Literary Devices in “The Great Gatsby” Personification- where inanimate objects or abstract concepts are seemingly endowed with human self-awareness; where human thoughts‚ actions‚ perceptions and emotions are directly attributed to inanimate objects or abstract ideas. Fitzgerald uses personification to set a sense of allure and mister y in the book‚ giving it a more mysterious tone. He also uses personification to enhance the qualities of a character and give them more depth‚ and in this
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consumerism” (Spanner). -This quote proves to be a literary convention for historical setting. It lets the reader know that the novel takes place at a time where objects are very important. Having the historical setting is significant to the novel as a whole‚ because it makes the reader understand that the characters might be a lot more superficial and materialistic than they usually would be‚ if they were to be in a different time period. 2.“The sustained advertising of this new seemingly prosperous
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Context: This passage is occurs right in the middle of the first chapter of the book Black And White By Eric Walters. It is in first person point of view coming from Thomas’s point of view. There is no previous chapter however‚ the introduction to this novel simply Steven‚ the best friend of Thomas‚ convincing him to stay and watch. The chapter after‚ however‚ revolves around the ride back home following the basketball match. Significance: There a couple of significant points in this paragraph in
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Literary Devices in Oedipus Rex Dramatic Irony: For example‚ when Creon tells Oedipus about the god’s curse on Thebes‚ Oedipus puts his own curse on the murderer of Laius‚ not knowing it was he who killed Laius (Sophocles‚ 14). Throughout the book‚ Oedipus learns things that the audience would have already known‚ like when Oedipus discovers who his parents really are. Verbal Irony: “I pray that the man’s life be consumed in evil and wretchedness” – Oedipus (Sophocles 14) Oedipus demands that the
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“The Lottery”. Numerous of her readers have found this story shocking and troubling. She creates a story filled with symbolisms‚ ugly reality‚ ridicule‚ and characters which reflect on the horror of the cruel tradition’s and that the townspeople are afraid of change. The three most important literary elements used to help form this story are plot‚ characterization‚ and theme. The first important literary element that holds significant value to form this story is plot. Jackson story starts off by saying
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image of some-one he cares for. This love interest accused him‚ with their eyes‚ of breaking their heart. The persona admits that both of them (he and the love interest) can make no excuses for his behavior because the love interest does not take precedence over his land‚ or country. Despite this fact‚ the persona begs for mercy‚ pleading guilty for being seduced by his love interest’s beauty. This person protects him dearly and he admits that‚ as a result of this‚ he has committed treason against
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decides to throw adversity his way‚ because life was not good to her and she came out okay. This poem is based on the idea of hope‚ and encouragement to always keep moving forward despite all the difficulties of life.
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Literary Devices – Poetry Allusion: An event or fact from an external context assumed to be known by the reader (e.g. historical‚ biblical‚ etc.). An allusion can increase one’s understanding of the poem in question by drawing parallels with other subjects. Anthropomorphism: The showing or treating of animals‚ gods and objects as if they are human in appearance‚ character or behaviour. Apostrophe: Something that addresses an object‚ abstract idea‚ or person who is dead as though it could
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usually based on a person’s emotions‚ problems‚ and their lives. Coasters is one of the examples that is based on a person’s emotions. In this perspective‚ it’s Khalid’s emotion and how it affected him. He relates his emotions as a Coaster‚ always going all over the place and wanting it to stop. In the song “Coasters” by Khalid‚ he utilizes the literary devices of Imagery‚ symbolism‚ and diction to prove that having to get over someone is difficult situation that some people deal with‚ but it’s for
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An article in‚ “The Onion‚” the author satirizes how products are marketed to consumers through means of a variety of literary strategies such as words and phrases‚ dialogue‚ and scientific vocabulary. First‚ the literary strategy of using words and phrases throughout the article to mock the long tradition of how marketing companies advertise their products. The product in this article is shoe inserts. For instance‚ the article refers to a new “cutting-edge form of pseudoscience known as Terranometry
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