the first line in a story might start with “Mother?” “There was no reply.” This would be more attention grabbing than just writing‚ “I called my mother‚ and she didn’t answer.” This makes me want to know why Mother didn’t answer. Using figurative language‚ such as similes and metaphors‚ keeps a story interesting and
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The Axial Age was a time in mankind’s history when great thinkers started to conceive and develop many new political‚ economical‚ and philosophical ideas. It is defined as a period from 800 B.C. to 200 B.C. The Axial Age was the era of enlightenment and mankind began to develop intellectually. All these ideas soon led to the start of the Age of Empires. The Age of Empires arises from the end of the Axial Age. The rulers and leaders of this new era started to use the new ideas and thoughts in their
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I‚ George Delpratt‚ have grown up in a time where honour is everything; an era where people believe the sole way to demonstrate true patriotism is to pay the ultimate sacrifice for one’s country. That’s why half the men are here‚ at Gallipoli. Heroes‚ they feel the need to be memorialised as heroes. But there’s also those‚ like me‚ who are here to defend those they hold in their heart; the ones they carry with them day by day. Every day I imagine them‚ reminisce while we march like cattle through
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Et Nox Facta Est Within the writings of the author Victor Hugo‚ I see a theme of what I would compare to a tragedy. There is such heavy emotion put into this work. Throughout the work of Est Nox Facta Est‚ there are many themes of darkness‚ and struggle within the life of whom this is written about‚ wether it is fiction or based off of a real life event. The poem has heavy ties to that of the subject of religion‚ and that of almost a dark and gothic theme. This poem to me seems to be a poem explaining
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Most poets use some form of figurative language to convey messages in their poetry because it allows the reader to attach a relatable visual to the emotion. As a result‚ nature‚ with its immense web of symbolism and mystery‚ is often encrypted into poetry. Poetry readers are often confused by a poets reference to nature such as trees‚ flowers‚ moons‚ etc.‚ by assuming that any connection to the beauties of nature implies a positive connotation; however‚ it can be argued that nature’s attributes are
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List of Figurative Language and Rhetorical devices Alliteration‚ assonance and consonance: Alliteration is the repetition of the first sound in nearby words‚ for example: Always avoid alliteration. Assonance is the repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds within‚ for example‚ words in the lines of a poem. Consonance is the repetition of consonant sounds in the words. All three techniques can be combined: And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain
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1. When I first saw her‚ my soul began to quiver. (I fell in love/in a panic) 2. Mary is as beautiful as a rising sun 3. Those flowers are as delicate as a spider web. 4. The sharp teeth of the cold wind bit through my overcoat 5. My love is like a red‚ red rose.’ Here a person is compared to a flower in a way that suggests they have certain features in common‚ such as beauty‚ fragility‚ and so on. 6. ‘The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas.’ Here the image of the moon in a
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Holocaust through a captivating 120 page book‚ illustrating how he survived. In his book‚ Night‚ Elie Wiesel develops the plot by using very vivid figurative language to describe very sentimental experiences. Elie Wiesel’s use of metaphors throughout the text forcefully tells the truth. Elie’s experiences are worded perfectly along with the use of figurative language through his expression of personal agonizing reality and terrifying genocide. “There they went‚ defeated‚ their bundles‚ their lives in tow
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Mikhail uses figurative language to create the sarcastic tone. She wrote about war and how cruel and destructive it is by trying to make it sound positive but it’s really negative. “summons rain from the eyes of mothers.” this quote from the poem is figurative language because rain can’t be summoned from mothers eyes. Mikhail also made the poem sound sarcastic by saying thing war could help positively but when you think about it all of the things that she uses to try and make war sound positive
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Murakami explores the theme of fear and how it can impact someone’s life. His use of figurative language helps a reader see what it’s like to be overwhelmed with fear and have it take control of you without warning. In the text‚ the narrator states how seeing the wave getting closer and closer to shore caused him to run away and also be terrified at the same time. The narrator was able to save himself‚ as all that adrenaline was coursing through him because of fear‚ although he saved himself he couldn’t
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