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Rhetoric is controversially the foundation of every society, relationship, and piece of writing, but the branches which extend off rhetoric are commonly not analyzed with the same depth. One figure of speech in particular intertwines a level of complexity that allows for a drastic amount of interpretation: 3metaphors. A metaphor is nearly always within one’s speech, intentional or unintentional; a metaphor allows a reader to dive deeper into a text and allows more creativity to be shown. The protege

In “The Miller’s Tale”, the poet Chaucer depicts the tale of a “hende” man and his attempt to tempt the “primerole” Alisoun to commit adultery and therefore render her husband, John a “cokewold”. The Miller’s Tale is just one story amongst a collection of greater works known collectively as “The Canterbury Tales”. The placing of this tale is significant becomes it comes directly after the Knight’s Tale revolving around nobility and chivalry and forms a direct contrast due to the fact it is bawdy

“My Papa Waltz,” was a poem written by Theodore Roethke. Theodore Roethke grew up in Saginaw, Michigan where most of his work was influenced from. Theodore Roethke was known mainly for having a complicated relationship with his father. He was also known for admiring Ralph Waldo’s work. His father died from cancer, which is said to be the reason he suffered from severe depression. As seen in “My Papa Waltz, “this poem has many literary devices such as diction, imagery, and figurative language. This

1963. In that speech, MLK Jr. used several different types of figurative language/rhetorical devices in order to convey his message to the people on a deeper level. These devices include personification, allusion, symbolism, hyperbole, metaphor, simile, and anaphora. Personification is a form of figurative language that gives an object human qualities. One example of this in MLK Jr.’s writing would include “I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up, live out the true meaning of its creed”

forced out many of its inhabitants making them try to leave the country by avoiding the government and staying in refugee camps until they can leave is in the country. Morris Glietzman shows the pressure put on the families in Afghanistan through similes, metaphors, and humour. The Afghanistan government or the Taliban as they are called, are very harsh and unfair with the laws that are in place in Afghanistan and are not nice to the families in the country. Woman are treated very unfairly in Afghanistan

1963. In that speech, MLK Jr. used several different types of figurative language/rhetorical devices in order to convey his message to the people on a deeper level. These devices include personification, allusion, symbolism, hyperbole, metaphor, simile, and anaphora. Personification is a form of figurative language in which something has nonhuman human qualities. One example of this in MLK Jr.’s writing is “I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up, live out the true meaning of its creed”

figurative language to create the dark and gloomy atmosphere. Two particular types of figurative language known as similes and metaphor contribute to Orwell’s goal in creating the dark and grim atmosphere. By using similes and metaphors Orwell compares elements of the atmosphere to other dark or deep things creating the grim atmosphere used to depict the harm of totalitarian governments. Similes such as, “And the bombed sites where the plaster dust swirled in the air and the willow herb straggled

First, “you are the pocket that was going to open and come up empty any friday” (17-18). This metaphor, in which the father is described as an empty pocket, like the similes, reveals a consistent lack on the part of the father. It is evident that he at no point gives the family any ray of hope or sunshine. He was never able to meet their financial needs. From this, one get a very powerful and impactful visual imagery

For this session, I introduced figurative language to Sophia. The first two examples of figurative language I taught her were similes and metaphors. I taught this lesson in the same format I taught story elements. I would have the definition writing down on the power point of Sophia and would have her write down the term and definitions in her notebook to refer back to later. I also included some examples as a way to teach the term that I also asked her to write down in her notebook. Once she was

Wilfred Owen's Anthem for a Doomed Youth is exactly that, an anthem ( a solemn song) to commemorate the innocent youth, whose lives were taken to soon by war. By using the word anthem, he calls to mind the glory and honor of a national anthem, however; he goes on to explain that there is no honor or glory in death, pairing the words doomed and youth together creates so much sorrow as well, it provides a woeful impression as it foretells of young people having no hope. Written in sonnet form, it is