Red Grief People use literary devices in their speech every day. However‚ few people know what they’re called. In his short story “The Whirligig of Life” O Henry demonstrates five common examples of literary devices. The first example of figurative language is in the very beginning of the excerpt‚ “The Ransom of Red Chief”. O Henry ironically uses the simile “as flat as a flannel cake” to describe the town of Summit. The irony is that the flat town of Summit doesn’t contain a single summit. The
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List of Chemistry Terms used in daily life α (alpha)‚ β (beta) α- (β-‚ γ-) ray spectrometer α-addition (alpha-addition) α-cleavage (alpha-cleavage) α-decay (alpha-decay) α-effect α-elimination α-expulsion in photochemistry α-oxo carbenes α-particle (alpha-particle) ’A’ value -factorquantity ab initio quantum mechanical methods abatement in atmospheric chemistry abeo- abiological abiotic abiotic transformation absolute activation analysis absolute activity‚ quantity absolute
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IDIOMS with ANSWERS: Unit 1 I. Fill in the missing words in the sentences below. Choose from the following: AT A LOOSE END AT ONE’S WITS’ END AT DEATH’S DOOR AT A LOSS AT FAULT AT RANDOM AT A PINCH AT FIRST SIGHT AT SHORT NOTICE AT A STANDSTILL AT LEAST AT SIXES AND SEVENS AT ALL COSTS AT LOGGERHEADS AT THE CRACK OF DAWN AT ALL HOURS AT MOST AT WILL AT BEST AT ONCE 1. When Richard Burton was Elizabeth Taylor it was a classic case of love …………………………… 2. Traffic was ……………………………………. this
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IN APO ISLAND FOR THE PERIOD 2000 – 2010. CHAPTER 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS SETTING INTRODUCTION In a remote fishing village in the Philippine archipelago‚ coastal fishers responded to falling fish stocks by working harder to catch them. The combination of dynamite‚ longer workdays‚ and more advanced gear caused stocks to fall faster. On the edge of crisis‚ this small community decided to create a no-take marine sanctuary on 10% of its coral-reef fishing grounds. In these terms the problem
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Edgar Allan Poe used literary devices of setting to create a dark ‚threatening tone in his short story Tell‚Tale‚Heart Which are mood and atmosphere‚time‚and population. The most powerful tool that poe used was mood and atmosphere. One example was when the old man’s room blocked out all ray of light.This enhances the darkness and threatening because it makes the reader feel scared at night in their room.(pg.538:2). Another example of fear darkness that Poe used was how the murderer
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"The Birthday Party" by Katharine Brush is a story in which shows how there is more to everything than what it looks like‚ Brush uses literary devices such as imagery to express how some people in a relationship can be really happy but aren’t‚ atmosphere to assert how the characters evening went from being delightful and intimate to catastrophic and bitter‚ and metaphor to indicate how Katharine Brush uses imagery to create a vivid picture of how happy it all starts to be. It says‚ "... in the
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Angels of Death Doctors and nurses who kill the patients who trust them; what could be more sinister than that? An Angel of Death‚ sometimes also known as an angel of mercy‚ is the term used to describe a specific class of serial killer. These murderers act in medical or hospital settings and are usually doctors or nurses who kill patients instead of helping them. Often they chose defenseless victims such as the elderly or terminally ill‚ and sometimes their targets are even children. This type
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The short story "The Birthday Party" by Katherine Brush is a representation of life in the 1940’s‚ and so through this short story she uses a series of literary devices such as caricature‚ antecedents‚ and change in the atmosphere to convey her objective. The beginning of the story has humorous caricature describing the couple‚ the author keeps her characters ambiguous and vague so to represent a typical married couple in this era‚ and drama that comes with the atmosphere shift with the rejection
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Other significant literary techniques are metaphors and symbolism. The first metaphor in the poem is “that good night” at the end of the first line. This line is repeatedly used throughout the poem in addition to “dying of the light” both of which are in reference to death. This links to how‚ during the poem‚ all connotations of darkness are used symbolise death‚ such as “dark” and “close of the day”‚ meaning sunset. Thomas may use the comparison to show how‚ just like the end of each day‚ death
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Je m’appelle Gustave Moreau‚ and I just introduced myself in my native language. You see‚ I was a french painter‚ born in Paris‚ who specialized in symbolism. I was born on April the 6th in the year 1826. My paintings lean a bit towards romanticism and neoclassicism with the themes focusing on the mysticism‚ in the beginning‚ but my style changed more as my career progressed. I often painted using my dear friend‚ a woman named Adelaide-Alexandrine Dureux‚ as the model. Historians speculate that
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