personification‚ onomatopoeia‚ slant rhyme‚ and dashes to express her dark and light side of death and sorrow in “I heard a fly buzz.” In I heard a Fly buzz –when I died‚ she uses personification to define her aspect of death. “And breaths were gathering firm/For the last onset –when the King/Be witnessed…” (I heard a Fly buzz –when I died‚ Emily Dickinson‚ Lines 6‚ 7 and 8) Yet again‚ Dickinson shows how death is a commanding living being because although her poem does not state the breaths belong
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Key Image Terms 1. simile- compares two dissimilar objects using like or as. Example #1: N. Scott Momaday describes shadows from clouds "that move upon the grain like water." Commentary: This simile shows vs. tells. It helps me to picture what the shadows looked like. They weren’t stationary‚ they were moving very fluid over a field of grain. By comparing the shadows to water‚ Momaday paints a picture of something being intangible to something that is tangible. I didn’t directly see the shadows
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Presentation 6 2.2. Workstations 7 2.3. Homework 8 3. Lesson c‚ post-reading activities 9 3.1. Day of implementation 9 4. Conclusion 9 References 10 Introduction I chose to base three lessons as a project on the rhyme Snow-White and the seven dwarfs from Revolting Rhymes by Roald Dahl‚ aiming at the 8th grade. The text is authentic‚ suitable and relevant for children at this age group. It will appeal to a wide range of pupils‚ and can be a tool for differentiation. I also believe that the
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The narrator uses similes‚ metaphor and imagery to describe Devon. This gives us a much better understanding of the narrator’s memories that he had in Devon school. For example the narrator says “I didn’t entirely like this new glossy new surface‚ because it made the school look like a museum‚(1)”. In this the narrator uses a simile in which he says the glossy surface makes his school appear as a museum. Another example of the narrator using figure of speech to describe Devon is when he says “ It
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of poetry to write‚ they actually do use it more than we all know. They tend to exaggerate a lot when writing‚ making things seem “bigger” and more important. They also use metaphors to compare things to other things totally unlike them. They also use rhyming to its full capability to get their points acrossed. They use rhyme schemes in couplets to get their points across. When an author is writing about something or just writing in general‚ they will use many many tools in whatever their
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The use of metaphor in poetry is one of the most important aspects of poetic style that must be mastered. Metaphor can be described as figure of speech in which a thing is referred to as being something that it resembles. For example‚ a fierce person can be referred to as a tiger. Another example of a metaphor would be the description of a person who was uncommunicative as being as "silent as stone". The word stone is an image that is used to explain the intense silence of the person. In this way
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Many poems have their own original ideas behind them and Street Poetry is not an exception to this. This poem has quite a few couplets and rhyming in it. It also has a funky form with one quintain and two quatrains also. I personally like this poem because of the meaning behind it. Also the last line is very meaningful to me. My opinion also did not change based on the analization of this poem. First off‚ Street Poetry is a spoken word with poem with one quintain and 2 quatrains. Street Poetry has
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Metaphors You can never fully get away from using metaphors in your life. We use them everyday without knowing it‚ which is why I agree with Robert Frost. The use of metaphors is so common when we speak or write‚ we sometimes don’t even notice and that’s the beauty of it. It’s so easy to use and it can make a conversation or writing much more exciting. When Robert Frost says : You don’t know how much
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types of figurative language from personifications to metaphors‚ hyperboles and especially similes. In the song “Firework” by Katy Perry‚ which is especially important because it is written to inspire people to be/believe in themselves Perry uses these poetic devices to make sure her audience connects to her lyrics. When Perry states‚ “Do you ever feel‚ feel so paper thin / like a house of cards / one blow from caving in” (4-6)‚ Perry uses a simile to compare two things while using ‘like’ in this case
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In the short story “The Metaphor” by Budge Wilson‚ a girl named Charlotte has a wonderfully flamboyant English teacher‚ Ms. Hancock. Mrs. Hancock has a certain way of making reading‚ writing and interpreting stories come alive for Charlotte. However‚ Charlotte’s mother does not approve of Ms. Hancock and is extremely rude and disrespectful to her. After Ms. Hancock passed away‚ Charlotte’s mom stated "lf you would examine this whole‚ perfectly natural situation with a modicum of rationality‚ you
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