using repetition of words and phrases‚ and by ending their speech with a powerful simile. In the very beginning of the conversation between Captain America and Spider-Man‚ Captain America recalls what it truly meant to be an American in which he then begins to reiterate Mark Twain’s speech. To get Spider-Man (and the reader) to think about what it means to be American‚ Twain starts his speech
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happened to everyone who was in psychic range of the event. Some part of his death reached out to us." The passage has a sympathetic effect. The writer is sad that Paret the Boxer is dead‚ and in the passage the writer uses diction‚ imagery‚ and similes to show the sympathetic effect. The writer uses diction to show that he thought the fight was animalistic. "But in the last two years‚ over fifteen round fights‚ he had started to take some bad maulings." The writer’s use of the word maulings
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literal device such as metaphor‚ simile‚ onomatopoeia‚ and thyme elaborates the theme and makes the song catchy‚ potent‚ and inspirational. The whole song is written in the form of extended metaphor. Metaphorically‚ the artist views people who are not confident and are experiencing their depressing period as the firework. Their harsh situations are described‚ in simile‚ as “feel like a plastic bag‚” “feel so paper-thin‚” and “no one seems to hear a thing.” These similes vividly depicts their ignorance
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English Joy Luck Club Ben Harmon What obligations does a just individual have toward society? A: A just individual must respect other individuals in the society to better the society as a whole. 2. What obligations does a just society owe to an individual? A: A just society owes an individual the ability to express their individual lifestyles. 3. What are the limits on individual freedom? A: The limit to individual freedoms is when it begins to affect others in the
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emptiness in his life. In “The Vacuum” by Howard Nemerov‚ the poet’s use of similes and personification allows him to support the theme: Loneliness can be unbearable when it pertains to the death of a devoted loved one. Nemerov also uses similes to show a significant comparison of the wife to the vacuum cleaner and how the presence of someone special can linger on when they have passed away. In the first stanza‚ the poet uses a simile that makes reference to “Its bag limp as a stopped lung‚ its mouth” (line
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Talbott English Honors 24 August 2016 Odes To Common Things: Literary Analysis “Ode to things” In the ode “Ode to things”‚ I found 2 poetic devices: simile and alliteration. A simile is a comparison between 2 different objects using “like” or “as”. Alliteration uses multiple words‚ usually in a series‚ that have the same first consonant sound. A simile I found within the text was‚ “...that one because it’s as soft as the softness of a woman’s hip…”(15-17). Having this device helps the reader see the
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and vivid descriptions of events in the poem. The author forces the reader to question the phrase Dulce et decorum est Pro partria mori though his use of similes to express the idea that honorable deaths are not beautiful‚ but tragic and brutal. This poem immediately sets up a negative perspective of what it is like on a battlefield by using a simile in the first line. Owen expresses that the soldiers are “Bent double‚ like old beggars under sack‚ knock-kneed‚ coughing like hags…” (lines 1-2). This
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Tension in ‘Of Mice and Men’ In this essay I am going to discuss how John Steinbeck creates tension during the fight scene in ’Of Mice and Men’. I am going to look at how Steinbeck uses different techniques such as vocabulary‚ body language‚ similes‚ and dynamic verbs to build up different levels of tension during the scene. Of mice and men demonstrates Steinbeck’s ability to build up fear throughout a scene. Before there was any actual physical conflict‚ Steinbeck wrote ‘Lennie looked
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also a form of emotional torture because it pertains directly to their sin. Because mutilation is used so frequently in the inferno Dante must use varying ways to depict the mutilation that is forced on the sinners. Dante uses vivid imagery‚ Homeric similes‚ and symbolism to help develop the theme of mutilation as he travels through the Inferno. The entirety of the Inferno is structured around the imagery that Dante uses to depict the rings of hell. Therefore imagery is the literary device that Dante
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Owen describes in his writing that people will encourage you to fight for your country‚ but‚ it may be sentencing yourself to a pointless demise. He is well aware that death is hideous. He makes you feel like you are in war. Owen uses imagery‚ similes‚ and irony to make the reader engaged in his poem. Owen uses interesting words to describe his war experience such as‚ “Men marched asleep‚” and “Drunk with fatigue.” Owen could have used words like ‘the men sleepily marched‚’ and ‘they were extremely
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