fairly have any? In “The Old Man And The Sea” written by Ernest Hemingway‚ many specific types of figurative language are used throughout the book such as alliteration‚ similes‚ and personification‚ and all of them generally are used to describe the scene‚ and how things are going on throughout the days that he had been fishing in the sea. Alliteration is used throughout the book when the old man; Santiago expresses his feelings about the fish‚ “But
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1. Weapons serve as the tools that the soldiers must use > to do their job: killing beasts or men without getting > killed. As a artist may be fond of his paintbrush‚ the > soldiers greatly cherish their weapons. Often a weapon is > valued for its pedigree. The author often interrupts action > to delve into a weapon’s previous owners and its history. > In the introduction‚ Burton Raffel states‚ “The important > tools‚ in this poem‚ are weapons: proven swords and helmets > are handed down
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List of Figurative Language and Rhetorical devices Alliteration‚ assonance and consonance: Alliteration is the repetition of the first sound in nearby words‚ for example: Always avoid alliteration. Assonance is the repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds within‚ for example‚ words in the lines of a poem. Consonance is the repetition of consonant sounds in the words. All three techniques can be combined: And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain
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emphasizing the vast number of the dead by meaning that there wouldn’t be enough bells‚ or time to ring the bells for each soldier. The speaker continues by answering his own question with lines filled with onomatopoeia‚ personification‚ assonance‚ and alliteration: the only’ substitute for the bells are the bullets fired during war by the stuttering rifles’ and the guns’ with the monstrous anger’. This type of beginning sets out a solid foundation for the poem: it already gives the reader a strong idea
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being ‘succulent stalks’(soft and fun) to ‘iron hard hybrids’(hard and dissatisfied). Gonzalez’s use of alliteration is used to further emphasize contrasting emotions as well as the mood which the author chooses to convey. ‘Succulent stalks’ and hard hybrid’ is an example of contrasting emotions; contentment versus disappointment. The mood of the poem is also affected by the use of alliteration when the author writes ‘hustling‚ hanging around job hunting’‚ ‘scarred skin and cane soot’. The mood is
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B | I | N | G | O | Alliteration“Let us go forth to lead the land we love.” | Allusion“I have sworn before you and all mighty God.” | Personification“With history the final judge of our deeds” | Metaphor“We are the heirs of the first revolution.” | Hortative Sentence“So let us begin a new one…” | PathosBased on the emotions of JFK. | Cumulative Sentence But neither can two great and powerful groups of nations take comfort…yet both racing to alter that uncertain balance. | Oxymoron“But
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and parallelism to juxtapose Christianity and Paganism and how Paganism is a heathen‚ ineffective religion‚ while through Christianity and faith in God anything can be accomplished‚ even the most impossible of tasks. The use of kennings and alliteration are ever present in Beowulf. In lines 62-64 the speaker uses the kenning “hell-forged
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of literature but making it more understandable to the less than advanced reader. Another way Heaney nears the Anglo-Saxon style of writing and Raffel digresses from it is the use of poetry and poetic devices in the translations. Heaney uses alliteration in nearly every line of his translation. For example‚ in line twenty five‚ “blundering back with the butchered corpses‚” repeats the letter “B” three times. He translated Beowulf by making sure the same meaning is transferred into the new language
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sometimes have consonant sounds. An example of this could be “he knows there is no end in sight.” You will find this in a lot of poetry. Alliteration is used to make something sound catchy; it is meant to get someone’s attention by having the same letter or sound. Examples of how alliteration is used would be Coca-Cola‚ Life Lock‚ and Dunkin’ Donuts. Alliteration is also used to create a rhyme. Rhymes are using in a lot of poetry‚ typically towards the end of the lines. Rhymes bring rhythm to music
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seems to sound like it is in a different language. High schoolers have the opportunity to completely tear apart an old piece of literature and find out every speck of literary devices used inside of it. Some of those literary devices may include alliteration‚ inversion‚ irony‚ allusion‚ personification‚ and equivocation. Many people may not know what equivocation means‚ but it means to have a double meaning. That double meaning can be shown through having reality and appearance different or having
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