Although the contemporary term for deliberate use of exaggeration in drama/literature is called hyperbole, it is important to recognize that the original users of this style of writing/storytelling had no use for such literary terms. ... Exaggeration by hyperbole is considered an acceptable literary strategy and can be found in all languages. ... Their messages were different as well as the literary methods they chose to make a point. ... Each of which seems to have been carefully, perhaps divinely, chosen to serve their literary purpose. In terms of use of hyperbole in the New Test...

• Word Count: 1777
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• Grade Level: High School

The characters in the story are identified by physical characteristics and some are even identified with racial terms. ... This background, together with a believable plot, convincing characterization, and important literary devices enable Flannery O'Connor in "Revelation" to develop the theme that sometimes people must look farther than the surface in order to understand the actions of others. ... O'Connor's use of important literary devices such as symbolism and foreshadowing allow her to reinforce the theme. ... Symbolism and foreshadowing are two of the most important lite...

• Word Count: 1419
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• Grade Level: High School

The elements and principles of the poetic work are built up with literary tools that Blake uses to convey what he feels as the important message in which the reader must obtain. ... The principles are applied to poetry in the same way and become a series of poetic terms that are rhyme, tone, and line treatment. ... By capitalizing both Man and God the result is an extremely taboo literary piece for its time period that places God in the same perspective or level as humanity. ... One must use a trained eye for the literary tools when analyzing this poem. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

In its various forms it has maintained it value and popularity throughout literary history. ... The search to define these terms is evident in "Ode on a Grecian Urn". ... That is just one fascinating aspect of this poem and one example of how the quest genre has maintained its value and popularity throughout literary history. ... The "quest" genre has many enduring qualities which, in their varying forms, have, and will in future, maintained their value and popularity throughout literary history. ...

• Word Count: 1253
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• Grade Level: High School

Cooper began his literary career with Precaution. ... The Pioneers was Coopers third work using a literary technique called "A descriptive tale." The Pioneers isn't descriptive in terms of a literal account of persons and things, but descriptive as regards to general characteristics, usages, and the state of a new country. ... In 1895 Mark Twain published his acerbic criticism of James Fenimore Cooper I in his essay "The Literary Offenses of Fenimore Cooper." ... There are nineteen rules governing literary art in domain of romantic fiction -- some say twenty-two. ...

• Word Count: 2007
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• Grade Level: High School

He has been considered a literary genius among his peers and a man we all can learn from. ... Either way Amiri was on his way to being a great literary giant. ... Together they published a literary magazine called the Yugen. ... During the same period Baraka along with Diane di Prima, coeditor an underground literary newsletter called Floating Bear. ... The Black arts era, both in terms of creative and theoretical writing is the most important one in black literature since the Harlem Renaissance. ...

• Word Count: 2297
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• Grade Level: High School

A typical dictionary might define poetry as literary composition written in verse with meaning. ... It is the basis of every branch of literary and artistic expression. ... Hughes poem may be distinguished from prose literature in terms of form by its smaller size, by its frequent use of simile, rhyme, and its dependence on the line as a formal unit. ... Poetry is a literary composition written in verse with meaning. ...

• Word Count: 1645
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• Grade Level: High School

In this essay I will be explaining how the three standard forms of literary discourse, which we have studied in our class apply to the narration of The Death of Ivan Ilych, and allow for the transitioning between the dialogues of characters. ... Indirect discourse is a report of discourse in which deictic terms are modified appropriately, such as; "He said 'I am not going' would be modified to 'He said he is not going.'... In conclusion, this essay has shown the three different forms of literary discourse and how they are used in the narration of The Death of Ivan Il...

• Word Count: 1393
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Before he began his literary career he held many diverse jobs ranging from being a river boat pilot and an occasional gold miner to working as a journeyman printer. ... Numerous critics have admired the literary structure of, "The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg," for its economy and efficiency. Some other critics analyze, "The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg," in terms of a revised Edyn myth citing the moralistic theme that demonstrates the possibility of salvation (Volteter & Young, P 304). ...

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Before he began his literary career he held many diverse jobs ranging from being a river boat pilot and an occasional gold miner to working as a journeyman printer. ... Numerous critics have admired the literary structure of, "The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg," for its economy and efficiency. Some other critics analyze, "The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg," in terms of a revised Edyn myth citing the moralistic theme that demonstrates the possibility of salvation (Volteter & Young, P 304). ...

• Word Count: 1459
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• Grade Level: High School

Marie De France, like Dante, has a distinctive literary form. ... Dante uses symbolism, characters and literary illustration, to impart his central message that the ultimate form of betrayal which stems from "love" (or, to the author, misguided romantic notion) is adultery. ... Marie terms adultery as being "foolishness, wickedness and debauchery," to take lovers wherever one goes, then boast of the sexual deeds. ...

• Word Count: 2427
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

The satire in the poem emerges through the ironic inversion of terms ( 'Realms of Non-sense', 'Mature in Dullness'). ... 'From its old Ruins Brothel-houses rise,/Scenes of lewd loves, and of polluted joys.' by setting his throne in such a place Dryden has tried to show the literary degradation practiced by Flecknoe and Shadwell. "The combination of literary allusion and obscene innuendo give Mac Flecknoe its characteristic tone. ...

• Word Count: 2125
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Almost all-literary, dramatic and cinematic works have the same basic form, though there are several ways of looking at the form. ... Irony is considered one of the most important terms. ... Two more important terms are protagonist and deus ex machina. ...

• Word Count: 1513
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• Grade Level: High School

Along with the Bible, Homer's famous Iliad is a masterpiece of unrivaled historical and literary value. ... This phenomenon can be described in terms of two distinct levels - the individual attachments between gods and certain heroes, and, on a greater scale, the relationship between the gods and the different peoples that worship them. ... The reason behind the gods' actions is their partiality to individual heroes, an attachment that can be described in terms of the Aristotelian "friendship of character". ...

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• Grade Level: High School

She has to come to terms with the feelings and issues of being a teenager, getting a job, finishing school, watching her brother pull away to find freedom, and an unexpected pregnancy. ... Angelou's writing style is descriptive and colorful; she uses many literary devices to emphasize scenes and conversations that show the development of her character. ... She wrote with more symbolization, color, and literary techniques, such as similes. ...

• Word Count: 1549
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• Grade Level: High School

Women's Literature The Importance of Symbolism and Imagery In "The Yellow Wallpaper- Often times the best work of writing, be it a short story or an extensive novel, is one that examines an issue using a variety of literary techniques, such as symbolism and imagery. ... It is known that certain pharmaceutical drugs, when takes in the right dosage, can imitate psychedelics in terms of altering the mind. ... The most significant uses of these two literary techniques in this story involve the wallpaper itself and all that goes into it, the window, daytime and nighttime, baby-related co...

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• Grade Level: High School

Cummings uses such literary devices as symbolism, imagery, allusion, and syntax to show that the speaker of the poem has just experienced a rebirth.The speaker is thanking God for allowing him to see life in a new light and to be reborn again for a fresh start.By using these various literary devices, Cummings is able to show the extreme gratefulness the speaker in the poem feels because he has found a new outlook on life. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

All these terms opened the door to think farther which resulted to enrich human existence with uniqueness. ... Aristotle also wrote important works, including Poetics, a masterpiece of literary criticism. ... These include lyric and epic poetry, philosophical essays and dialogues, tragic and comic drama, literary letters and critical and biographical history. ... Drama, especially tragedy, became the most important literary form. ...

• Word Count: 2025
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• Grade Level: High School

Many English departments are victims of a literary pretentiousness, whereby anything that the great unwashed masses read and enjoy must inherently have no scholarly value. ... In a way, King's books are literary chewing gum, or as he himself says " the literary equivalent of a Big Mac and fries." ...

• Word Count: 2261
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Spenser's "The Faerie Queene" I. Introduction When Edmund Spenser wrote his romantic epic The Faerie Queene, he intended for it to be an allegory. An allegory is a literary device used to give a literary work two different meanings. One meaning is easily understood, but the second meanin...

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By wielding his superior intellect over the Congolese he is able to gain control of their thought process; in terms of their opinion of him. ... Marlow is also unaware of the power that Kurtz has in terms of what he can make him and his crews do, for his own personal gain. ... But in terms of how irrational he is acting, the exploding of the steam ship is one of his worst deeds. ... In addition, Kurtz is not civil in terms of the fashion in which he reaps and sells ivory, he uses his brute force and striking fear to steal from the savages. ... But at this point in time he infers that it is K...

• Word Count: 1482
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

"Her compact, forceful language, characteried formally by long disruptive dashes, heavy iambic meters, and angular, imprecise rhymes, is one fo the singular literary achievements of of the nineteenth century. ... They both want their work to accepted and published on their terms. ... She writes what she wants and on her own terms. ...

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According to Gudz (2008), in Woolf's management with time lied an explanation to her literary methods. ... Orlando has not been growing as expected in terms of her physical nature, but as an individual she has been growing, following the idea that one progresses and grows as a person. ... This essay has examined how Virginia Woolf used the concept of time in her novel Orlando by mentioning how the past, present, and future is presented in terms of Orlando living through the ages. ...

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Essentially the female in this poem is evaluated in terms of the physical world. ... It is also romantic in the way that he talks of the beauty of a woman in terms of the beauty of the night, a clear and starry night. ...

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Peoples" beliefs often contradict the truth, as revealed in the film, and this subject directly applies to society in terms of religion. ... Neo's resurrection confirms his literary connection to the Son, and his speech in the end foreshadows God's will for Jesus" contributions to mankind: ". . . ... In terms of societal reference, "you" represents false pagan gods, and "these people" are the heathens that God wants to convert through his Son's preaching the truth and his sacrifice on the cross. ...

• Word Count: 1590
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School