Read the excerpt from Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms. “There is nothing worse than war.”
“Defeat is worse.”
“I do not believe it,” Passini said. . . . “What is defeat? You go home.”
“They come after you. They take your home. They take your sisters.”
“I don’t believe it,” Passini said. “They can’t do that to everybody. Let everybody defend his home. Let them keep their sisters in the house.”

This excerpt exemplifies how Hemingway’s dialogues typically includes
common language and vague pronouns to refer to complex ideas.
complicated syntax and inflated vocabulary choices.
colorful language and specific word choices to define complex ideas.
difficult vocabulary and cultural references to elicit reader response.

What similarities are there between melchizedek and the englishman santiago? explain

50 ! your poem must include the following: ● poetic form: lines and stanzas (not paragraphs! ) o your poem needs to be at least 10 lines long. ● sensory details/strong imagery o “paint a picture” and/or create an emotion with your words, word choice is key in poetry ● figurative language o include at least one of the following: metaphor, simile, and/or personification (click here for more info. on these) ● sound devices o include at least one of the following: repetition, rhyme, rhythm, meter, onomatopoeia, and/or alliteration (click here for more info. on these) ● labels o underneath your poem, include the words from the poem that represent the figurative language and sound devices and label them o examples: booming bombs - alliteration; like a firefly - simile you so

Which pair of uses of figurative language from “the caged bird” support the extended metaphor of freedom versus oppression? back of the wind; floats downstream his wings are clipped; his feet are tied the caged bird sings; the free bird thinks dawn bright lawn; grave of dreams