imagery and personification to better illustrate the effects of neglecting children have. During the story‚ Bradbury uses imagery to better help the reader understand what lifestyle the children don’t want to leave. Even though houses like the “Happylife Home” don’t really exist yet‚ the imagery helps the reader picture what it would be like to live in a house like that. Others say that a craft more used during the story would be similes and metaphors. While this is true‚ the similes do not help
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everyone should be the best they can be‚ no matter who or what they do. In his “Life’s Blueprint” speech‚ Dr. King uses metaphors‚ personification‚ and similes‚ in order to figuratively and eloquently inspire students to perform to the best of their abilities. In the speech “Life’s Blueprint”‚ he uses metaphors to help describe what a blueprint of life is. His use of metaphors describe his ideas in a figurative‚ and non-literal way. For example‚ “If you can’t be a pine at the top of a hill‚ be a
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with Column B. Write the correct letter and word/s in your answer sheet that corresponds your answer. Column A 1. Assonance (f) 2. Dactylic meter (h) 3. Monometer (g) 4. Enjambment (a) 5. Theme (c) 6. Antithesis (d) 7. Symbol (j) 8. Metaphor (i) 9. Rhyme (b) 10. Alliteration (e) Column B a. run-on lines b. repeats similar sounds in some apparent scheme c. an underlying idea that comments on human condition d. a contrast of words or ideas e. the repetition
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Assignment 01: Poetry (Seasons Come to Pass) William Shakespeare My Mistress’ Eyes are Nothing Like the Sun 1. The poem is written in iambic pentameter with an abab cdcd efef gg rhyming scheme. My mistress ’ eyes are nothing like the sun; a Coral is far more red than her lips ’ red; b If snow be white‚ why then her breasts are dun; a If hairs be wires‚ black wires grow on her head. b I have seen roses damasked‚ red and white‚ c But no such roses see I in her cheeks; d And in
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as a metaphor for the truth. She also makes the mirror come alive with personification‚ simile and metonymy. These other devices are important to the poem and the scene it creates‚ but the mirror being a metaphor for truth is the most important. The poem is basically about a woman looking into a mirror. As she ages and grows less attractive‚ she is hesitant about looking into the mirror but realizes that she needs the truth‚ even if it is hurtful. This shows that the mirror is a metaphor for the
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PLAN IN ENGLISH-GRADE 7 L.C. Identify figures of speech that show comparison (simile‚metaphor‚personification) I.Objectives At the end of 60-minute period the students will be able to: 1. identify simile‚ metaphor‚ and personification; 2. cooperate in identifying the following figurative language and ; 3. write figures of speech sentences. II.Subject Matter Topic: Figures of Speech (Simile‚Metaphor‚Personification) Concept: A figure of speech is figurative language in the form of a single word
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This allusion is referring to the Mississippi River in the United States when Abraham Lincoln traveled down to New Orleans to witness the horrors of slavery. Another element found in the poem‚ “The Negro Speaks of Rivers”‚ is personification. One example of personification from this poem is found in line six. Line six says‚ “I built my hut near the Congo and it lulled me to sleep” (6). The Congo River is being personified as a maternal figure lulling the speaker to
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achieve these effects the author uses a variety of literary techniques such as metaphors‚ similes and personifications. In this travel writing‚ the author talks about the North Yorkshire coast. The text covers three different places in three different paragraphs which all of them are set within the North Yorkshire coast. In the first paragraph‚ the author talks about St. Hilda. The author starts by using a metaphor‚ ‘A great black tooth’. This phrase creates villous and monstrous effects‚ bringing
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underground are the cause of sadness? In the book “Buried Onions” by Gary Soto there are many different examples; such as metaphors‚ similes‚ and personification to grab the reader’s attention. That is exactly what you want when reading a book! First type of figurative language‚ “Yellow shoes the color of a pat of butter” (40). is a metaphor that stuck out the most to me. A metaphor is a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable
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Literary Devices in Poetry 1.) A.) simile - “This bundle of clothes I wash and hang and wash again like flags we share” “Daily” by Naomi Shihab‚ pg. 410. B.) metaphor - “And I recall his hands‚ two measures of tenderness” “The Gift” by Li-Young Lee‚ pg. 469. C.) imagery - “Poised between going on and back‚ pulled both ways taut like a tightrope walker” “The Base Stealer” by Robert Francis‚ pg. 476. D.) diction - “Moving slowly” “The Cyclopes in the Ocean” by Nikki Giovanni
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