Hyperbole

different perspectives on how the woman is feeling. She starts fast with one long sentence, then slows down by having periods, and stops, which shows she maybe stopped working, or working as hard. Angelou also uses figurative language in the form of hyperboles, and personification. She says “Let me float across the sky”. This gives you the image of the woman leaving, and getting away from all the endless hard work, and stress. The personification comes from “Cover me with white / Cold icy…

on Twitter about content creators being culpable for the behavior of their followers, mind you. As if that weren't toxic enough, your community's Discord is one of the most virulent communities I've ever seen on the internet, and no, that isn't hyperbole: it only took a few minutes to ascertain the typical behavior of your community. It's a place where outrageously racist/bigoted thoughts are spewed in, what the users perceive to be, a place immune to outside scrutiny, and this occurs while you…

Nathaniel Hawthorne employed personification, allusion, and theme to develop his characters In The House of the Seven Gables. These and other literary devices help flesh out his tales. Without literary devices, a story is two-dimensional and forgettable, but The House of the Seven Gables is a tale that has withstood the test of time. When Phoebe first discovered the garden, she saw the scrawny chickens who “regarded her with queer, sidelong glances, and then croaked one to another, as if…

says that the townspeople thought that he was attractive and stood out, with the phrase, “glittered while he walked.” Then the speaker talks about how rich Richard was and that the townspeople were jealous. “rich--yes, richer than a king,” is a Hyperbole because Richard probably wouldn’t have more money than a king, but it shows that the townspeople viewed him with respect and envy. The author also shows that the townspeople are jealous by saying, “In fine, we thought that he was everything, To…

I Loved Her First By Heartland This song fits well with the poem At The San Francisco Airport because it is about a father letting go of his daughter. In the poem the father is sad that is daughter is leaving home in order to peruse bigger and better things in life. The father feels like time has passed him by, and he missed out on her growing up. Now that it is time to say goodbye and let his daughter move on he is struggling, he doesn’t want to let go but he know it is for the best. In I loved…

The poem I wrote: “ Love and all its flaws” is an open form poem. The text doesn’t follow any specific rules, however, it does have a rhyme scheme of AA BB CC DD EE. It is not a sonnet, there aren’t any stanzas, given that the poem is written in one block, and there isn’t any alliteration. My composition doesn’t have any line break, assonance nor consonance. In my poem many of different forms of imagery are portrayed. On the fourth line, tactile imagery is presented with the phrase: “ your…

Later it says “And the world's gonna know your name 'Cause you burn with the brightest flame” this shows that you’re amazing, and your ambition will help you accomplish anything. Another similarity between the two texts is that both texts also used hyperboles to show how serious/great you or they were/could be. An example from the speech by Muhammad Ali is “just last week, I murdered a rock,” which shows he is trying to explain how tough he is, through an exaggeration, since he can not actually…

Parents contribute positively to an athlete’s development because of the sacrifices they do and being positive role models. In the article The Parent Trap the author use various literary devices to show loss. The author uses visual imagery and a metaphor to display the amount of baggage a parent must carry for their child. “His eyes sported five pound bags, his right hand was bandaged and bloody and his face was sunk like a bad soufflé.” The author visually displays the act of sacrifice a parent…

Marin Dixon “Orphan Island”, by Laurel Snyder WARNING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!CONTAINS MANY, MANY, SPOILERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Plot Summary: On an island- there are nine children. There is a rule that keeps the island that way. “Nine on an island, orphans all, any more, the sky might fall.” This is a special place, completely cut out from the real world. There is a protective border around the island; and all the animals are friendly. There is plenty of food, water, and supplies for each child. No child…

you when you have something to offer him, but once you do not have anything else to offer he will turn his back on you and be manipulative. During the play Shakespeare uses hyperbole to overemphasize the amount of time between the marriage of Claudius and Gertrude, the funeral, and when his father died. The usage of hyperbole in “Hamlet” is used by showing how he is still holding onto the grudge towards his mother and how he is still sadden over the loss of his father. Hamlet also reminisced…