Aside from the contents, I was impressed with the level of literary complexity of the Qur'an. The messages from the text are conveyed with various literary structures and devices. ... Brown summarizes that the seeming disorganization of Quranic literary expression is in fact a literary device capable of delivering profound effects as if the intensity of the prophetic message were shattering the vehicle of human language in which it was being communicated. However, from a pure literary stylistic stand point, its scattered mode of composition takes the flow away from the book. ... The lite...

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War conveys a conflicting situation between opposing forces leading to hostility and antagonism. Furthermore, warfare is about demolishing a society's own wealth to not, "make the masses too comfortable, and hence, in the long run, too intelligent," (191). George Orwell's novel, "1984," elucidates o...

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Through authorial decisions shown through literary devices such as flashbacks, imagery, and symbolism, Hosseini conveys that hope, which acts as a key to redemption, abolishes perpetual guilt. Through the author's use of literary devices such as flashbacks and imagery, Hosseini illustrates that guilt triggered by past betrayal is perpetual and everlasting if one is unable to find redemption. ... Overall, the employment of various literary devices and authorial decisions convey a strong sense of hope within the main character, allowing readers to perceive that Amir is finally beginning to...

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In order to gain credibility, many games attempt to showcase devices borrowed from other media types through a unique virtual lens. The Final Fantasy series by Square Enix is a clear example of the use of literary devices within a videogame. Square Enix has always used the device of interactive storytelling to set their game interface aside from others. ... The many literary devices which Final Fantasy XIII employs work seamlessly into the player's experience. ... The game's many multi-media spin-offs perfectly articulate its literary value which the connected movies and comics have ...

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Literature also makes up a unique reading styles because of the different literary terms and rhetorical devices that it possesses such as simile, metaphor, imagery and many more. ... Allusion is a reference in one literary work to a character or theme found in another literary work. ... Flashback is a device that allows the writer to present events that happened before the time of the current narration or the current events in the fiction. ... Style is the manner of expression of a particular writer, produced by choice of words, grammatical structures, use of literary devices, and all the pos...

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Many types of literary criticism abound, formalism plays on the theory that the pieces form is what composes its persona. ... Formalisms utmost priority is how certain aspects of literary works construct differing things by their nature. Interpretation of the literary material ought to be limited to the structural meaning of the piece. Formalism generally regards literature as an object, whereas other types of literary criticism see it as "text". ... Being that the context is ignored, one is at a disadvantage of being reduced to hardly any symbolic devices. ...

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All authors use literary features to develop atmosphere in their stories, and "William Wilson" is no exception. ... Exploring how Edgar Allan Poe depicts the atmosphere in his story by utilizing various stylistic devices such as diction, symbolism and metaphor, teaches us how he creates the story's mood. ... Overall, Poe implies the dark and mysterious tensions by using some literary devices such as diction, symbolism and metaphor. Poe applies these influential devices to present the relationship between the narrator and his doppelganger for the viewers, though not the narrato...

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Considering the poem "The Cadaver,"" readers gain a perspective and lens into a medical professional's life as literary techniques enhance the audience's perception of the distressing events they are exposed to every day. ... Implementation of literary devices such as imagery and metaphors allow readers to gauge understanding of the distressing events that occur in the lives of medical professionals every day. In "The Cadaver,"" these devices aid developing a relationship between doctors and readers, especially as emotions come to life. ... Though usage and analysis of these literary...

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Both authors of "A Christmas Memory" and "Pancakes" utilize similar literary techniques, but the authors convey different themes by doing so. ... Although the literary devices used by Capote and Bauer are the same, they yield different moods for the reader by using mood imagery, and symbolism. ... These literary elements contribute greatly to the outcome of the story as the literary elements contribute greatly to the use of mood. The usage of literary elements that were used to convey different moods can give a writer on how to write a story utilizing similar literary ele...

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He uses many devices such as metaphors, repetition, simile, imagery and Anthropomorphism to support his theme. ... Paul Laurence Dunbar uses many literary devices to express to the reader how he felt as an African American. ... The literary devices all help to show the apparent theme of the agony of captivity since the bird harmed itself trying to gain freedom. ...

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From the great expressionists and the literary accomplishments of 16th century English Literature a new breed of poets were born. ... Wit, inventiveness, and an elaborate use of literary devices and stylistic maneuvers hallmark their work. ...

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Even the encyclopedic definitions that the reader is pretended to accept, which are also important devices used by Doctorow, are chosen by the character. ... The narrative is, then, a device to depict this historical moment, slightly disguising some events by means of changing names -as it happens with the Rosenbergs - maintaining the real facts almost untouched. ... Doctorow style brings innovation to literary forms, being considered a post-modern narrative, breaking up with some literary values and devices that had been used before since the romantic era. Maybe this shift in the literary fo...

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One of the rhetorical devices used by Jonathan Swift in "A Modest Proposal" was irony. ... Another rhetorical device that was present throughout Swift's essay was exaggeration. ... A third rhetorical device used by Swift in his essay was understatement. ... In conclusion, Swift's use of rhetorical devices such as irony, exaggeration, and understatement prove that he intends only to engage in playful humor regarding the current economic position of the Irish, and that he in no way truly meant what he proposed for them. ... The fact that Swift was able to incorporate all thes...

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George Orwell employs a variety of allegorical devices in his novel 'Animal Farm' including personification, naive narrative and irony to produce an allegory that voices his concerns over the outcome of the Russian revolution, and more broadly the dangers of unchecked power. ... This literary device in the novel was an intellectual way for Orwell to escape the social restrictions brought about by the public's support for Russia, yet at the same time express his concerns on the outcome of the Russian revolution to the public without having to pass through a filter. ... Irony is ...

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In his essay, "Cool Like Me," Donnell Alexander uses several different literary devices to prove his claim that African Americans embody all that "cool" entails, inherently. With many instances of descriptive language, narrative techniques, and structural devices, he compares the coolness of himself to the coolness of other blacks and also other cultures - mainly white America - in order to get the reader to redefine "cool" in order to apply it as a black attribute. ... He then goes on with more structural devices early on in the writing using repetition. ... This topic is a sensitive on...

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This will be further supported by a review of linguistic markers and other literary devices used by the author to emphases the decline. ... Elizabeth Bowen uses linguistic markers and literary devices to reinforce her message that the big house society is declining. ... "if you have nothing better to do, you had better keep in the house while y'have it " (Bowen, E 1998 p 125) Bowen frequently uses the theme of death as a literary device to symbolize the death of a society whether its nature itself dying or people, she does this by repeating the words associated with death "Well I mean ...

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In order for Thoreau to successfully persuade his audience into listening to his incite he uses strong rhetorical and literary devices. ... One of his literary devices that is hidden within the text is his use of simplistic words. ... All these literary tools working together provoke questions from the reader like "Maybe he is on to something". ...

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It was also not uncommon for historical references to appear in literary works during the seventeenth century. Wespazjan Kochowski, the poet responsible for the Polish Baroque-style poem, A Curse on the Sons, of the Crown: Who Disrupt the Diets, expresses the negativity of Sarmatism with the literary devices of symbolism, metaphor, metonymy, imagery, personification, allusion, and simile. ... These literary devices have artistically expressed Kochowski's grievances with Sarmatism and the Polish gentry during the Baroque period. ...

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Another literary device used by Owen in "Dulce Et Decorum Est" to convey his opinion that war is terrible is his diction, where he uses descriptions with extremely negative connotations to describe the miserable lives of the soldiers. ... Tennyson uses imagery and diction to make the soldiers seem as heroes dying for a good cause, not focusing on the deaths and losses of war, while Owen uses the same literary devices to show what it is really like, filled with pain, suffering, and death. Although the two literary pieces have strong points in them defending the authors' purposes ...

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The story became a literary success, presenting readers with a clear and detailed account of life during a time of war. ... The carefully thought out descriptions, the excellent literary details, and the protagonist being someone relatible, make the story incredibly realistic. ... Here is a excerpt bursting with realistic descriptions of the internal workings of the execution device and the Federal Army that controlled it:" A rope closely encircled his neck. ... Another attribution of literary realism is the emotional tie of human nature to Peyton's character because of his values (ethi...

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Irony is a significant device used by the poets in the slavery poems "On Being Brought from Africa to America," "The Dying Fugitive," and "Middle Passage." ... In "Middle Passage" Hayden uses standard epic conventions and devices and alters and inverts them to his liking. ... Robert Hayden uses his extensive knowledge of literature to make a new genre of slave poetry, but all of them recognized the effectiveness of irony as a literary device. ...

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Many critics have observed that in Orlando Woolf absorbs cinematic devices, adapting zooms, change-in-focus, close-ups, flashbacks, dissolves and tracking shots. ... Thus Orlando's desire and future are always assured in Potter's film, and indeed will come to literary success, a beautiful daughter, and a singing angel who proclaims, "At last I am free. ... Completing the narrative framing device, the voiceover asserts, "But she is changed. ... As with any literary adaptation, Potter's adaptation of Orlando has been met with much criticism. ... The image of the bumboat woman is t...

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In both literary works, the authors use setting to demonstrate the social separations and alienation of the characters from their communities. Situational irony is another literary device used to convey the theme of isolation in both of the literary works. ... William Faulkner and Edwin Arlington Robinson use a first person pleural narrator, setting, and situational irony in order to demonstrate the common theme of isolation in their literary works "A Rose for Emily" and "Richard Cory." Both Emily and Richard are alienated from their small town communities because of the...

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Write a considered analysis of Holes' by Louis Sachar, outlining its significance for both school students and older readers, placing it in the context of literary tradition'. ... To Place the book in the context of literary tradition, it would be first useful to define what is meant by literary tradition. According to F.R Leavis in his book The Great Tradition', a book can only deserve literary recognition if it has "serious, moral concern". ... Analytically, this book enables students to read between the lines and explore all literary aspects of the text. For exampl...

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Write a considered analysis of Holes' by Louis Sachar, outlining its significance for both school students and older readers, placing it in the context of literary tradition'. ... To Place the book in the context of literary tradition, it would be first useful to define what is meant by literary tradition. According to F.R Leavis in his book The Great Tradition', a book can only deserve literary recognition if it has "serious, moral concern". ... Analytically, this book enables students to read between the lines and explore all literary aspects of the text. For exampl...

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