In James W. Hall’s “Maybe Dats Your Pwoblem Too” most children can interpret it as humorous while adults can analyze rhetorical devices and find the poem somewhat subliminal. When One analyzes the rhetorical devices in Hall’s poem it is clear to see his intentions to not only contribute humor, but provides the poem with a theme. By utilizing diction, irony, and metaphor, Hall not only keeps a reader entertained but advocates a relatable situation. Throughout the entire poem, Hall chooses to show the awe-inspiring Spiderman with a speech impediment. He demonstrates his characters less flawless side by replacing all R’s with W’s also introducing humor into the poem.
Twain makes good use of his satirical writing style in this novel, but it’s not always what it’s cracked up to be. There's just one 'humorous' episode concerning a bull that interjects during this part of the book and it seems disconcertingly false -- kind of corny and cartoonish in a not terribly clever way. Perhaps the sort of thing he could bring life to in his famous lectures with his drawl and deadpan, but I remembering thinking...'uh oh', and boy was I right. The book continues to have some marvelous episodes as Twain continues his western adventure, but they are stretched out with a prodigious quantity of flimsy material. Comic set pieces with caricature-like characters get stale before they've begun, and he spins them out as if he was being paid by the word.
In order to create a sense of authenticity, Nam Le abides by verisimilitude in his short stories “Love and Honour and Pity and Pride and Compassion and Sacrifice” and “Tehran Calling” in his collection The Boat. His short story narratives utilise compression, poetics and sentence structure which are artifices to create mood and meaning. In this sense this type of fiction is realistic, but untrue. Readers are aware of this from the outset of the novel with Le’s first short story, which overtly illustrates that the stories in the collection are works of fiction. The autobiographical nature of the first passage in “Love and Honour and Pity and Pride and Compassion and Sacrifice” introduces the reader to the apparent truth and reality of the story, signalling also what is to be expected in the rest of the collection.
Walton recieves what is the first of many rhetorical questions in this passage. “How can I describe my sensations on beholding it?’ is the first of these questions; and the second, beginning ‘Have my murderous machinations…?’ is directed at Henry’s corpse. The final paragraph of the passage, beginning ‘Why did I not die’, consists of a series of rhetorical questions or exclamations that amount to a kind of lament for the position into which his experiments have brought him. The heightened manner in which Victor addresses Captain Walton (and thus
John Mackey Mrs. White Honors English 10/ 4th period 4 March 2012 Ironic Downfall into the Catacombs The literary devices irony and foreshadowing are used to accent one another. Edgar Allan Poe craftily uses both of these devices in order to make his stories tricky and deceitful to the characters but obvious to the reader. As the devices intertwine they allow for stories to become more complex and meaningful. In Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado”, Poe uses irony to foreshadow Fortunato’s downfall through the Montresor coat of arms, the origin of the characters’ names, and the use of the Free Masons. The Montresor family crest, the human foot d’or, accompanied by its motto, Nemo me impune lacesit (No one insults me with impunity),
The Text states that Moliere wrote many different types of plays and they were well known for their timeless characters, which is still well known. The article also states that Wilbur’s approach to translation is informative and he often gives importance to “rhyming solutions”. I find it interesting that he argues that creating natural verse is a matter of patience, and creating rhymes that sound new. The article stated that at one point Wilbur had a fear of unintentionally overlapping verses, this shows the possibility of verses may have been more limited than it is
Question before the Procession Shirley Jackson’s use of literary techniques in The Lottery is a true work of genius. She strategically uses irony in many places such as the story’s title, the setting an even in certain character’s personality traits. Another important literary technique used by Jackson is symbolism. The black box and the story’s title seem to create a range of associations outside themselves such as the importance of questioning irrational traditions and the unexpected nature of death. With the use of these two literary techniques, (irony and Symbolism) Shirley Jackson is able to emphasize important dramatic events within the plot.
It seems clear, due to the resemblance of the two short stories, that Edgar Allen Poe’s inspired Stephen King. Even though Poe’s story was written first, King did a better job of conveying a message only because the reader understands the protagonist’s motivation for a revengeful
"Robins will wear their feathery fire, whistling their whims on a low fence wire". This quoteis compared but its diffrently worded were it makes us think a little more the author uses these metaphorsto represent a less tangiable thing or some intangable quality or thing. Brad used metaphors in various ways which made the story very well detailed . Inferencing is a great way to make a reader use its imagination by visualising what will happen next. This literary device leaves a story with a myth, and only gives out hints to the reader to help him and think a lilttle more criticallly.
But he's got to have it. All the nobility does." (pg. 249) While the end is still very funny, it is less subtle and the overkill on the satire makings the reading even tedious at points. Overall satire is a key defining feature of Huckleberry Finn and Twain makes good use of it to poke fun at American and especially midwestern society.