OF UKRAINE IVAN FRANKO NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LVIV ENGLISH DEPARTMENT SIMILE VERSUS COMPARATIVE IDIOM: TYPES AND FUNCTIONS IN THE TEXT COURSE PAPER PRESENTED BY Hotsur A.M.‚ a fourth year student of the English department SUPERVISED BY Lototska K. J.‚ an assistant professor of the English department LVIV - 2009 Contents Introduction…………………………………………………………………………...3 Simile: types and functions in the text……………………………………………..4 Comparative idiom:
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adjectives. Metaphors and similes are also used to show Paul’s vision of Darwin. “To walk the streets at night was to walk among rows of lined‚ illuminated screens.” The metaphor conveys a vivid image of the wet streets in Darwin after rain. Similes like “As if the leaves were a kind of plastic” and “Like some lush‚ green five o’clock shadow” give a clear idea to the readers that in Paul’s eyes‚ Darwin is like an imaginary world‚ and everything is exaggerated in colour‚ shape and texture. Through
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primarily on the relationship between inner life with the outer world. William Wordsworth uses literary devices such as personification‚ similes‚ and the impressions nature makes on him to show the importance of the relationship that man should have with nature. Personification is used to make it easier for his readers to relate themselves to nature. The use of similes demonstrates the importance of experiencing nature as if it were oneself because it allows one to experience nature on a different level
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mentions “the fire engines that snaked like dragons and split the silent streets. It was festival‚ carnival.” telling us that the streets were silent and calm until fires broke out and the fire engines burst the silence‚ making loud noises and bright colours from their flashing lights and piercing sirens; this giving off the vibe of a
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The man with the three lives “All witches are selfish‚ the Queen had said. But Tiffany’s Third Thoughts said: Then turn selfishness into a weapon! Make all things yours! Make other lives and dreams and hopes yours! Protect them! Save them! Bring them into the sheepfold! Walk the gale for them! Keep away the wolf! My dreams! My brother! My family! My land! My world! How dare you try to take these things‚ because they are mine!” ― Quote by Terry Pratchett‚ The Wee Free Men (Discworld‚ 30)
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composer challenged you? Imagine this: you are only fourteen and raped by the man you call ‘father’. You have no one to turn to‚ fearing for your mother’s life‚ and even your own. Well‚ this is Celie’s harsh reality in Alice Walker’s novel The Colour Purple‚ a story about one African-American girl’s struggle to overcome racism‚ sexism and repression in pre-civil rights Southern America. Walker challenges and extends the understanding of readers through exploring confronting issues like female
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not be judged by the colour of their skin but by the content of their character.” In trying to fulfil this dream Dr. King was assassinated in 1968 at the age of 39. Please read the full text of I have a dream. You may find that reading about the horrific murder of the 14 year old boy‚ Emmett Till in 1955‚ puts the fears and concerns of the persona into context. TITLE The title is appropriate as it prepares us for the aspirations of a boy who is black. The fact that his colour is mentioned in the title
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nature commences. The opening line ‘the apes yawn and adore their fleas in the sun’ presents an oxymoron that evokes a sense of both boredom and decay for the reader. The aural imagery and onomatopoeia of ‘the parrots shriek’ is complemented by two similes ‘as if they were on fire’ and ‘strut like cheap tarts’ to add visual imagery‚ parrots that are acting desperately and unnaturally for attention and food In stanza 2‚ the empty cage ‘stinks of sleepers from the breathing straw!’ though both sibilance
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shady‚ dirty‚ twilight) * Grey (smoke-dried‚ gaunt‚ invisible‚ dismal) * Death (murders‚ funeral‚ dead‚ buried) * Dreadful (awful‚ monstrous‚ ghastly‚ grim) To create the gloomy atmosphere of the outside of the house‚ Dickens uses such colour adjectives as ‘blackened’‚ ‘white’ (mice) and ‘grey’‚ and epithets ‘tall’‚ ‘dark’‚ ‘dreadfully’‚ ‘shady’. The epithet ‘dark’ is repeated several times and accentuates the general mood of the text. The use of ‘dismal’‚ ‘smoke-dried’‚ ‘gaunt’ emphasizes
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In "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God‚" Jonothan Edwards makes use of similes‚ hyperboles‚ and repetition to strike fear into his audience in order to persuade them. By utilizing the sense of fear along with the rhetorical devices he manages to prove his point. By utilizing similes‚ Edwards makes a comparison to illustrate his point. An example would be when he states‚ "his wrath towards you burns like fire; he looks upon you as worthy of nothing else..." In the quote the comparison being
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