Collection 2 Study Project

1. Collection 2 Study Project Figure of Speech- Similes, metaphors, or personification. Metaphor- Something used, or regarded as being used, to represent something else. (comparing) Symbolism- The practice of representing things with a symbolic meaning to character. Alliteration- The repetition of the same sounds at the beginning of words or stressed in syllables. Onomatopoeia- The formation of a word by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its reference. By Ashley Dapice

2. Figures of SpeechPersonification • In Oliver Wendell’s poem “The Broken Circle” • “The waste that careless Nature owns” • Nature cannot be careless. It has no feelings.

3. Figures of Speechmetaphors • Washington Irving’s “ A certain young lady” • “With a stately step -- such as You'd expect in a duchess –” • He is comparing her walk to that of royalty.

4. Oliver Wendell Holmes • “The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of an eye. The more light you shine on it, the more it will contract.” • Meaning that people who have no beliefs can be taught to have a more open mind once the information is brought to them. • Also since he is comparing the mind of a bigot and the pupil of an eye using the word “like” he is using a figure of speech.

5. Was interested in medicine and disease control. • His son fought in the civil war and became a well-known hero. • I like that he was interested in medicine, there was a big problem with infection control then and it definitely needed to be researched. • As there are still diseases now and things we would like to further understand such as cancer, Alzheimer’s disease etc. • His son being a hero is something to definitely honor. • If we wouldn’t have had the civil war we would still be fighting over federalism and slavery. So his son being a war hero made a difference. • He was very into morals. • In the patriot Mel Gibson’s son dies defending his country in the Civil War. Wendell’s son may not have died at war but they were both war heroes.

6. Henry David Thoreau • “ I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society.” • I think he means that he really cared for people and society. Those were his main points.

7. Was very interested in nature. • He liked to observe things more than he liked to experiment with them. • I’m not sure that watching plants and animals all day is something that I would enjoy but if that’s what he liked then it must have been a good hobby for him to help him gain knowledge. • There are facilities now that observe animals. One thing we have used from observations of the people before us is that we can test make-up on animals and use them for it. There are a lot of things we use animals for. • If you have a MySpace then you must see all the bulletins that are saying save the animals.

8. Edgar Allan Poe • “All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.”

9. He supported the Romantic movement in Europe. • He liked fiction, nonfiction, mysteries, and science fiction. • He’s very interesting no matter how depressing or dramatic or insane he is. I have liked all of his work so far. • He very much connects and would fit well in our society nowadays with all the drama and hatred. People are very depressed these days. • Someone that reminds me of Edgar Allan Poe is Cal in the movie Titanic. • He knows how to handle himself but he went nuts when his girlfriend didn’t want him the way I think Edgar Allan Poe would have blown up. In a lot of Edgar Allan Poe’s work (all of them I have seen) someone gets jealous or very mad and kills someone else. Cal gets jealous of Jack and tries to kill him and Rose.

10. www.topic sites.com (Edgar Allan Poe picture) • http://thoreau.eserver.org/ (Henry David Thoreau picture) • http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=494 (Oliver Wendell Holmes picture) • www.wikipedia.com • http://www.poetry-archive.com/b/bryant_william_cullen.html (poems)