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Shockvalue means to shocks the readers through horrible deaths of certain characters such as children and women such as in the Holocaust literature. However, excessive use of shockvalue, other than naturally...

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There are several such poems. One popular poem is "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" by S. T. Coleridge that shows inherent struggle of human beings against evil. The second one is "The Divine Comedy" by Dante,...

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It is puzzling and frustrating in the beginning but reassuring and optimistic in the end.

It is not simple to exactly say what type of poem is this though its rhyme scheme and stanzas are almost the same. The same goes for its devices as there are many devices at work such as the woods could...

This paragraph shows self-reflective tone through the use of alliteration (saw so, chocolate covered, /s/ and /c/ sounds), personification (my hand reminded me), and imagery (in the last three lines).

Tragic and sympathetic.

It is a paradoxical statement showing history present as a personification. Therefore, it shows the use of a paradox as well as a personification.

The first one is consonance as the sound of /t/ in the first verse shows and the second is metonymic use of magic that has been equated to abstract ideas of being a good, brave and true person.

It shows the use of consonance as the sound of /r/ shows.

Hello Liz, It is very difficult to perceive how you are going to adopt a style for writing your stories. It is entirely up to you. Just keep in mind that children use sensory perceptions more than adults....

There is no such thing in this line.

Check it for assonance as the use of /a/ sounds hows in the first few words and then for alliteration was shown by the sound of /w/ and /s/ in "was walking" and "cemetery surrounded and then the use of...

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The first one "She stood...." shows the use of alliteration as the sound of /s/ is repeated here. The second is a chiausmus as it repeats the structure of the first phrase in the second one.

Fiction is the narrative of some reality glossed over with niceties of good language. Sometimes, there could be additions in fictions and sometimes it could be covered in metaphors and similes. Reality...

Hello Emma, Thank you very much for pointing out the real text. However, as our purpose is to just to quote an exact text relevant to the given device, hence, it is given in its brief form, and not long...

The first one is a metaphor, though a twisted one. The second quote is use of consonance as the repetition of the sound /n/, /m/ and /t/ shows. The last one is an epigram.