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- 51: Hawaii By James Michener
- ... than the sister oceans combined, wild, terrifying in its immensity and imperative in its universal role." Many other stylistic devices are employed; most of them fall into the category of figurative language, (i.e. metaphors, similes, etc.). As Abner Hale, a missionary , was teaching Malama Kanakoa, a Hawaiian ruler, to rebuild a fish pond for the survival of the village, Malama "ordered her handmaidens to help, and the three huge women ...
- 52: Huck Fin 2
- ... trash is what people is dat puts dirt on de head or dey fren¹s en makes em ashamed.² Jim compares trash with the people who play tricks on their friends. Twain does use many similes throughout the book, especially during descriptive passages. For example, he said of the duke and king that they ³slept like dead people.² Twain rarely uses personification in this work. But occasionally applies it to steam ...
- 53: Herman Melville- Moby Dick
- ... are watching a sunset is that it says "the warm waves blush like wine. The gold brow plumbs the blue. The diver sun long dived from noon, goes down; my soul mounts up!" B. The similes the author uses are the comparison of the colored waves of the sunset to wine. I believe that when the author is talking about the "Iron Crown of Lombardy" he is talking about the sun ...
- 54: Contrast In Language
- ... the play the language of death is used to set the stage for their suicides, pulling together the tragic ending of the play. Throughout the second scene of Act II, Romeo uses beautiful metaphors and similes to express his affection for Juliet: O, speak again bright angel, for thou art As glorious to this night, being o'er my head As is a winged messenger of heaven.(Rom. II. II, 28 ...
- 55: Macbeth Summary
- ... become totally selfish. Language: Lady Macbeth scolds Macbeth for giving in to his fears, and letting his imagination get the best of him. "Approach thou like a rugged Russian Bear..." there are quite a few similes in this scene, which have no real effect except to provide a few simple images for the reader. Act IV Scene III Context: This scene's purpose is to give the reader a feeling of ...
- 56: The Outsiders 4
- ... hair was jet-black and heavily greased and combed to the side, but it was so long that it fell in shaggy bangs across his forehead. The author uses description very well. She uses metaphors, similes, quotes that help the reader these people, where they live, and what they do. The reader is made to feell as if he were living right there with them. The level of vocabulary is not ...
- 57: Of Mice And Men: A Review
- ... in terms of disposition and appearance. The author seems to have a variety of themes in the story including loneliness, relationships, and dreams. John Steinbeck uses a wide variety of literary devices including allegory and similes. One of the most powerful devices that Steinbeck uses is foreshadowing. The shooting of Candy's dog foreshadows the death of Lennie. Steinbeck spends a great deal of time illustrating the relationship between Candy and ...
- 58: Moby Dick
- ... are watching a sunset is that it says “the warm waves blush like wine. The gold brow plumbs the blue. The diver sun—long dived from noon,—goes down; my soul mounts up!” B. The similes the author uses are the comparison of the colored waves of the sunset to wine. I believe that when the author is talking about the “Iron Crown of Lombardy” he is talking about the sun ...
- 59: Fahrenheit 451: A World With No Books
- ... one place. Fahrenheit 451 had many examples of good writing techniques that made it a good novel. One technique that Bradbury did a good job of using was description. He described things specifically using outstanding similes and personifications. One example is how he mentioned the fire hose. He called it "the great python spitting its venomous kerosene upon the world." (Bradbury 3) This made the reader not only visualize the hose ...
- 60: Bernice Bobs Her Hair (F. Scot
- ... bound for the guillotine in a tumbrel." The Sevier Barbershop" was a guillotine indeed, and the hangman was the first barber." The contrast between Marjorie's delicate appearance and her vicious nature was described in similes. Marjorie, braiding her hair, "looked like a delicate painting of some Saxon princess." Her braids "moving under the supple fingers like restive snakes" suggest her treachery. Fitzgerald also uses foreshadowing when Marjorie called Bernice's ...
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