In an essay published in the 1940’s, an author attempted to delve deep into who renowned celebrity Ellen Terry really was. Through rhetorical devices, the writer analyzes the many facets in which Terry far exceeded others. Terry’s character is developed throughout the piece as somewhat of a jack of all trades being able to master so many skills. Through anaphoras, metaphors and rhetorical questions, along with many other more subtle rhetorical devices, Terry is built up as a figure unlike any before her.
The author of the essay begins to embed the idea of Terry’s multifaceted skills into the minds of the readers through her use of anaphoras. In addition to anaphoras, the writer chooses to use parallelism in her essay to further show Terry’s
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Whereas the writer uses anaphora and parallelism to show show how her cooking and drawing skills were equal, he/she uses personification and metaphors to show the beauty of her writing. For starters the writer explains Terry’s literature through a metaphor. “The words in her beautiful rapid hand bubbled off her pen.” This means that the her dazzling literature would come straight from her body and go directly to the paper. Whatever she thought up she would write up and it would always be spectacular (line 18-19). He/she continues this train of thought by commenting on how Terry’s writing was almost the same as an actual speaker with inflection. “With dashes and notes of exclamation she tried to give them the very tone and stress of the spoken word.” This personification of her writing being able to have the same stress as the spoken word, eloquently informs the reader of how phenomenal and impactful her writing was (line 20-21). Finally, the author shows off how extraordinary Ellen Terry was by summing up who she was. “But now and again Nature creates a new part, an original part.” The writer personifies nature and how it is creating this once in a lifetime role for Terry. He/she compares Terry to this by saying it was her fate to act the new part (line
As a matter of fact, when she first sees the book she uses much detail when she says, “the swans posed on a placid lake, your name blurred underwater sinking to the bottom” she uses much detail to just describe the font cover of the book. The speaker continues to describe the cover of the book and the swans which cover it, “the swans posed on the cover, their question-mark necks arced over..” here she illustrated a picture of what the swans necks looked like to her, “the swans dipped their alphabet necks.” The speaker was able to use much detail when describing not only the book, but when she was writing she uses much detail to describe her discovery of love of writing, “I could almost feel the blue waters drawn into the tip of my pen.” Here the speaker uses much detail in describing how it is the author feels about the book. Here discoveries are very well conveyed by the persuasive selection of detail describing what it is she was destined to
The author was very heavy in the Pathos category. He invested strongly in using stories and vivid language to get their point across to the readers. For example, in paragraph 4 the author talked about living north of New York City. Talking about how most of the vehicles people would see on the road would be an SUV or a light truck. They went on saying
The focus of Norma’s fame is a recurring theme throughout the film that is referenced in order to emphasise the extent to which fame has affected Norma and her life. When Norma decides to talk to Cecil DeMille about her script the young security guard questions her by saying ‘Norma, who?’ as the younger generation are unlikely to have heard of the actress. This further emphasises the harsh reality of fame and in particular, Hollywood, as new actors and actresses are constantly churned out to appeal to the audiences needs for the new Hollywood ‘star’.
How does he develop the simile in paragraph 5? Discuss the power of the imagery. Why does he use it?
The beauty of the story is about authentically conveying the author’s emotion experience, depicting the true feeling of the characters, and delivering the thought process by putting readers into their shoes, in order to create resonance with the readers, like her emotion for the love of nature, for her struggle towards money, and for the crush she had towards the hunter. Sylvia’s love of nature showed from “As for Sylvia herself, it seemed as if she had never been alive at all before she came to live at the farm. (5)”. She found her real self here, embracing the nature, knowing every life that lived here, and fully enjoying the freedom in the woods, just like a jungle fairy.
In her memoir, Virginia Woolf discusses a valuable lesson learned during her childhood fishing trips in Cornwall, England. To convey the significance of past moments, Woolf incorporates detailed figurative language and a variety of syntax into her writing. Woolf communicates an appreciative tone of the past to the audience, emphasizing its lasting impact on her life.
aims his focal point at imagery to provide vivid and rich details. Literary devices play a crucial
Langston Hughes also uses characterization in this poem. The poem is a narrative on a specific character. Hughes describes in detail the background and interests. As soon as he leaves the classroom he starts thinking about his assignment and what he is going to write. This speaks to the characters drive and strive for his education. His race is also his struggle that allowed him to move to the north. Hughes shares what he loves to do, what he is passionate about, his knowledge, and his choice of music. His identity is clear and never questioned. Hughes knows who he is and what he is capable of accomplishing.
In conclusion, Taylor's poetical structures are customary in their fundamental purposeful anecdote, their unpredictability and progression are profoundly unique. His lines move to an unpleasant rhythm; the verbs are solid, and the symbolism incredible. The excessive different method of expression and the relationship of picture and thought planned by its strain to strike poetic flashes makes this poem a perfect example of metaphysical
In the poem , “The Author to Her Book,” Anne Bradstreet describes her conflicting disposition towards her work by using poetic structure, imagery, and personification.
Bradstreet describes and conveys her attitude towards her, writing, which she compares to her “offspring” (1). For instance, the author shows her attitude through the usage of words like, “ill-form’d” and “raggs” (1). Bradstreet utilizes diction in order to help transmit how critical and masterful she is about her work. In addition, she writes, “[The] offspring of my feeble brain” (1). In this line, Bradstreet emphasizes the notion of being unsatisfied with both her work and herself.
He transitions the tone of the poem from one of despair and hopelessness to one of encouragement which adds a realistic effect to the poem while still encouraging the reader. There is a thin line between being completely discouraging and being realistic; the speaker in the story seems to keep the perfect balance between these two lines. With the skillfully organized tone, the author helps the reader better understand the mood of the story as well as the difficult
Judy uses ethos, pathos, and logos in her essay. At the beginning of her work, she writes about how she is a wife and a mother herself. Next, she wrote the majority of her essay in a man’s
It is certainly true that one of the distinguishing features of poetic texts is the use of figurative or non-literal language – this essay highlights the fact that metaphors do contribute to the understanding of a poem. Ted Hughes’ poem, Sketching a Thatcher, is loaded with vivid imagery and ample metaphorical constructions which aids to validate this fact. In order to uncover the message behind this poem, one must take a closer look at the arguments, focus expressions and tenor/vehicle constructions of at least six local metaphorical constructions