Mini-Lesson 1.17 Text Analysis - Juxtaposition

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revision

revising

our search included the trash can

searching for them in the trash can

in the trash can

we searched for them in the trash can

The figurative comparison between two unlike things

Placing two things side by side, usually to show contrast

A position on the football field

What readers do when they compare and contrast

Persuasion

Comparison and Contrast

Analysis

Explication

In this case, dogs are being personified as able to learn tricks

The reverse psychology of this proverb implies that you can indeed learn new things when you’ve gotten older.

The contrast between old and new demonstrates the difficulty of learning new things at an old age or after getting stuck in one’s ways.

It is not juxtaposition

Sula is wild and unconventional (with an ironic last name of Peace), while Nel is virtuous and restrained.

"Nel, an only child, sat on the steps of her back porch surrounded by the high silence of her mother’s incredibly orderly house, feeling the neatness pointing at her back…”

“Each time she said the word me there was a gathering in her like power, like joy, like fear."