The narrative poetry "The Thing about Terry" shows the elements that includes rhyme, stanzas, abstract language, and setting. These elements are very visible after reading the poetry. <span>Figurative language writing that is meant to be imaginative and vivid rather than literal. Figure of Speech (or stylistic device or rhetorical device) is using of different styles to complement an idea, feeling or meaning. These speeches give importance, newness of expression, or clearness. They are like connotations which are subjected to individual interpretation. </span>
Answer:
'Girl' is a prose poem about a mother providing life advice and instruction to her daughter. It is written by Antiguan author Jamaica Kincaid as one long sentence with each piece of advice.
Explanation:
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Comparing:
Both of the themes from these excerpts are about how you can be able to learn despite differences in yourself from others.
Contrasting:
The theme of <em>The Story of My Life</em> by Helen Keller is that you are able to do anything you put your mind to, even if you are physically impaired in some way.
The main theme in the excerpt of <em>The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass</em>, is that you can learn how to do things even if you are of a different ethnic background.
In other words, the main character in the story are different in different ways (one is blind, the other was of a different ethnicity)