Students were divided in groups and each group received one of the fragments for analysis and comprehension. The thorough
examination highlights the presence and command of one same figure of speech mainly employed in all of them contributing
to:
“My friend is dead, my neighbor is dead, my love, the darling of my soul, is dead.”
(A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens.)
“Buddy, you’re a boy, make a big noise
Playing in the street, gonna be a big man someday
Buddy, you’re a young man, hard man
Shouting in the street, gonna take on the world someday.”
(We Will Rock You, Queen.)
“We will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom
together knowing that we will be free one day.”
(I Have a Dream, Martin Luther King.)
“I came to win, to fight, to conquer, to thrive.
I came to win, to survive, to prosper, to rise.”
(Fly, Nicki Minaj.)
“… and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the Earth.”
(Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln.)
“We saw no houses, no smoke, no footprints, no boats, no people.”
(Lord of the Flies, William Golding.)