Synecdoche

many literary devices such as synecdoche, irony, personification, parallelism and syntax helps him convey his point that slaves are treated brutally, and even if the masters seemed nice, they turned out to be atrocious, spiteful and didn’t allow the slaves get education in fear. When Douglass moved to Mr. and Mrs. Auld, Mrs. Auld decided to teach Douglass to read and write on line 2 of this passage, “she very kindly commenced to teach me the ABC.” He uses a synecdoche when Douglass says ABC’s…

Carl Sandburg’s Chicago is a poetic embodiment of the city that inspired its content. The poem, written during the pinnacle of the cities lifespan in the middle of the great migration, describes the life inside the city, and the people that make it unique and different from the other metropolitan hubs during the industrial revolution. Carl’s inspiration came from the sights he saw during his tenure in the windy city that inspired this great of a poem. Through the use of differentiating stanzas…

The flashback to Gatsby’s past with Dan Cody holds immense significance, as it gives background information and develops Gatsby as a character. Gatsby discloses his past to Nick, focusing on the great influence of millionaire Dan Cody on his life. Predominantly, the scene highlights Gatsby's key attributes to his success. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby and Baz Luhrmann’s film adaptation of the novel, numerous literary and cinematic techniques are implemented to convey patience and…

note how although he is discontent with his own status he seeks to improve himself. In this aspect, Hughes has employed a synecdoche to represent African Americans as himself and show their growth as a community. Hughes then states that tomorrow he will sit “at the table” and when company comes, no one will tell him to “eat in the kitchen”. To this end, tomorrow is a synecdoche for the future. The table is a metaphor that represents the opportunities given to white people. The idea that no one…

In this scene Aeschylus uses the follow figures of speech to build relationship between his style and content: metaphor, personification, irony, hyperbole, oxymoron, synecdoche, repetition, metonymy, and understatement. In this specific passage, these stylistic devices give meaning to both the lines themselves and the meaning of the whole narrative. The personification of the waves and rivers not only creates imagery but…

funeral as well as his ascension. His is more effective since he appeals to the Romans emotionally then logically and direct. Also Antony is justifying Caesars death rather then proving himself that he’s an honorable man. Marc Antony uses repetition synecdoches, alliteration, and an ethos appeal to seek revenge on conspirators in his speech. People say that Brutus’ speech is more effective but I disagree. Marc Antony does not overestimate his audience. He speaks to the crowd, rather…

reader sees the process that Frankenstein used to construct the creature, in a gloomy, insidious tone. Victor vividly describes the scene of him creating life from the dead, how he was amazed at first but then was disgusted. The author’s use of synecdoche presents the body parts used , such as the “eyes that were fixed on [him]”(19) and his “jaws that opened”(Shelley 20). The intentional use of body parts by Frankenstein describe a whole to portray the significance of identity. Victor was able…

Student: Khalid Anwahi Rhetorical Analysis of Scholarly Essay The main argument in the article what role could nuclear power play in limiting climate change? by Robert Rosner and Alex Hearn is that nuclear power plays a great responsibility in hindering the change of weather. The authors point out that it is within the ability of the modern international technical in doing away with fuel produced from the coal firms in the world by the year 2100. They add that it would be more challenging to…

Rhetorical Analysis Sojourner Truth, a black Civil Rights Activist, was born in 1797 and raised in a minefield of mistreatment and slavery. She ran away from the New York estate where she was enslaved when her owner failed to obey the New York Anti-Slavery Act of 1827. She spent the remainder of her life fighting against inequality and injustice. In 1851, Truth spoke at a Woman’s Rights Convention, advocating and sharing her ideas on equal rights between those of men and women, specifically…

The Treaty of Versailles was signed in 1919, forcing Germany to pay reparations for World War I, catalysing hyperinflation and accentuating class divisions. Lang establishes this social hierarchy through the juxtaposition of the triumphant music of the Eternal Gardens, with the melancholy music and darker lighting of the underground. Hence, he employs mise-en-scene in the long shot of the workers drudging, their slumped body language manifesting the extent of their oppression; yet Lang reveals…