Some readers seem hesitant to label this piece of literature as non-fiction because of Capote's choice to construct it with literary devices that are often found in fiction novels. ... Even though Capote used devices of fiction writing, it does not take away his credibility but simply proves that he can write a nonfiction novel using a number of different writing techniques from other genres. ... There are examples of Capote's fictional devices on nearly every page of his novel. For example when Capote used foreshadowing, "Then touching the brim of his cap, he headed for home and t...

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Ernest Hemingway's novel The Old Man and the Sea uses literary devices to make it a marvelous read and an outstanding piece of literature. Symbols are an extremely significant literary device used through out this novel. ... Another example of a metaphor shown in the novel is the old man's sail. ... Imagery is an equally important literary device that is used in the novel. ... To sum up in Ernst Hemingway novel The Old Man and the Sea he uses literary devices to make the book a marvelous read and an outstanding piece of fiction literature. ...

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In Jonathan Swift intriguing novel, Gulliver's Travel, Swift uses the literary device of satire to create a sense of amusement. ... Swift incorporates various literary devices such as exaggeration and sarcasm to present Gulliver's perception of England and the flaws of several societies. ... An example of exaggeration is when Swift stated, "This project could not be of great expense to the public be of much use for the dispatch of business in those countries, beget unanimity, shorten debates rouse the stupid, damn the pert... Overall Swift uses various li...

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Many types of literary criticism abound, formalism plays on the theory that the pieces form is what composes its persona. ... Look, for example, at how the words "black" and "blackness" and "white" are used in the play, by whom, and for what purposes. ... 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. ... Being that the context is ignored, one is at a disadvantage of being reduced to hardly any symbolic devices. ...

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Lucinda Matlock' - In "Lucinda Matlock,"" Edgar Lee Masters demonstrates the literary devices of the realism and frontier era. ... Masters wrote in a free verse style using the devices of irony, simplicity, morals and values, and symbols. ... He later started a practice always writing literary works on the side under pseudonyms. ... For example when Lucinda Matlock talked about the prairie it symbolized the strength and patience of people. ... He used devices such as irony, symbolism, morals, and realistic lifestyle. ...

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The Bedford Introduction to Literature defines irony as "a literary device that uses contradictory statements or situations to reveal a reality different that what appears to be true." ... One of the countless literary works to use this form of irony is a poem by Edwin Arlington Robinson called "Richard Cory". ... A good example of this use of irony can be found in the poem by E. ... A good example of this can be found in Stephen Crane's poem "A Man Said to the Universe". ... For centuries literary techniques, such as irony, have enhanced the quality of writing. ...

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This oral literature, with the first written works of the colonists, began American literary history. ... An effective orator uses four important devices to get his point across: rhetorical questions, restatement, repetition, and parallelism. ... - (Henry 118) these are all examples of rhetorical questions. ... - This is a perfect example of how Henry restates, "we must fight!... Edwards uses many literary features in his sermon. ...

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For example, when reading an allegory, the reader may find it very difficult to detect and interpret the symbolism in the literary work. ... This state of something being unclear is a formal device called ambiguity. ... An example is "My Papa's Waltz" by Theodore Roethke. ...

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Whystan Hugh Auden greatly contributed to the literary world of the twentieth century with his influential works of poetry, prose, and play writing. ... For example, " The years shall run like rabbits, for in my arms I hold the Flower of the Ages ." ... The ocean is folded up and hung to dry- another poetic device one can encounter in the poem is personification. Particularly this example, "The glacier knocks in the cupboard, the desert sighs in the bed." ...

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This excerpt was taken from The School for Wives and the passage is an example of dramatic irony because it is ironic that Horace is telling Arnolphe about this "dolt" not knowing that he is referring to him. ... Many literary works contain exposition, which is a narrative device, often used at the beginning of a work, that provides necessary background information about the characters and their circumstances( American Heritage.) . ...

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