Not only does Hughes convey those two elements, but his writing style is also significant as it is structured by his use of the first-person point of view, symbolism, and onomatopoeia. ... Lastly, Hughes also uses onomatopoeia to reveal the mistreatment of blacks during segregation. ... The onomatopoeia word, Bop, is repeated multiple times throughout the text to stress and illustrate the repeated actions of violence and inequality. Not only does he use onomatopoeia to convey this event, but he also uses pathos to evoke emotions of despair. ... By utilizing the elements of first-person nar...

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Alliteration, metaphor, and onomatopoeia are three such techniques that can be identified within the poems introduced in the readings. ... Now one can examine how the poet utilizes alliteration, metaphor, and onomatopoeia within their poems to communicate work and work-related issues as the central themes. ... Wayman uses many good examples of onomatopoeia in the second and third stanzas: "blasted", "creaks", "pound", "ring" and "blow". ... "Unemployment" by Tom Wayman Wayman uses metaphor and onomatopoeia to express the feelings of resentment, bitterness and impatience that one may have w...

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Onomatopoeia is another poetic technique used by Lord Tennyson. ... An effective example of onomatopoeia is: "In roaring he shall rise". ... In this poem Lewis Carroll uses onomatopoeia throughout the poem. ... The use of onomatopoeia; alliteration and nonsense rhyme collect together to create my idea of a monster. ... A main similarity is the use of onomatopoeia. ...

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The Rear Guard contains numerous poetic devices, one of which is onomatopoeia. "Tripping, he grabbed the wall" is an example of Onomatopoeia as "tripping" further suggests the lack of visibility in the trenches as the soldier is having difficulty in reaching his destination without stumbling in the dark. ...

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In "Churning Day", Heaney uses a lot of onomatopoeia, even the title is onomatopoeia, "Churning". "Plumping" (Line 7) is also using onomatopoeia to give you a sort of snug feeling. ... In contrast, "Mid-Term Break" contains only one usage of onomatopoeia, "the baby cooed and laughed", and this is to convey the baby's ignorance, the onomatopoeia makes it seem more immediate. ... In "An Advancement of Learning", Heaney uses onomatopoeia to describe the rat in much deeper detail. ... Whenever Heaney wants to make sounds clearer to us he uses onomatopoeia. ...

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Hill uses onomatopoeia to present to us the realness of the conditions and events of the story and to also engage us in the dangers of Gallipoli. ... Anthony Hill has used onomatopoeia to help involve the audience in the events of the Gallipoli campaign. ... Hill involves us in the events of Gallipoli through the use of onomatopoeia. ... He used onomatopoeia to engage to audience in the events and dangers that soldiers had to face in the Gallipoli campaign. ...

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The poetic devices visible in these two poems are those of figurative language, including simile, metaphor and personification, sound techniques such as alliteration and onomatopoeia, and rhyme & rhythm. ... Sound techniques, including alliteration and onomatopoeia can be used to highlight certain areas where the poet wishes the reader to pay special attention to or to emphasize certain words. ... Onomatopoeia is also a rarity, only being seen by Wright's use of the word "Oh" and other such phrases. ...

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Throughout his novel Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury clearly elucidates his strong belief that technological advances have adverse effects on society as a whole. He expounds his opinion through a description of a school in the quote, "An hour of TV class four more hours of film-teacher" (29). Ironicall...

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The book I chose that had a significant impact on me was a novel from the mind of Gordon Korman, entitled I Want To Go Home. This book is about a teenager named Rudy who is forced to go to camp, and simply put, wants to go home. Throughout the novel, different counselors and campers try different...

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Robert Frost uses the literary writing techniques of syntax, repetition of lines, simile, metaphor, onomatopoeia, rhyme scheme and especially personification in his poems. ... The line "Then he flung outward, feet first, with a swish," (pg. 894) is an instance where Frost uses the literary technique onomatopoeia, in which the word sounds like the noise it describes, using the word swish. ...

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In the book, Twain uses such forms of figurative language as metaphors, similes, onomatopoeia, personification, imagery, realism, and more. ... Examples of onomatopoeia can be found on page 17, where Twain uses such words as sobbing and snuffling. ...

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Here, a combination of alliteration and onomatopoeia is used to emphasize the auditory imagery of these instruments, with "witching" both betraying the spooky, occult quality of the chords and onomatopoetically representing their sound. ...

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It flung up momently the sacred river. Five miles meandering with a mazy motion Through wood and dale the sacred river ran, Then reached the caverns measureless to man, And sank in tumult to a lifeless ocean: And 'mid this tumult Kubla heard from far Ancestral voices prophesying war! The sh...

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Briar Rose Book Review Briar Rose by Jane Yolen is a heart-wrenching story of Sleeping Beauty intertwined with the horrors of World War II. The novel contains all the elements of the classic Sleeping Beauty: the castle, thorns, princess, and a tale of death and awakening from eternal sleep. Y...

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Good commentary must include: - Clear organization - Understanding of literary techniques - Alliteration - Metaphors - she is snow - Onomatopoeia - words that are spelt in a similar way to the sound - Allegory - narrative using symbols - Euphemism - cold slumber (death) - Similes - white as snow (figurative language as opposed to literal language) - Oxymoron - silent scream - Hyperbole - Visual imagery - Personification - the howling wind, dancing grass, smiling moon - Punctuation -Structure - paragraphs - Objectification - opposite of personification - standing like a statue ...

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Poem description and background information The poem "A World Where News Travelled Slowly" is a rather modern Poem written by Lavinia Greenlaw in 1997. The Poem consists of three verses which each describe a different way in which News travelled from one person to another. They are ordered in mov...

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"Wow Philippe! This paper you wrote is really good! You scored one of the highest grades in class!" That's what my teacher said when I was in third grade. I remember that when I was young, I used to be a great writer. From then on my papers were usually really good during all that year. My fellow cl...

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The poem goes on telling us about when they heard the distant tapping of the horses an example of this " we heard a distant tapping on the road " The author is using onomatopoeia to recreate sound. ...

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John Donne's poem, "The Broken Heart" is composed of a multitude amount of themes, worthy diction, poetic devices, and figurative language that fall into place in order to successfully emphasize on the thoughts of heartache from the speaker. The speaker kicks off the poem by declaring that a man who...

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The poet goes on to describe the various sounds which are audible from the house for which he uses onomatopoeia, he describes the wind as having ridden over the sea waves, which is now crashing into the hills bringing dampness and destruction with it. ...

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The alliteration, "fresh-firecoal- chestnuts, and the onomatopoeias, "dappled, stipple, fickle, freckled, adazzle, create a pleasing sound which invites the reader to value the unique and strange characteristics of the subject. ...

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A poem written by the World War One poet, Wilfred Owen, is 'Exposure'. This poem is set out to show the reader what the conditions were really like during the First World War and to make it clear that the events that surrounded him, were not pleasant. In this essay, I am going to write about how Owe...

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In 'Wuthering Heights', Emily Bronte uses repetition, alliteration and onomatopoeia to emphasise the maliciousness of Heathcliff's violent threats to Isabella. ... Through the use of alliteration of "worms writhe" and onomatopoeia of the word "crush", the reader pictures Heathcliff aggressively spitting out these hysterical words in disgust. ...

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Name ______________________________ Date ________ Period ______ "Shooting an Elephant" Quiz (40 points; 2 points each) Directions: Circle the best answer for each question. 1. Orwell takes great length in describing the elephant's demise. What does his description foreshadow? a. the rise of the ...

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For example The taunting use of alliteration and onomatopoeia of "Yippity-yap" suggest the sounds of the merry, mocking flow of the river as it takes life, and so leaves the reader with a sense of the river God's perverse nature and sadistic humor. ...

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