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What Is The Theme Of Me Talk Pretty One Day Figurative Language

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The excerpt from the book “Me Talk Pretty One Day” and the short story “Superman and Me” are both biographical accounts of learning a language along with the struggles with it. They share the purpose of portraying the elation one feels when they have been able to proficiently learn a language. They both use a chronological organization of their text along with figurative language. The authors take contrasting approaches towards the subject matter, one is more comical while the other has a social justice demeanor. They use disparate diction selections, comparisons, and references. While using the contrasting approaches, they attain the same resolution. “Me Talk Pretty One Day” is apropos to the author moving to France and attending a French school that has an outlandishly rude teacher. “Superman and Me” concerns the Native American author Sherman Alexie discussing his experience participating in the Native American Reservation school system as well as learning to read. “Me Talk Pretty One Day” is written in an informal language and provides fake words whenever he does not understand the French world such as “meimslsxp”. “Superman and Me” contrastingly, provides a formal writing style. Sedaris converses relating to going back to a French …show more content…

The general subject matter relating to learning a language. They both provide the message that learning a language produces jubilation and self-fulfillment. Sedaris notes that “The world opened up,” and Alexis proclaims that by learning how to read that “I was trying to save my life.” They both use chronological time to organize their writing. Comparatively, the two use figurative language to describe people and actions. Sedaris wrote that being in his teacher’s classroom was akin to “the presence of a wild animal, something completely unpredictable.” Alexis employs analogical statements between “Superman” comic books and attempts to reach Native children utilizing

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