Also metaphors like “but instead he stood there, very cold, his face a mask of ice” which is the comparison between his face and a mask of ice. Another one is “a book is a loaded gun in the house next door” that compares the book to a loaded gun. All throughout
Another example is the use of simile to describe the characters' reactions to the books. The characters are described as feeling "as if they had been born again" or "as if they had been awakened from a dream" after reading a book. This simile emphasizes the idea that the
Another example of metaphors in
An example of allusion is “We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts.” Henry made reference to the siren and the song that makes people lose their minds. An example of metaphor is “I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience.” He was comparing his experiences to a lamp that guided him. An example of imagery is “...and have implored its interposition to arrest the tyrannical hands of the ministry and Parliament.”
"Running for His Life" In the story "Running for His Life", Michael Hall explains the genocide Gilbert Tuhabonye experienced when he was in high school in East Africa and how he managed to escape and relive his life in Austin, Texas. Tuhabonye's teachers and the Tutsi teenagers were burned alive and beaten to death by friends of theirs. A couple of students tried eluding, but we're caught and killed by the killers. The building was on fire, burning corpses, and burning to death any students who remained alive.
One example of this is when the text states " Trouble was there slapping a blackjack against an open palm.'' This is a metaphor that explains how when they play basketball trouble can't get to them. Trouble stands for a cop, which stays away from the basketball players because they stay out of trouble while playing basketball. This metaphor also communicates the idea of how playing basketball gives them a sense of belonging which keeps them out of trouble. Unlike the text "A Road Not Taken", "I'm Nobody Who Are You," the author used a metaphor to show their identity.
Another time where similes and metaphors are used is when Elie is talking to his friend Moishe the Beadle. Wiesel writes “‘They think I’m mad,’he whispered, and tears, like drops of wax, flowed from his eyes.” This comparison gives the situation a very somber tone. Moishe the Beadle is distraught because nobody will believe his story about the Gestapo. Overall the use of similes and metaphors help quickly impact the reader while also helping the reader better understand the
The Power Behind “Just Walk on By” In Brent Staples article “Just Walk on By”, Staples shares his thoughts on the way marginalized groups interact. He uses his own experiences as a young African American man to shed light on how people can have implied biases that affect the way they treat other people. Staples does this to demonstrate how society develops preconceived notions in the minds of individuals about marginalized groups, primarily African American men, which are often a flawed representation of the people within these groups. The rhetoric he uses is key to developing an understanding persona and an emotional appeal that exposes the implied biases of people without alienating or offending the audience, to whom-- among others-- he attributes these biases.
Do The Right Thing (1989): Extra Credit Assignment Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing is a 1989 film about the disagreements in an African American community in Brooklyn, New York. The film shows a tragic day in which the weather is unbearably hot. There is extreme racial tension in the film between the African American, Puerto Rican, and White members of the community. There is a fight at the famous Sal’s Pizzeria between a character named Radio Raheem and the owner, Sal.
One example of this in the reading was when he used this to describe the beauty and view of a horizon. He stated that so many people have come and go, limping on crutches or dieing, and were heroes from many wars. Then while stating the different wars, he uses this device to empathize the amount of people who came and went by listing the many wars with the conjunction or in between each one, such as, the Pacific or Europe or Korea or Vietnam or the Persian Gulf wars. A third use of a rhetorical device that I noticed throughout the reading was the author's use of euphemism. This is when the author substitutes a word for another that is more pleasant so that he or she does not come off as rude and can avoid conflict in with the readers of the story.
Three of the most common forms in this piece are similes, personification, and metaphors. Jonathan Edwards uses similes to compare unlike ideas. In one example, Edwards compares God’s anger to water pressure. “The wrath of God is like waters that are damned for the present; they increase more and more,
Spike Lee's Do The Right Thing is a film made in 1989 depicting racial conflict in Brooklyn New York during the 80's. The plot involves a group of African Americans, Italians and a Korean couple who live in the same block. There are multiple themes that tie in together in the film, one being the animosity and racism the characters feel towards each other throughout the film. The director makes the theme clear in the film by the conflicts that arise between the characters. An example of this is when Radio Raheem is buying a pair of batteries for his radio at the Korean’s store.
Firstly, In the passage there was an example of personification. For example Todd thought to himself that Aaron's hand looked like a "smiling fist. ”This is personification because it is giving an inanimate object the "fist" characteristics such as smiling. This drives Aaron's character forward showing that he isn't friendly and is satisfied with beating Todd. Secondly, there was an example of a Simile in the passage.
In The Gettysburg Gospel, Gabor Boritt elucidates conjectures on Lincoln’s writing methodology concerning the Gettysburg Address “swings between two extremes” (Boritt 14). The themes ambit divine inspiration and transitory work that led to instantaneous corollary to what some scholars, such as Garry Wills, postulate as perpetual revelations and meticulous work that lead to an evolving causatum. Boritt believes that many writers and scholars have perceived predispositions; “It takes a heroic effort for the students of Lincoln to separate themselves from their subjects. Most of us fail to a smaller or larger degree” (Boritt 11). This is judicious for the “Lincoln’s Address was written spontaneously” argument.
For example, “Giant Godly Grizzly beasts” is an alliteration because it’s a repetition of sounds, in my poem the letter G is repeated. The alliteration allowed me to describe megafauna and give the audience a better understanding of the animals. An onomatopoeia is also used in the sentence, “their roar echoes like the wind” because roar is the sound that represents megafauna and allows the reader to hear what’s happening. A simile is also present because the words “echoes like the wind” is comparing one thing to another. In that sentence I’m comparing roaring to the wind.
