Figurative Language In The Crucible

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Do you know two of the best historic authors? Have you seen or heard how they display and forwards their messages? Have you ever seen one of the best historic plays The Crucible , written by Arthur Miller? Have you heard the great sermon preached by Jonathan Edwards (Sinners in the hands of an angry god)? Both authors use great tactics and literary devices to forward their messages. Imagery, allegory and figurative language are both great literary elements to use to forward messages and forward them clearly. Fear and persuasion are also used to give the audience a feeling or to create a bandwagon. Both of these authors used either of these or another to impact their audience in many different ways. In the famous play The Crucible , Arthur

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