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    Iliad

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    Book 1: The Rage of Achilles  Book 2: The Great Gathering of Armies  Book 3: Helen Reviews the Champions  Book 4: The Truce Erupts in War  Book 5: Diomodes Fights the Gods  Book 6: Hector Returns to Troy  Book 7: Ajax Duels in Hector  Book 8: The Tide of Battle Turns  Book 9: The Embassy to Achilles  Book 10: Marauding Through the Night  Book 11: Agamemnon’s Day of Glory  Book 12: The Trojans Storm the Rampart  Book 13: Battling for the Ships  Book 14: Hera Outflanks Zeus  Book 15:

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    In “The Story of an Hour‚” Kate Chopin uses optimistic imagery to state that freedom is a spark that becomes a flame to those who are binded by darkness as her main idea. She is able to convey this main idea to the readers through metaphors and similes that correlates with freedom. Chopin states her main idea by using optimistic metaphor about the taste of freedom from a woman‚ whose husband was thought to be dead. In the story‚ the narrator says‚ “she was drinking in a very

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    “The Iliad” Q&A: 1. What is your impression of Achilles? I feel as if Achilles is very loyal to all the people associated in his life‚ especially his best friend Patroclus. Achilles’ loyalty to his best friend shows how much he actually cared about him once he was deceased due to his great sorrow in his weeping. Achilles also stated “if destiny like his awaits me‚ I shall rest when I have fallen” meaning he doesn’t care about whatever happens to him in the battle with Hector‚ but just as long as

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    “Ruminations”‚ the poet can smell violence in the air “like the lash of coming rain; and this feeling seems to the poet to be “poised like a cobra”. These are original similes; and these are followed by a series of metaphors based on serpent-behaviour. These are only a few of the examples. Actually Daruwalla’s poetry contains an abundance of similes and metaphors. Daruwalla finds that there is violence in the very air‚ and that this violence is an indication of the mass hatreds drifting across the moon

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    Similes In The Book Thief

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    Award winning novelist‚ Mark Zusak‚ in his novella The Book Thief (2005)‚ explains that fear in Nazi Germany was widespread World War II. His explanation is illustrating through allusions‚ highlighting the fact that fear was rampant through similes‚ and displaying fear through oxymorons. The purpose of this novella is to exhibit fear in order to reveal the life of Germans in the 1940’s. Zusak’s somber‚ yet comedic‚ informal novella to young readers shows the angle of German citizens during World

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    punishment. Dante describes all of their horrid and gruesome punishments with his clear imagery‚ as he does in most Cantos. However‚ what makes this Canto special is the numerous amount of references to Ancient Greek mythology and the many similes. Dante’s use of said similes and mythological stories represent how clearly he is able to describe things outside of his use of imagery alone‚ and it shows how much he was influenced by Virgil. Dante starts off this Canto retelling two Greek mythological stories

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    Similes‚ Metaphors & Anecdotes In their spoken language all three chefs use a variety of similes metaphors and anecdotes to describe the food that hey are cooking. The way that they describe the food reinforces their purpose‚ which is to entice the audience with their cooking. Jamie Oliver uses the simile: “Like a brand that’s just come out of nowhere.” Jamie compares his dishes to something that is popular‚ so that the audience can relate to‚ Jamie uses a simile so the audience

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    Iliad

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    Achaeans The Achaeans (Ἀχαιοί) — aka the Hellenes (Greeks)‚ Danaans (Δαναοί)‚ and Argives (Ἀργεĩοι). Agamemnon — King of Mycenae‚ leader of the Greeks. Achilles — Leader of the Myrmidons‚ half-divine war hero. Odysseus — King of Ithaca‚ the wiliest Greek commander and hero of the Odyssey. Ajax the Greater — son of Telamon‚ with Diomedes‚ he is second to Achilles in martial prowess. Menelaus — King of Sparta‚ husband of Helen and brother of Agamemnon. Diomedes — son of Tydeus‚ King of Argos

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    Similes In Devon School

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    The narrator uses similes‚ metaphor and imagery to describe Devon. This gives us a much better understanding of the narrator’s memories that he had in Devon school. For example the narrator says “I didn’t entirely like this new glossy new surface‚ because it made the school look like a museum‚(1)”. In this the narrator uses a simile in which he says the glossy surface makes his school appear as a museum. Another example of the narrator using figure of speech to describe Devon is when he says “ It

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    Similes In Purple Hibiscus

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    the oppression their father causes and how other people come and help guide their way towards freedom to express themselves. The author uses the purple hibiscus to represent how the main characters Kambili and Jaja‚ achieve freedom by the use of similes

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