Mericans Literary Analysis

Throughout the centuries, there have been an infinite amount of literary works written by a sea of authors that write a variety of genres. All of these works are precious in their own way, and even if their theme is similar to that of another, the author always ads a bit of his/her own flare in order to make said literary creation unique in some way. William Wordsworth’s “London 1802” and Paul Laurence Dunbar’s “Douglass”, although quite similar in form and sentence structure, do add their own flare through the use of specific details. Through the use of these devices, the speakers show their disgust for the evil deeds humans do and

Imagery is a very desciptive form of figurative language to help the reader create a mental picture. The reason why imagery is used in “Invictus” is to provide the reader a way to undersand the poem and it provides them an oportunity to understand the author’s true feelings. He uses very creative words to create a picture of the pain and misery that he feels in the begining. In the end of the poem he lets the reader

The texts, “Response to Executive Order 9066” by Dwight Okita and “Mericans” by Sandra Cisneros share a common topic, American identity. In addition, they share a common theme throughout the works. The common theme is that your American identity comes through who you are, and not where you come from. This theme is developed using characterization, conflict and dialogue.

This literary device is being used when he states, "I see a young Negro boy. He is sitting on a stoop... The stench of garbage is in the halls. The drunks... jobless... junkies are shadow figures of his everyday world". The use of imagery throughout his passage is to evoke emotions like empathy, from his audience. It allows his audience to be able to establish a connection with the images he portrays, and for the audience too also be able to understand how desperately social change is needed in the United States. Another example of imagery would be where he states," black people, brought to this land in slave ships and in chain, had drained the swamps, built the homes... to lift this nation from colonial obscurity to commanding influence...". He uses imagery to put the audience into the Black community's hoes, so that they are able to comprehend that the way Americans are treating them is not right and needs to be changed because they also made the nation great. He is further persuading his audience for social

Imagery is the use of figurative language to represent objects, actions, and ideas in such a way that it appeals to our physical senses. In “The Black Cat”, Poe uses words and phrases to create “mental images” for the reader, imagery helps the reader to visualize and see it more realistically. For example,

What can literature teach me about the personal loss and chaos from life experiences from the Holocaust?

Throughout the novel, the author, Barbara Kingsolver, uses various stylistic devices to create complex, symbolic, and significant literature that is also rich in meaning. In the assigned passage, Kingsolver incorporates several literary devices to capture the audience’s attention and leave them with something to think about post reading.

Many persuasive authors, such as Martin Luther King Jr. and John F Kennedy, utilize a variety of rhetorical devices to clarify and balance ideas, and to appeal to human emotions. One of the devices they applied to their literary works was parallelism, which is the repetition of word, phrases, clauses, or sentences that have the same grammatical structure or the same meaning. The second device, antithesis, is a form of parallelism that emphasizes strong contrasts. These devices are both used in “Inaugural Address” by John F. Kennedy and in “Letter from Birmingham City Jail”, by Martin Luther King Jr. to accentuate ideas and create a pleasing cadence.

The author uses imagery to interest the reader in her story that may seem mundane without the imagery. An example of this happening is when Jeannette is going to her new school in Welch it was her first day and the teacher picks on her because she did not have to give the school her records to her not having them as that is happening a tall girl stabs her out of nowhere“I felt something sharp and painful between my shoulder blades and turned around. The tall black girl with the almond eyes was sitting at the desk behind me.

Imagery is when the author uses adjectives and is very descriptive in order to create an image in your head about what is happening or the setting looks like. For example, when Gerda went to Niania’s house to say goodbye, she sees Niania sitting at the window asleep. Klein writes, “I saw her in that early dawn like a figure in a beautiful, long-forgotten dream” (72). This description helps you better understand what Gerda saw. Imagery is an effective literary device because it keeps the reader hooked and interested as well as help the reader better understand what is going on in the

When we think of the word literature, we think of Shakespeare’s story or Harper Lee’s story and take the text too seriously. For example, listing down some examples of literature, more or less the lists we’ve made do not mention any graphic novels. However, the graphic novel entitled Maus by Art Spiegelman is a story about a young man asking his dad to relive his days as a Holocaust survivor, which backs the idea that graphic novels can be treated as a piece of literature. The Maus series can be a great example because the plot, sub-plot, themes and characters are greatly weaved together. These types of novels should be considered a form literature because it expresses the story better and that it’s still profound.

Imagery- Imagery is when the author uses their words to let the reader imagine the scene, it uses a person’s five senses. In Macbeth, Banquo

Imagery is used in order to describe what the place looks like. This teaches us how to use literary features, by giving us good examples on how he used them.

Ehrenreich, Barbara. "Serving in Florida." 2001. The Language of Composition: Reading, Writing, Rhetoric. Boston: Bedford, 2008. 179-86. Print.

During week four of this course, we learned many things about basic rhetorical strategies, and critical reading such as Division and Classification, Repetition and cause and effect analysis. By analyzing and understanding how a writer uses rhetoric in different situations, you can begin to use these strategies in your own life to communicate more effectively. After learning these strategies, it is easy to identify them in use in nearly every piece of writing we encounter. Such as, “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” written by Martin Luther King Jr. on April 16, 1963.