Literary devices

The Murder of Dreams Examine how Eliot utilizes literary devices to convey and enhance one of the themes of his poem. You may want to consider tone, diction, allusion and/ or imagery when creating your analysis. “The Love Song of Alfred J. Prufrock” is a collection of fragmented depressing thoughts of a man, Prufrock with no self esteem. When one thinks of the title “The Love song” one often assumes the poem is based affection, and their one true love. “ The Love Song of J. Alfred…

stupendous at teaching life lessons? Well there are many literary devices to choose form that could be considered for this topic. Robert Frost has done an extravagant job in displaying three critical literary devices, through his poem “Mending Wall”, which is a poem about a wall blocking a relationship between two neighbors. In Robert Frost’s poem “Mending Wall” he shows how poetic language, poetic form, persona, and tone are the strongest literary devices used to teach his readers a life…

The Utilization of Literary Devices in the Characterization of Captain Ahab Herman Melville’s, Moby Dick, is the story about the journeys of a group of whalers led by the fearless Captain Ahab, and their quest to help the Captain get revenge on the great White Whale that once tore off his leg. Melville himself had once been a sailor and a majority of the book was inspired by the hardships he himself had faced at sea. The book is notorious for being very long, enigmatic, and filled with sailor…

To Kill a Mockingbird has many literary devices that students need to be able to recognize. For example, literary devices are used to create hidden messages in the text. Symbolism is one of the literary devices used in the book, it’s even used in the title. “ Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in…

short yet interesting. Although short, they have an immense amount of detail and fully developed themes. More than all, short stories contain many literary devices to engage the reader. Three examples of when authors use literary devices in their stories were in The Skating Party and in The Story of an Hour. In The Story of an Hour, many literary devices are put to use such a pathetic fallacy and situational irony. A pathetic fallacy is used in the story to help express the feelings of…

The Aunts of Gilead use specific word choices to suppress viewpoints that contradict their own. For instance, they believe that casual sex is an abomination, so when teaching the handmaids, Aunt Lydia insists, “A thing is valued … only if it is rare and hard to get. We want you to be valued girls” (Atwood 114). Aunt Lydia uses a specific word, “valued,” to generate certain emotion in her audience. Unlike some of its synonyms, such as “useful” or “of service,” the word “valued” creates a desire…

‘Stormbreaker’ by Anthony Horowitz is a novel of spy fiction and is evidently an adequate example of spy fiction for many reasons. Some of which include: The protagonist’s gadgets, the revelation of the antagonist’s entire master plan, and the protagonist saving the day with mere moments to spare. In Horowitz’s novel of spy fiction contains many gadgets unique to his novel, as Alex Rider’s gadgets may appear to be ordinary products and items a teenage boy would own, like most spy’s gadgets are,…

Literary devices are used to connect with the reader. When we read, we want to connect to the story in a way to better understand. To truly enjoy what is written we need to become a character in the story and literary devices help us to see and feel the storyline which captures all of our senses in a way to take us to the place, either mystical or historical, futuristic or present time that makes the story relevant to the reader. These devices draw the reader in, paint a picture, heighten the…

If a story didn’t use any literary devices, I wonder what it would like. In the story “Like the Sun” by R. K. Narayan there are many literary devices used. The story is about a man who chooses to be completely honest for a day. By doing this gets himself into some sticky situations. In “Like the Sun” there are two literary devices that would total change the story if they were not in there. Theses would be irony and conflict. To Begin, In “like the Sun” irony plays a huge part of the story…

Frank explains how his life was growing up in a poverty family, his father being an alcoholic and never being able to hold a steady job, and the death of his three younger siblings. In the novel, McCourts use of style, point of view, and use of literary devices accomplishes a comic relief that distracts from the hardship that the McCourt family was faced with. First, McCourt uses humor and wit as his main style for his memoir. In the memoir McCourt uses the style of humor to break up from…