In the poems “Search for my Tongue” by Sujata Bhatt and “Half Caste” by John Agard‚ there are a variety of language features used such as personification‚ metaphors and repetition‚ which personally made descriptions in the poem more vivid. These techniques aided in making these poems more powerful and helped to effectively convey the messages that our identities are engraved in us and that we need to reconsider using the derogatory term ‘half-caste’ as it identifies people as ‘half’ people. Sujata
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LESSON PLAN IN ENGLISH-GRADE 7 L.C. Identify figures of speech that show comparison (simile‚metaphor‚personification) I.Objectives At the end of 60-minute period the students will be able to: 1. identify simile‚ metaphor‚ and personification; 2. cooperate in identifying the following figurative language and ; 3. write figures of speech sentences. II.Subject Matter Topic: Figures of Speech (Simile‚Metaphor‚Personification) Concept: A figure of speech is figurative language in the form of a
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Polysemy in Advertising Su Mei Koh 344185 INTRODUCTION The world of advertising is continually evolving‚ as consumer culture shifts to incorporate cultural ideologies that have become increasingly progressive over time. A growing body of research
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Figures of Speech A figure of speech expresses an idea‚ thought‚ or image with words which carry meanings beyond their literal ones. Figures of speech give extra dimension to language by stimulating the imagination and evoking visual‚ sensual imagery; such language paints a mental picture in words. Some types of figurative language are the following: Simile: a direct comparison of two things‚ usually employing the words like or as. “He watches from his mountain walls‚ And like a thunderbolt
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The two poems‚ "Rising five" by Norman Nicholson and "Piano and Drums" by Gabriel Okara share many of the same base themes through the use of language techniques. Both these poems are to do with life and yet both looked at different parts of it. They each used similar language techniques but for different reasons. They both use metaphors and imagery to emphasise their points In both "Rising five" and "Piano and Drums" metaphors are used to link the surrounding with life itself. In the poem‚ "Rising
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The Analyze of Two Poems - The Final Draft - The Introduction In this essay‚ I would like to analyze two poems that have the same titles. One is "Shall I Compare Thee To A Summer ’s Day?" written by William Shakespeare. The other also has the same title‚ "Shall I Compare Thee To A Summer ’s Day?" written by Howard Moss. In fact‚ the two poems have not only the same titles but also similar stories. In other words‚ Moss ’s poem is a parody of Shakespeare ’s poem. By the way‚ how are they different
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FIGURES OF SPEECH 05/04/2010 AcademicWritingSkills FIGURES OF SPEECH A figure of speech is a rhetorical device that achieves a special effect by using words in distinctive ways. ways 05/04/2010 AcademicWritingSkills FIGURES OF SPEECH y y A figure of speech is a use of a word that h diverges d f from its normall meaning‚ or a phrase with a specialized meaning n t based not b s d on n the th literal lit l meaning m nin of f the th words in it such as a metaphor‚ simile‚ or personification
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Coketown By Charles Dickens Dickens is using figures of speech to make pictures in the readers head and he is therefore helping people imagine the things he is telling about. One would say that Dickens is using metaphors to put a picture on his story and to make everyone feels how awful and terrible Coketown is. “Coketown was a town of red brick‚ or of brick that would have been red if the smoke and ashes had allowed it; but‚ as matters stood it was a town of unnatural red and black like the
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Following is an example of student writing in which figures of speech are overworked and actually impede rather than enhance the clarity of images. Cool water flows through the rocky banks of the creek and into a wide pond. Reeds and cattails surrounding the bank embrace the pond like a mother’s enfolding arms reaching out to caress her sleeping child. Like a beaming‚ proud mother’s eye‚ the sun drenches the scene with its loving warmth. Just beneath the sparkling surface of the water‚ minnows
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Forgive my guilt written by Robert P. Tristram Coffin is a narrative poem written in the 1st person which tells us about a man who is regretting his past when he use to kill birds. It is written in flashback because the persona wrote the poem as an adult with hindsight at his childhood how he used to lay on the frost flow with his gun being prepared to shoot. The dominant theme ascertained was remorseful. The persona showed a tone of regret. In lines 23 and 24 we saw where he asks the wild‚ airy
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