The Raven Parody Analysis

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“The Raven” parody was one of my first and favorite parodies I had wrote during the whole school year. I’ve selected this piece for the very reason that I expressed my real feelings including my thoughts that the parody became very visionary. This activity was entertaining to work with because I got the opportunity to write about anything, but the only problem I faced was making sure the parody rhymed through the whole piece.
When I look at my other pieces of writing, this piece is different because I used more imagery details to make the reader imagine and understand how I was feeling. The skill I have improved on immensely is hyperbole. For example, I had wrote “ Breathing hard and catching my breath, I felt as if I was closer to death.”

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