Literary Device Glossary Allusion: An implied or indirect reference to a person‚ event‚ or thing that has to do with another part of a text. Can be direct quotes or it can be indirect things that are implied. Most are from commonly known pieces of literature or history. Example: “but now he found that he committed himself to the following of a grail” The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald. Function: In this example‚ Fitzgerald alludes to the Holy Grail. What this does is show how
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I learned a great deal from watching the Willowbrook video and discussing the Christmas in Purgatory book. One of the most interesting things I discovered was how recent the events we saw and talked about actually happened. I had not realized that the kinds of inhumane images we saw had only happened less than 50 years ago. It was hard for me to believe that other people‚ who were not in the same position as those who had to give up their children and loved ones and send them away‚ could just turn
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Rhetorical Devices 1. Narration - Recounts a personal experience or tells a story based on a real or fictional circumstance. All details come together in an integrated way to create some central them or impression. 2. Point of view - The person or entity through whom the reader experiences the story. (Does not refer to the author’s/character’s feelings‚ opinions‚ perspectives‚ etc.) e.g. - Third-person‚ first-person 3. Exposition - The kind of writing that is intended primarily
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Christmas in my family When it comes to Christmas‚ what more can we say…Of course if it is the most be loved holiday of the year‚ a celebration of hope‚ understanding‚ sharing and the list remains open. Let’s forget about the “materialist” face of Christmas‚ about worries concerning the presents and think only of the pure joy of spending the short time with the dearest one. In my family‚ the Christmas “fever” starts a week before. The first days are reserved for buying the gifts‚ carefully
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Christmas day I like the Christmas day because it is the only holiday where all my family is together. Usually the party is in my aunt Rosa´s house‚ my grandparents‚ my dad and I arrive the day twenty-four at morning to help make the food and go buy things‚ but I don´t know cook but I help chopping or peeling vegetables also prepared water and anything else needed. In the afternoon when everything is cooking and we don´t have any things to do‚ I go to my cousin´s room and while we watching TV or
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The Feminine Influence: Christmas and His Intense Misogyny “It was not the hard work which he hated‚ nor the punishment and injustice. He was used to that before he ever saw either of them. He expected no less‚ and so he was neither outraged nor surprised. It was the woman: that soft kindness which he believed himself doomed to be forever victim of and which he hated worse than he did the hard and ruthless justice of men.” (Faulkner 158) In William Faulkner’s Light in August‚ Joe Christmas’s
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Peculiarities of translation of stylistic devices in the short stories by E.A.Poe 2.1. Main characteristics of translation of stylistic devices 2.1. Reproduction of simile in the short stories by E.A.Poe 2.2. Reproduction of metaphor in the short stories by E.A.Poe 2.3. Reproduction of epithets in the short stories by E.A.Poe 1.3.1. Simile . According to K. Ya. Lotots’ka simile is an imaginative comparison which is also called literary comparison.[27‚ p.102] I.R. Galperin
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In examining the speeches that Brutus and Antony gave in Act 3‚ Scene 2 of Shakespeare’s play we are able to locate many different literary devices. We find that Brutus uses rhetorical questions on page 129 lines 30 to 34. He asks “Who is here so base that would be a bondman?”‚ “Who is here so rude that would not be a Roman?” and “Who is here so vile that will not love his country?”. Rhetorical questions are often used to put a thought into a listeners mind without that listener recognizing such
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Christmas around the World by Picket Siapuatco Christmas is the celebration of goodwill and cheer. Across the globe‚ people celebrate this joyous occasion. It is largely characterised by exchanging gifts with family members and friends as well as by gifts brought by Santa Claus or other mythical figures. Children fervently look for Santa Claus or Father Christmas who is supposed to appear to distribute attractive gifts to children. Santa Claus dresses himself in red and white‚ has a white and
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Short Stories - Literary Devises Title:__ Point of View: Protagonist: Barber What type of character is the Protagonist? Dynamic‚ round. Antagonist: Captain Torres Describe the setting: (time‚ place‚ mood and atmosphere) In a barber shot‚ eerie atmosphere and taking place in the modern day. Type of Conflict: Man Vs. Himself. Describe the main conflict: Despite the fact Captain Torres has done so many terrible things to the barber he can’t decide if he will bring himself
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