Literary devices

The idea of chaos and destruction is strongly present throughout the prose passage featuring the celebration that is being retold. The prose passage is about a celebration that originally starts outdoors, but gets interrupted by a destructive storm, causing the celebration to move indoors. The storm creates chaos and destruction through the celebration. This can be seen through the contrast of the content, the social customs and most prominently, the imagery used in the prose passage. In the…

The world around us is slowly crumbling down and us as people will crumble with it. With everyone fighting around us and we are getting manipulated by small and worthless electronics. Almost everyone has access to a cellular device and other electronics. Humans just go with the rhythm of others with no clue of where it could get them. Not many people read books and other literature because of our fancy phones that can have us communicate with friends using social media platforms such as…

“My Papa’s Waltz”, written by Theodore Roethke, uses strong sentence structure to allow his poem to portray several different interpretations. He is able to use imagery to show the speaker and his father waltzing throughout their house, but is it in a negative or positive way? After I first read this I sensed negative actions taking place, particularly abusive, but after reading the poem a few more times I visualized a more positive perspective. One part about a poem I personally enjoy is it…

My Papa’s Waltz Sometimes memories are more powerful than the events themselves. Theodore Roethke utilized the poetic devices of similes, metaphors, and alliterations to demonstrate a vivid experience of the power of a memory. Theodore Roethke, a well-known poet, wrote a narrative poem called My Papa’s Waltz. The theme of the poem is to cherish memories that occur with your family such as: Dad, Mom, and Grandparents. The subject of the poem is to show that the reader should enjoy the fun…

care costs. In an effort to slow rising health care costs, improve performance, and increase productivity, corporations implement workplace wellness programs. Workplace wellness programs can include a number of components, such as wearable fitness devices, health screenings, health risk assessments, smoking cessation, flu shots, nutrition services, health education, stress management, and health coaching. However, a lot of focus has been given to increased physical activity. This is due, in…

In the first place let begin by saying what is the (LRAD)? It is The Long Range Acoustic Device. Which is a loud megaphone/microphone or speaker to convey important messages to individuals who makes loud noise and disturb the environment. Certainly, the LRAD is not a less lethal weapon. Of course, the LRAD is used to get the attention of a large crowd or a criminal is about to break the law by disturbing the peace. The LRAD once in operation will get the attention of the troublemaker, prevent…

This theme is revealed through six literary devices. Firstly, XXXTENTACION writes¨I think I, I think I finally found a way to forgive myself/ from mistakes I made in my past/ I think that's the first step, right?/ you agree?¨ These lyrics describe how he's has had a hard past and is finally forgiving himself and trying to become a better him. Secondly, the lyrics ¨Ive dug two graves for, us my dear/ Can't pretend I didn't leave you in fear.¨ He is saying that if he gets revenge he will fall too…

1. Find an example of a literary device and write the example. Be sure to label what device it is and explain how your example fits the description. An example I found was " Smashing their shining swords, their bloody, Hammer-forged blades onto boar-headed helmets, Slashing and stabbing with the sharpest of points ". Consonance is the repetition of consonant sounds in neighboring words in a line of poetry, and in lines 400-405, the "s" sound is repeated. " Smashing, shining, swords,…

his father for all the suffering and good that his father has done for him. The author uses imagery and diction to portray a better image about the narrator's regret for not noticing his father’s good deeds sooner. One of the more commonly used literary element in the poem “Those Winter Sundays” is imagery. The author uses imagery to emphasize the regrets that the speaker has about his father. In the first stanza the speaker talks about how the father worked hard for his family. The speaker…

The genius within a man, Edgar Allan Poe, uses the following literary elements to enhance his incredibly odd stories: personification, repetition and grim humor and these contribute to the thrilling and intense mood of his story; which adds to the style of the story. Edgar included many more literary elements, but these stood out far more than others. Below are examples from “The Black Cat” which represent these elements and show why Poe is known as a unique and original writer. Firstly, Poe…