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Poetry Structure & Figurative Language

Question 1
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What is imagery in poetry used to do?

Question 2
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What effect does an author achieve by consistently using hyperbolic language throughout a narrative?

Question 3
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What does the conch shell represent in William Golding’s 'Lord of the Flies'?

Question 4
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What are words with multiple meanings and connotations used to do in a poem?

Question 5
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Which type of character remains the same throughout the narrative without any internal changes?

Question 6
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In what way does Shakespeare employ imagery in Macbeth’s "Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow" soliloquy to reinforce themes about life’s fleeting nature?

Question 7
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In Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Raven,' what does the raven itself most likely symbolize?

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Question 8
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What is likely achieved when an author juxtaposes vivid sensory imagery with starkly contrasting abstract concepts throughout a text?

Question 9
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How does the use of a nonlinear timeline in a narrative primarily affect the reader’s understanding of the story?

Question 10
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How would the introduction of a stream-of-consciousness narrative technique in "Pride and Prejudice" most likely affect the thematic complexity of social class distinctions?