1. Illegal
2. Cheating
3. Stealing
4. Copying
5. Degrading
Prince Edward learns numerous things when he is dressed as the pauper in Twain's "The Prince and the Pauper." He learns that what he thought was freedom is actually poverty and neglect from his family, he learns of the hardships that his citizens face due to the injustices of certain laws and he learns the filthy conditions of the nation's prisons.
Answer: Elie Wiesel, author of Night, uses figurative language to enhance your experience while reading this book. You'll examine four different types of figurative language in this lesson, and their roles in Wiesel's work: personification, symbolism, simile, and metaphor.
If this is the excerpt:
My dear Mr. President:
I was sitting in the audience at the Summit Meeting of Negro Leaders yesterday when you said we must have patience. On hearing you say this, I felt like standing up and saying, "Oh no! Not again."
I respectfully remind you sir, that we have been the most patient of all people. When you said we must have self-respect, I wondered how we could have self-respect and remain patient considering the treatment accorded us through the years.
17 million Negroes cannot do as you suggest and wait for the hearts of men to change. We want to enjoy now the rights that we feel we are entitled to as Americans. This we cannot do unless we pursue aggressively goals which all other Americans achieved over 150 years ago.
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The literary techniques I recognize are the following:
1) amplification - adding more words to a simple sentence to make it more valuable and understandable.
2) hyperbole - exaggeration
3) dramatic visualization
4) Imagery
5) Pathos - use for emotional appeal.</span>
