underlying meaning has moral‚ social‚ religious‚ or political significance and characters are often personifications of abstract ideas as charity‚ greed‚ or envy. Thus an allegory is a story with two meanings‚ a literal meaning and a symbolic meaning. Alliteration The repetition of the same sound at the beginning

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    have hope we need faith. Hope can be pure if only being let down by someone or just being foolish of something that really doesn’t matter as much. In the poem ‚ "Hope is the Thing with Feathers" contains the literary devices of imagery‚ metaphor‚ and personification. All these literary devices add up to the theme by comparing them to things that are usually strange to be compared to hope. Emily Dickinson uses imagery in the poem "Hope is the thing with feathers" by creating a vision made up by

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    village‚ Mbanato. Achebe incorporates literary devices such as detail‚ dialogue‚ and analogy to reveal the Igbo tradition of eating together as friends and the challenges this traditions experiences which is people not inviting friends to feast together or people having feats as a form of retribution. Okonkwo threw this feast just to gather everyone together. Achebe successfully utilizes these devices to enhance his writing. Dialogue is a noticeable device used. Okonkwo claimed that “[He] have only

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    Literary Device Notes Alliteration Repeating the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. Allusion A figure of speech that makes a reference to‚ or representation of‚ people‚ places‚ events‚ literary work‚ myths‚ or works of art‚ either directly or by implication. Bildungsroman A type of novel concerned with education‚ development‚ and maturation of a young protagonist. Essentially‚ a Bildungsroman traces the formation of a protagonist’s maturity (the passage

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    Shakespeare’s "to be or not to be" soliloquoy examines the role of life and death in the tradegy of Hamlet and in the human condition. The use of literary devices emphasizes the fear of uncertainty and mortality. At first‚ the "to be or not to be" soliloquoy appears to analyze Hamlet’s own emotions‚ however‚ upon further examination‚ the universal nature of the messages in Shakespeare’s words becomes apparent. Perhaps one of the most ubiquitous lines in literature‚ "to be or not to be"‚ remains

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    Edgar Allen Poe makes use of several literary devices in order to create a gloomy atmosphere in his poem “The Raven”. Alliteration‚ rhyme‚ onomatopoeia‚ assonance‚ and repetition are used to contribute to the melodic nature of the work and provide an almost “visual” representation of his gothic setting. Poe is a master of using these writing techniques. “The Raven” is one of his most popular works. This is certainly due‚ in part to his use of these literary devices in this piece. The poem tells of

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    poem “Dulce et Decorum Est”‚ Wilfred Owen uses a variety of literary devices to tell a sickening sight which he encountered in World War 1. He discusses a side of war no one wants to talk about and challenges the reader’s thinking. Owen uses the literary devices of tone‚ figurative language‚ and imagery to showcase the actuality of what soldiers faced and encountered while both on and off the battlefield. The first literary device used throughout

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    Red Grief People use literary devices in their speech every day. However‚ few people know what they’re called. In his short story “The Whirligig of Life” O Henry demonstrates five common examples of literary devices. The first example of figurative language is in the very beginning of the excerpt‚ “The Ransom of Red Chief”. O Henry ironically uses the simile “as flat as a flannel cake” to describe the town of Summit. The irony is that the flat town of Summit doesn’t contain a single summit. The

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    Analysis of Hook by James Wright The poem Hook by James Wright is about two men going through difficult times that take place in a cold setting‚ much like their lives. They both have many things in common and many differences as well. The young man is seen as a pessimistic in this poem and the Sioux more of the optimistic‚ even with many sufferings he has gone through in his lifetime. The young man and the Sioux both have very different lifestyles‚ but what exactly is James Wright trying to prove

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