Hyperbole

Kellie Young’s essay can be found to be humorous because of the flashbacks she has of her mother’s warnings or suggestions to her. Her mother uses extreme exaggerations and brings out her overprotectiveness when she states, “You’re going to get eaten alive by a tiger shark! The coral is poisonous! Get one shard in your toe and you’re going to have to chop it off - the entire thing!” In this example, Young’s mother is concerned.

describing the characters and objects throughout the poem and in creating the atmosphere of the

Some humans can’t accept difference. Most humans are locked up in a world where everyone has to be just like them. The novel Downsiders by Neal Shusterman is an example of this. The novel has the theme that when people separate into groups and cultures, they have a hard time understanding the opposite and tend to judge. But those who accept, benefit greatly.

1. Yes. In order to prove that a statement was protected by an absolute privilege the defendant must prove that the statement was a matter of public concern, made during the course of a legislature or judicial proceeding, and that the statement was relevant, material, and important to the public concern at hand. City council meetings fall under the category of these protected proceedings. Statements on issues at hand made by public officials during these protected occasions are protected. Mr. Smith is a city council member, who made statements about an issue of public concern at a city council meeting. Those statements will be protected by absolute privilege. It is irrelevant whether or not the statements are true or made with malice. The statements that Mr. Smith made after the meeting will also be protected because they were the same statements that had been broadcasted on local television in the recording of the meeting. Mr. Smith was

Frost has a compelling way of writing the poem, in the beginnings of the poem there is a lot of metaphors and descriptions of the setting and the saw and the boy. Once the boy is injured

The author uses diction throughout the poem to help the reader better understand how the speaker is feeling. For example, "It was hot. A size too large, my wool winter suit scratched" (lines 1-2) shows

for instance, in the text, when he stated words like ``excruciating pain``, instead of saying, it hurt a lot. or ``March rain drilling his jacket and drilling his body and washing away the blood that poured from his open wound.`` instead of saying, it started to rain harder.Lastly,he hooked the reader in, by creating pictures using all of this. for example, the higher level words add feeling to the text. in the text, for instance, when the author says ``excruciating pain,`` I could almost feel the pain Andy was going through. the author adds picture to that by describing the knife, when it cut Andy.(The knife entered just below his rib cage and had been drawn across his body violently, tearing a wide gap in his flesh.) but then we also know, that none of this wouldn't have happened if Andy had been

Another apparent device in the poem is it’s use of cacophony. This is noticeable as this literary device is used almost throughout the whole poem as shown, “The wind was a torrent of darkness upon the gusty trees” and “The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas” This literary device again gives emphasis on those words to bring the environment to life. Alliteration and consonance is also to be shown within the poem as seen with “ghostly galleon” and “road was a ribbon” and “moonlight looping the purple moor” and “The wind was a torrent of darkness upon the gusty trees” and this gives a subtle connection with those key words. Lastly, repetition is shown towards the end “ And the highwayman came riding-- Riding--

In poetry, there is often the use of many words that may seem a bit strange to the average reader. These words are often more complex than what is actually meant, but are used to enhance the reading and make it more enjoyable to the reader. Other words would make the poem less smooth, and that is why such complexity arises. These words shape a type of metaphor, which is referred to as a kenning.

The poem gives several traits throughout the poem such as metaphors, allusion, emotion, and illusion. At the beginning of the poem the narrator uses the metaphor, “Many scenes of my life flashed before the sky” (line 2). This gives an intense moment in the

Another technique this poem takes use of is alliteration. The alliteration used helps to express the themes importance through repletion of sound devices. A specific example of alliteration

One of the most frequent figurative language used in this poem is imagery. In fact, imagery is used throughout the whole poem. For example, in the first poem the reader can imagine a man jumping into the river and sinking, since the stanza states, “I went down to the river, I set down on the bank. I tried to think but couldn't, So I jumped in and sank.” There is also imagery in stanza two, when the speaker says, “I came up once and hollered! I came up twice and cried! If that water hadn't a-been so cold I might've sunk and died.” From this quatrain, the reader can imagine a person drowning. They can also infer that the man was shivering, considering the water felt

Imagery is a good source to help the readers better understand what is happening in the poem. There are several examples of different kinds of imagery. One example is “crouching over the hot coals of desire” (Wallada 5). This shows the use of kinetic imagery and visual imagery. It shows kinetic imagery because it shows the image of a character bending over hot coals. Visual imagery is used by having the reader visualize someone bending over something. Another example of imagery being portrayed in this poem is “there may be winter rains pelting copiously down” (Wallada 13-14). Tactile imagery is used

Frost's writing style is more fluid, than Bishop's, creating a traditional sonnet of fourteen lines of iambic pentameter with natural language. By using sound to contrast the rhythm of the poem and the tone of the poem Frost's replicates Johnson's poetry form, of adding anticipation and drama, as he depicts the symbology of the demise of humanity in the setting of a natural disaster. Frost also appeals to our humanity with personification, “great waves looked over others coming in, and though of doing something to the shore” and similie, “the clouds were low and hairy in the skies, like locks blown forward in the gleam of eyes.” Frost gives the water a consciousness and creates vivid imagery within the clouds, combining multiple poetic elements of a natural image.

The poetic techniques were symbolism, imagery, and tone. Symbolism is the most powerfully used technique due to the fact a good number of lines located in this poem is used to signify a certain object or idea related to our life or today’s world. Imagery in the sense that you can visualize the path, the yellow wood, the undergrowth, the divergence; it is all made very vivid. Frost did this throughout; you know trying to stimulate the reader’s mood using one’s senses. In this poem, imagery permits the reader to imagine the scene that this poem takes place in resulting in an enhanced understanding of the theme. The tone Frost’s work presents is an insecure attitude which allows the theme to be brought out due to the fact the theme relates to a dilemma in one’s life. These techniques strongly aid in the revealing of this specific theme.