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Flashcards in Anne Bradstreet: "To My Dear and Loving Husband" - Poetic Devices Deck (6)
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figurative language

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  • figurative language helps readers relate to literature
  • because it either describes things in great detail, or it makes a comparison that is more easily understood
  • Bradstreet probably used figurative language to help people better understand her Puritan perspective
  • metaphor: figure of speech that directly compares two unlike things without using like or as
  • hyperbole: exaggeration
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which of the following is an example of hyperbole

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  • the cowboy could rope a cal faster than a mosquito could blink
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Anne Bradstreet was different from other Puritan writers in that

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  • she wrote about more than just her religious beliefs
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an extended metaphor compares two unlike things at length, such as

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  • your eyes are stars set in the evening sky, always shining, ever constant, guiding me to you
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personification gives humanlike qualities to an object, an animal, or an idea, as in

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  • Truth finds his home and hearth in the mind of a brilliant man
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hyperbole is exaggeration that is used for emphasis, such as

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  • i would go to the stars and back before I would betray your love

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