Simile

memories and the roles of the people he came across.Douglass was able to write his autobiography because he blackmailed people into teaching him. During this time blacks weren't allowed to learn and would be punished. Douglass uses imagery, diction, and simile to provide information of the dehumanization of Americans during slavery. The first rhetorical device that is conveyed is imagery. In the text is states, “The children…

This is the lion. Its fury is unmatched: devouring, ravaging, killing mercilessly, “rip[ing] out soft heart[s]” (11.115) and “gulp[ing] down…blood” (11.176). The most intensely violent acts of the poem are almost always presented in tandem with similes making the…

to a weaving contest. Athene knows she will lose and perish, "Poor child. You are being destroyed by your own worth. Your talent has poisoned you with pride like the sting of a scorpion. So that which makes beauty brings death" (Evslin 11). This simile represents how full of her own pride Arachne is in Athene's perspective, how she is wasting her talent on a contest which she will lose to a goddess and be forced to death. Consequently, the sting of a scorpion is, more often than not, a fatal…

In Book Eight of the Odyssey, Homer uses similes that allow the reader to compare what a character is going through to something else. In this simile, Odysseus had been listening to the song describing one of his battles, and cries during remembrance. He is on the island of Phaikia and is feasting beside the king Alkinoos while a minstrel sings the song of the battle of Troy as Odysseus had requested. This compares his crying to the weeping of a woman who lost her husband and was enslaved to be…

principle can be applied to life: A person’s character is shaped by their beginning. In Randall Williams' “Daddy Tucked the Blanket,” Sandra Cisneros’ “Salvador Late or Early,” and Sandra Cisneros’ “Eleven” both authors use symbolism, imagery, and similes in order to argue that a person’s character is largely shaped by the experiences that they face. Through the use of symbolism, both of the authors are able to convey that important events in a person’s life can have a major impact on their…

Thesis- Although Capote seems to be telling the story of a brutally murdered family, he focuses upon Dick’s psychotic ways to reflect a dim light on Perry’s disposition, revealing the unexpected possibility for humanity in the face of a murderer. In order to reveal Dick’s cold-blooded ways, Capote strategically juxtaposes the murderers’ actions. He writes that, after the crime, Perry “had merely fallen face down across the bed, as though sleep were a weapon that had struck him from behind.”…

up to visit Noah with families of other soldiers: “No one had witnessed the fruits of war till now. Men in the crowd wept like children. Women shrieked and keened and fell on their knees. But we didn't. We might miss Noah.” (113) Here, Peck uses a simile to compare the crowds sobs to that of small children, showing that the men are feeling weak and helpless, and are in dire need of help. Peck also uses imagery in this instance to describe the blood and pain that came from warfare. Another…

quickly "bright things" can be lost (Act 1 Scene 1). In this quote, Shakespeare uses similes to describe the rate at which love disappears. This results in more emphasize to be put on how brief feelings are. The similes also create a clear visual in readers' mind as to the speed in which love can go from happy to miserable. Lysander also mentions love being "short as any dream" (Act 1 Scene 1). This simile correlates to Hippolystates statement in which she tell Theseus that the “four nights…

like this is what is applied when author develop their stories. In the story “The Tell Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe, the author uses similes and descriptive dialogue to develop the mood, setting, and characters in the story. In “The Tall Tale Heart”, the author uses similes to develop the mood, and characters of the passage. In the short story, Poe used a simile to develop the mood by saying, “Now I could hear a quick, low, soft sound, like the sound of a clock heard through a wall.” By…

Epic similes are long, dramatic comparisons made between two objects or circumstances using such words as like or as. These similes are used frequently throughout the beginning books of The Odyssey to relate mortal characters in times of triumph or distress, usually heroes, to certain things or events that would have been relatable to ancient Greeks. In situations of victory or glory, characters are normally related to gods or god-like objects, while characters in periods of despair or failure…