In The Devil’s Highway by Luis Alberto Urrea, the author retells a story of a group of immigrants who attempted to cross the border from Mexico into America. Throughout the novel, Urrea uses figurative language and syntax to prove the meaning that in order to grow as a community, there needs to be unity; making quick judgements about others can prevent people from uniting together. Towards the beginning of the novel, Urrea describes how the bodies of those who died crossing the border are treated in inspections for reports. He particularly describes how the deceased are referred to and states, “Some reports wittily call these men Juan Does. Jane Doe becomes Juana Doe” (Urrea 36).…
Dekanawida vs. Jonathan Edwards To introduce the purpose of this essay bluntly, I will compare and contrast the similarities and differences in the figurative language used between “The Iroquois Constitution” and “Sinner's in the Hands of an Angry God”. First, I will begin by explaining how Dekanawida, author of the Iroquois Constitution, uses figurative language. Then, I will explain how Jonathan Edwards uses figurative language in his sermon.…
Modern poems tend to have their meanings appear clearer than older ones, for we can understand the language much easier. However this does not make an easy escape for our minds to see a modern’s poem content easier compared to an older poem. Each writer hides a secret message within their poems, however some making it much clearer than others. The title is a starting point to find the key behind the hidden message within a poem. "Through a Glass Eye, Lightly" by Carolyn Kizer is simply about a girl who lost her eye at a young age.…
Throughout the novel, Ron Hansen uses figurative language. The most common figurative language used is simile. He uses simile to create an image in the reader’s mind and draw comparison between two objects. For example, he compares the howling winds rattling the windowpanes with a hot teapot “at every wooden gap in the house.” This comparison helps describe the howling winds to the reader vividly and effectively.…
In chapter 7 the author discusses excluding beauty by giving his personal experience as a teacher. The experience is about the assignment the teacher gave to the fourth-grade students he was teaching to describe what they said when they looked in their mirrors every day, what they liked and what they did not like in class or school. However, the supervising personnel criticized that assignment. The author describes the situation in apartheid schools which is discouraging. For instance, he states how he attended an apartheid school in Oklahoma City which 90 percent of the students were either black, Hispanic, or Native Americans.…
Tangerine: not only a citrus fruit, but also a middle school, and county in Florida, and the title of a book Tangerine, written by Edward Bloor. Imagine living in a totally sane neighborhood, and then moving to an insane neighborhood with natural disasters happening everywhere, from left to right. A boy named Paul Fisher, who is battling vision impairment, and is often made fun of because of it, being called names such as “Eclipse Boy” and “Mars.” A significant passage in the novel, was when Paul had a flashback about something that happened in his neighborhood while he was riding his bike back home around dinnertime.…
There are many different literature devices that authors can use to improve and beautify their poetry, but one of the greatest is imagery. Imagery is a descriptive language that helps the reader to visualize all the details surrounding the character. The more elements the writer uses the better understanding of the story readers have, and the more engaged with it they become. It relies on five senses, such as touch, smell, sight, taste and sound, to produce a wider and clearer picture in the reader’s mind. However, the advantage of imagery doesn’t just have the ability to describe surrounding things, feelings, thoughts and senses of the character, but also to prepare the reader for a better understanding of the meaning or main idea, and the…
TO BILLY: Yes. The writing style is mature and concise, and the disparities the author draws through imagery are constructed very well. However, there are a few unclear images and sections of the poem that would have to be remedied before the poem is taken into further consideration.…
Analyze the imagery in this poem. Imagery is all about what the reader thinks they would sense if they were present in a situation. If I were to put myself in the shoes of the narrator, I must…
I now know why people always say cramming the night before a test will do you more harm than good. Everything we do is done with our five major senses: Sight, Hear, Taste, Smell, and Touch. Up until now I used to believe that the mind was a recorder and our senses were independent of any other influence besides purely what we come in contact with. I used to think our five senses were objective and allowed us to interpret the world in new ways every time. I was wrong.…
Poetry is a very beautiful and unique form of literature, but it often is given a bad reputation. The main reason being is people overanalyze it, instead of taking in the beauty of it. Billy Collins’s poem “Introduction of Poetry” explains how people overanalyze and take away from the beauty of a poem. The speaker suggests ways of reading poetry that allow the reader to understand the poem, but not take away from the beauty of it. Billy Collins quotes “I ask them to take a poem / and hold it up to the light / like a color slide” (lines 1-3) meaning take the poem that is being read and analyze it, but do not analyze it to the point you loose sight of the beauty or “colors”.…
He is afraid to come out due to his past experiences. In the narrator’s manhole, he has thousands of lights hung up and steals electricity from the local electric company. He explains how being invisible can have its benefits because he gets free services. The narrator loves light because, although no one else can, he can see himself. The light symbolizes the truth in the world.…
Another metaphor used is when the poet compares the sun to an eye, ‘the eye of…
In the poem “ We Wear the Mask” by Paul Laurence Dunbar, we are introduced to a series of symbolism, enjambment, connotation, and alliteration, all of these elements working together to emphasize the true meaning behind the words. The poem is considered to be in Rondeau form and also follows in iambic tetrameter with stressed and then unstressed syllables occurring four times in each line. Dunbar combines all of these elements of poetry, to stress the idea that humans hide their true feelings behind masks of happiness, when in all actuality, guile only makes the world a harder place to live. Dunbar wastes no time in the making of this poem, the message behind his words is brought to the front in the very first two lines. “We wear the mask thats grins and lies, it hides our cheeks and shades our eyes”, these words suggest that we humans hide behind a facade of fake smiles and false happiness to spare others the feelings that we are actually experiencing.…
Racism in school has been an issue a long time ago and is still an issue today. If we all can work together we’ll be able prevent racism in school. In conclusion, students are still experiencing racism in school, which can get in their ways of getting a proper education. Racism towards students can come from their peers, or school staffs.…