Literary Devices Essay Literary Devices Used in “The Crucible.” “The Crucible‚” by Arthur Miller is a politically charged play. It was written in 1953 and made into a movie in 1996. He uses literary devices such as themes‚ tone‚ and ironic devices to show the politically strict and crazy ways of society. Arthur Miller shows the theme of hysteria throughout the play in the characters and actions mostly of Abigail. She accuses Elizabeth Proctor of witch craft and gets her sent to jail. Abigail
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and sizzle * Imagery is a descriptive language poets use to create word pictures or images. Images are enhanced by sensory language which provides details related to the senses. Types of poetry * Narrative-tells story that has the same literary elements‚ such as character‚ plot‚ stings‚ as works of prose fiction. Ballads‚ epics‚ and verse romances are three types of narrative poems. * Dramatic- uses techniques of drama to represent the speech of one or more characters in verse form
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This theme can be found through the several literary devices scattered among the song lyrics‚ such as the verse “You have invented a new kind of stupid/A damage you can never undo kind of stupid/An open all the cages in the zoo kind of stupid/Truly‚ you didn’t think this through? Kind of stupid.” This verse not only uses multiple metaphors‚ but uses repetition to emphasize the “kind of stupid.”This verse helps you understand that Alexander has done something wrong. Towards the end of the song there
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have entirely different identities which are often conveyed by their writing in pieces Fish Cheeks and Evacuation Orders. Abu Lughod’s identity theory is inadvertently evidenced by the work of Tan and Gruenewald‚ especially through their use of literary devices. It can be argued that Abu-Lughod’s views are merely opinion; however‚ they are supported by factual evidence. One of her main points was that people tend to stereotype based on one aspect of a person’s identity. For example‚ Middle Eastern
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Diana Valenzuela Mrs. Lanciaux IB English III HL A August 22‚ 2016 1.“The Jazz Age was certainly marked by a huge increase in consumerism” (Spanner). -This quote proves to be a literary convention for historical setting. It lets the reader know that the novel takes place at a time where objects are very important. Having the historical setting is significant to the novel as a whole‚ because it makes the reader understand that the characters might be a lot more superficial and materialistic than
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Device Quote Function Imagery/Simile/Hyperbole “Where Tjaden puts it all is a mystery‚ for he is and always will be as thin as a rake.” When the author compares Tjaden to a rake‚ it makes the readers realize how thin he really is. This quote makes the reader imagine a rake and how it relates to the character. Conflict (external; man vs. man) “Eighty men can’t have what is meant for a hundred and fifty... I don’t care about the stew‚ but I can only issue rations for eighty men.” The men are starving
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maybe even comforting‚ to terrifying and unsettling. The author uses many different literary devices‚ punctuation‚ and diction choices throughout the paragraph to do so. All of these different techniques make the style of this writing very unique and makes the overall mood more dramatic. The author uses all these things to show us how sleeping overnight in a church is terrifying. There are a lot of literary devices you can see being used during this paragraph; for example‚ personification and comparison
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In this passage‚ Queen Margaret addresses Queen Elizabeth and recalls back to when Queen Elizabeth was recently made queen‚ and Margaret prophesied that she would end up just like Queen Margaret. Throughout the passage we see a few literary devices such as parallel structure and allusion‚ and both of these writing tools add to the complexity of the relationship between the two former queens. We observe Margaret use diction that reminds us of the stage and plays and we see parallelism used to show
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have. Most lyrics are entertaining and it attracts various people to listen to it. Songs have multiple literary devices that make the connections to others. Songs like “Like i’m gonna lose you‚” by Meghan Trainor‚ is filled with multiple literary devices. This song was one of many others on the top hits in 2015. The song “Like i’m gonna lose you is filled with mostly three main literary devices which is similies‚ metaphors‚and personifications. This song is about how they felt that their love wasn’t
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For my imitation paper‚ the homeric style elements used are simile‚ imagery‚ delay‚ dialogue‚ and patronymics. The first element I used is simile and according to The Odyssey‚ there’s a quote "and as four yoked stallions spring all together‚ beneath the lash‚ leaping high‚ and then eat up the dusty road on the plain" (Homer‚ 194). A simile that I included in my imitation is "With the song of "tale as old as time‚" Considering that tune is compared to the age of the song‚ Comparing the certainty of
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