Literary Devices - Page 5
Questions
- What is it called when we give inanimate objects human qualities or characteristics? For example, in cartoons where animals or things talk and act like humans?
- In the short story "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" how is the characterization of Walter Mitty achieved?
- Is "too many cooks spoil the broth" an aphorism?
- Emerson says, "For, nature is not always tricked in holiday attire, but the same scene which yesterday breathed perfume and glittered as for the frolic of the nymphs, is overspread with melancholy today" To what senses does this imagery appeal?
- What are 5 examples of metonymy and how are they used in a sentence?
- Why conflict is important for the meaning of the story?
- If cacophony is a discordant and meaningless mixture of sounds, is there a word like this, only is refers to odors? If I said "a cacophony of smells", would that make sense?
- I need to write an essay about Mark Twain being the best American author, and an antithesis about how Huck Finn classified Mark Twain NOT being a good author. I have the race stuff, but are some more ideas?
- What are the main features of satirical writing?
- Which occasion do you use "euphonious"?
- What does internal and external characterization mean?
- Can you find an example of a hyperbole in a newspaper advertisement?
- Is there a specific way in which to identify euphony?
- Is the word "blast" an onomatopoeia?
- What is internal conflict and what is external conflict?
- What is the purpose of juxtaposition in English?
- What does the quote, "To the vector belong the spoils" mean?
- "Hollywood has grown too sophisticated to turn out anything really amusingly bad these days." #" "# I'm not native that's why I'm wavering in getting the meaning of this sentence. Can you help?
- What are examples of stanzas?
- Why is Grendel an archetype?