Essays on Literary Devices

Bias is something that every writer fears of and constantly threads the needle with it. Often times writers unbeknownst to them become biased in their written pieces. There are a couple of ways biases can occur in writing, the first way is that the writer…

Advertisements are a form of argument that attempt to prove a point. This point is usually to persuade their audience that they need a certain product to act a certain way, to feel a certain way or to live a certain lifestyle. Honestly if we…

“Ame Allusions are very common in literature. Many authors use them in their books for various reasons. But what exactly are they? How to define them and what are the most famous examples in Gaiman’s work? Is he truly the “Master of allusions”? This essay…

Explore how the words of The Cockroach vividly convey the situation of Kevin Halligan. Support your answer with details from the poem. Kevin Halligan uses intricate sequencing of words and language devices to make his situation realistic and meaningful in ‘The Cockroach’. The main idea…

Literary Devices in Oedipus Rex Oedipus Rex is a remarkable play by Sophocles, centering around Oedipus’ purpose of finding the cause of the curse that is tyrannizing Thebes, the city where Oedipus is king. The play strongly demonstrates the point of how one’s pride could…

Certain pivotal events occur that permanently transform a person’s perspective in life. These occurrences foster greatness and harbor the potential to cause continual change within people. Malcolm X, a renowned civil rights activist, experienced a momentous episode in his life which ignited his passion to…

Authors use literary devices in their story’s and plays for an assortment of reasons. This is also true in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. In the play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare a Roman senator named Caesar has risen above the rest and soon will become a…

Through the use of a nineteenth-century gothic setting in Ferndean, the author, Charlotte Bronte, uses literacy techniques and loves to develop the narrative voice of Jane as an independent and passionate young woman. The first time Jane lays eyes on Ferndean Mansion she feels it…

Concrete details: language that describes specific, Observable things, people or places, rather than ideas or qualities. Example: “The village of Holcomb stands on the high wheat plains of western Kansas, a lonesome area that other Kansans call “out there.” Some seventy miles east of the…

A lot of comedic devices have been used to build the hilarity and story of “The Taming of the Shrew”. They have shown how the shrew can be molded with similar treatment as given. These tools assist in paying attention to the tale and ponder…