Literary devices

Literary Devices used in The Nun’s Priest Tale “The Nun’s Priest Tale”shows lots of examples using literary devices and how the author uses them very well and effectively. The author uses many literary devices in the tale. Literary devices such as dramatic irony, foreshadowing, and characterization. The main character Chanticleer could be tricked with flattery, which he was tricked by the foxes charm. Unfortunately, the next time the fox tries to trick Chanticleer he learned his lesson,…

Literary Device Quote Explanation Metaphor “My own house was an eyesore,” (Fitzgerald 5). When Nick Carraway, the narrator, is comparing his house to some of the houses in the neighborhood, including Jay Gatsby’s house, Fitzgerald, through Carraway, employs a metaphor by relating his house to an eyesore without the use of like or as. Through this quote, Fitzgerald illustrates Carraway’s intentions for traveling from the Middle West to New York, money and power. Carraway’s greed leads him to…

Scott shows the class ‘’the S shape of Vietnam’’ and ‘’...a statue of Buddha reclining’’ Ha says ‘’I know Buddha’’ but the class laughs and makes fun of her for the pronunciation of Buddha (boo-da). Name 4 examples of literary devices used in the poem, “Hate It”.…

Edgar Allen Poe uses the literary device of setting to create a dark tone, threatening tone in his short story, Tell Tale Heart by including Locale, Man Made Geography, and Mood and Atmosphere. The Locale in Tell Tale Heart is in the old man's bedroom. Due to the story the bedroom is supposed to make us safe. When you feel something is watching you. When someone watches you you feel scared and unsafe. Another locale is in the house, and at the house you feel safe at day. When night comes…

The song Red by Taylor Swift, contains several different literary devices throughout the song.The key literary devices used in the song are Similes, Personification, and Symbolism. Firstly, Similes are one of the most common literary devices used in the song red by Taylor Swift. A Simile is a figure of speech that involves comparing two things to make the statement more vivid. Taylor Swift state's “Loving him is like driving a new Maserati down a dead-end street” (Line 1).In this Simile I think…

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This past term I went on a college visit to Capri. Capri is a college for people to learn hair, makeup, and massages. When we got there, we walked in and there were people at the front desk asking names. once they have your name they gave you a small piece of paper that you had to fill out; so your name could be put in a drawing for a prize. You could walk around to the different stations they had there to look at all the things they had. the first on I went up to was the hair. My mom and me…

Comparative Literary Analysis Robert Frost once said, "Poetry is when an emotion has found its thoughts and the thought has found words." This quote is especially true when it comes to "Birthday" by M. T. Buckley and "The Secret Life of Books" by Stephen Edgar. Poetry is a form of communication that does not have just one interpretation. Every author speaks with their own personal signature, using particular literary devices. In both poems, the authors use diction, extended metaphor, and…

Through tone and the use of literary devices, author, Nazik al-Mala’ikah, helps the speaker convey a strong message in “Elegy for a Woman of No Importance”. Although the speaker could be the author walking in the streets of Baghdad, her birth city, the chances are that it’s just a bystander. They are most likely walking around observing the life of a city in Iraq, or another Muslim country. I’m led to believe this because, the author is from Iraq and on page 473 of the textbook it talks about…

These themes are betrayal and redemption. Khaled used many literary devices in his book, ones such as parallelism, metaphors, and contrast in order to enhance his writing. In addition to having strong themes the author, Khaled Hosseini, used these different literary devices and stylistic choices to drive home these…