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Understanding personification / by Johnson, Robin(Robin R.)(CARDINAL)474536;

Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index.Explains what personification is and how it can improve a story.750L

Subjects: Discourse analysis, Literary; Figures of speech in literature; Figures of speech; Literary style; Personification in literature; Personification;

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Christian wisdom : desiring God and learning in love / by Ford, David F.,1948-author.(CARDINAL)526680;

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Subjects: Bible; Wisdom literature; God (Christianity); Wisdom (Biblical personification); Wisdom;

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I see you, Mara! / by Bartok, Josh,author.(CARDINAL)845495; Demi,illustrator.(CARDINAL)512213;

"Destined to be classic: a tale from the Buddhist sutras told in the memorable and engaging rhyming verse in the tradition of Dr. Seuss and Shel Silverstein. Children and their parents will both love it, and be encouraged. Illustrated in a style that brings both humor and tradition, by the renowned and award-winning illustrator of I See You, Buddha as well as Wisdom's Illustrated Lotus Sutra, and many other books. Mara is a character from the Buddhist tradition who is the personification of the mind that causes suffering, also known as delusion. I See You, Mara! Provides time-tested tools for dispelling the voice of fear, doubt, and inadequacy that arise for all us. The reader will also see how, as a master physician, the Buddha was also the world's first cognitive behavioral therapist! A cognate of the name "Mara" persists in the English language in the word nightmare"--Grades 2-3

Subjects: Māra (Buddhist demon); Tipiṭaka.; Buddhist demonology;

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The book thief / by Zusak, Markus,author.(CARDINAL)703921;

Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel--a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors.730730LAccelerated Reader ARAccelerated Reader ARAccelerated Reader ARAccelerated ReaderReading Counts RCReading Counts!Michael L. Printz Honor for Excellence in Young Adult Literature, 2007Notable Book for a Global Society award winner, 2007Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2007Sydney Taylor Book Award, 2007.

Subjects: Novels.; War fiction.; Young adult fiction.; Storytelling; World War, 1939-1945; Death (Personification);

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Weird but true! Know-it-all : Greek mythology / by Flynn, Sarah Wassner,author.(CARDINAL)356064; Wass, Chip,1965-illustrator.(CARDINAL)401858;

Introduction -- Gaea & Uranus ; Mother Earth & Father Heaven -- The Titans : Gaea & Uranus's offspring -- Rhea & Cronus: mother & father of the gods -- Titanomachy: the war of the Titans -- Zeus: God of the sky & heavens -- Olympus: the palace of the gods -- Hera: goddess of women & marriage -- Hestia: Goddess of the hearth & home -- Poseidon: god of the seas -- Hades: god of the underworld -- Demeter: goddess of the harvest -- The underworld: the kingdom of the dead -- Hermes: God of trade, travelers & thieves -- Athena: goddess of war, wisdom & the arts -- Artemis: goddess of the hunt -- Apollo: god of the arts, music, healing & light -- Hephaestus: god of fire & craftsmen -- Aphrodite: goddess of love & beauty -- Eros: god of love -- Ares: god of war -- Dionysus: god of merrymaking -- Pan: god of nature & rustic music -- Titans 2.0: the second generation of giants -- Prometheus: titan of culture & intelligence -- 5 ages of man: the history of mankind -- Pandora: first mortal woman on earth -- The fates: goddesses of destiny -- The furies: goddesses of revenge -- Minor gods: the supporting players -- 7 gods of personification: symbols of emotions & actions -- Chiron: the king of the centaurs -- Hercules: a mortal hero turned god -- Perseus: the slayer of monsters -- Bellerophon: Poseidon's son -- Theseus: the hero of Athens -- Jason: the wanderer of the sea -- Odysseus: the traveling king -- Legendary lands: where the myths take place -- Troy: the site of the Trojan War -- Thebes: homes to Oedipus Rex -- Athens: the capital city -- Delphi: the center of the universe -- Constellations: written in the stars -- Nymphs: nature's creatures -- Morph-ology: mythic shape-shifters -- Muses: creative inspirations -- The hall of horrors: mythical monsters -- Gigantomachy: revenge of the Titans -- Centauromachy: an epic battle -- The amazons: the fiercest females -- Theban cycle: a collection of ancient poems -- Game on!: the ancient Olympics -- Romans: Roman mythology -- Unsung heroes: other helpers worth mentioning -- She-roes: woman who rocked -- Stump your parents -- Hero matchup -- 10 wacky facts about Greek, mythology -- Which Greek god(dess) are you? -- Spirit animals."The classic stories from Greek mythology come to life in this latest installment in the Weird But True Know-It-All series, featuring Zeus, Hades, Athena, Poseidon, Artemis, Heracles, Prometheus, and many more! From the god who gave mankind fire, to who stood guard at the Underworld, to famous fatal flaws, this book covers all the iconic Greek myths and key characters--along with wonderfully weird and surprising tidbits"--Back cover

Subjects: Trivia and miscellanea.; Gods, Greek; Gods, Greek; Mythology, Greek; Mythology, Greek;

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Death with interruptions / by Saramago, José,author.(CARDINAL)747030; Costa, Margaret Jull,translator.(CARDINAL)352007;

"On the first day of the new year, no one dies. This, understandably, causes consternation among politicians, religious leaders, funeral directors, and doctors. Among the general public, on the other hand, there is initially celebration - flags are hung out on balconies, people dance in the streets. They have achieved the great goal of humanity: eternal life. Then reality hits home - families are left to care for the permanently dying, life-insurance policies become meaningless, and funeral directors are reduced to arranging burials for pet dogs, cats, hamsters, and parrots. Death sits in her chilly apartment, where she lives alone with scythe and filing cabinets, and contemplates her experiment: What if no one ever died again? What if she, death with a small d, became human and were to fall in love?"--Jacket blurb.Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature

Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Fantasy fiction.; Fiction.; Immortalism; Death (Personification);

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The elements of eloquence : secrets of the perfect turn of phrase / by Forsyth, Mark,author.(CARDINAL)401794;

Includes bibliographical references (page 237).Preface: On cooking blindfolded -- Alliteration -- Polyptoton -- Antithesis -- Merism -- The blazon (a merism too far) -- Synaesthesia -- Aposiopesis -- Hyperbaton -- Anadiplosis -- Periodic sentences -- Hypotaxis and parataxis (and polysndeton and asyndeton) -- Diacope -- Rhetorical questions -- Hendiadys -- Epistrophe -- Tricolon -- Epizeuxis -- Syllepsis -- Isocolon -- Enallage -- A divagation concerning versification -- Zeugma -- Paradox -- Chiasmus -- Assonance -- The fourteenth rule -- Catachresis -- Liotes -- Metonymy and synecdoche -- Transferred epithets -- Pleonasm -- Epanalepsis -- Personification -- Hyperbole -- Adynaton -- Prolepsis -- Congeries -- Scesis Onomaton -- Anaphora -- Peroration -- Epilogue concerning terminology.From classic poetry to pop lyrics, from Charles Dickens to Dolly Parton, even from Jesus to James Bond, Mark Forsyth explains the secrets that make a phrase--such as "O Captain! My Captain!" or "To be or not to be"--memorable. In his inimitably entertaining and wonderfully witty style, he takes apart famous phrases and shows how you too can write like Shakespeare or quip like Oscar Wilde. Whether you're aiming to achieve literary immortality or just hoping to deliver the perfect one-liner, The Elements of Eloquence proves that you don't need to have anything important to say--you simply need to say it well. In an age unhealthily obsessed with the power of substance, this is a book that highlights the importance of style.

Subjects: Literature.; English language;

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Milton, by Walter Raleigh. by Raleigh, Walter,1861-1922.(CARDINAL)132890;

Introduction : "Sciences of conceit" ; The difficulties and imperfections of literary criticism ; Illustrated in the case of Shakespeare ; And of Milton ; The character and temper of Milton ; Intensity, simplicity, egotism ; His estimate of himself -- I. John Milton : His birth and death ; His education ; Early life in London ; Ships and shipping ; Adventurers and players ; Milton and the Elizabethan drama ; The poetic masters of his youth ; State of the Church of England ; Baxter's testimony ; Growing unrest ; Milton's early poems ; The intrusion of politics ; The farewell to mirth ; The Restoration, and Milton's attitude ; The lost paradise of the early poems ; Milton's Puritanism ; His melancholy ; The political and public preoccupations of the later poems ; The drama of Milton's life ; His egotism explained ; An illustration from Lycidas ; The lost cause ; The ultimate triumph -- II. The prose works : Poets and politics ; Practical aim of Milton's prose writings ; The reforms of advocated by him, with one exception, unachieved ; Critical mourners over Milton's political writings ; The mourners comforted ; Milton's classification of his prose tracts ; The occasional nature of these tracts ; Allusions in the early prose works to the story of Samson, and to the theme of Paradise Lost ; Milton's attitude towards medieval romance, and towards the medieval Church ; His worship of liberty ; And of greatness ; His belief in human capacity and virtue ; Milton and Cromwell ; Milton's clear logic ; His tenacity ; His scurrility, and its excuse ; His fierce and fantastic wit ; Reappearance of these qualities in Paradise Lost ; The style of his prose works analyzed and illustrated ; His rich vocabulary ; His use of Saxon ; The making of an epic post -- III. Paradise lost: the scheme : Vastness of the theme ; Scenical opportunities ; The poetry independent of the creed ; Milton's choice of subject ; King Arthur ; Paradise Lost ; Attractions of the theme: primitive religion, natural beauty, dramatic interest ; Difficulties of the theme, and forbidden topics ; How Milton overcomes these difficulties by his episodes, his similes, and the tradition that he adopts concerning the fallen angels ; The cosmography of Paradise Lose ; Its chronology ; Some difficulties and inconsistencies ; Milton's spiritual beings, their physical embodiment ; The poem no treasury of wisdom, but a world-drama ; Its inhumanity and artificial elevation ; The effect of Milton's simpler figures drawn from rural life ; De Quincey's explanation of this effect ; Another explanation ; The homelessnes of Eden ; The enchanted palace and its engineer ; The tyranny of Milton's imagination ; Its effect on his diction.IV. Paradise lost: the actors, the later poems : Milton's argumentative end ; Its bearing on the scenes in Heaven ; His political bias, and materialism ; Milton's Deity ; His Satan ; The minor devils ; Adam ; Eve ; Personal memories ; Adam's eulogy of Eve, critised by Raphael ; Milton's philosophy of love and beauty ; The opinions of Raphael, of Satan, an of Mrs. Millamast ; The comparative merits of Adam and Eve ; Milton's great epic effects ; His unity and large decorum ; Morning and evening ; Architectura effects ; The close of Paradise Lost ; Addison and Bentley ; Paradise Regained ; The choice of subject ; Milton's favourite theme, temptation ; Other possible subjects ; the Harrying of Hell ; Samson Agonistes ; The riddle of life -- V. The style of Milton: meter and diction : Difficulties of literary genealogy ; The ledger school of criticism ; Milton's strength and originality ; His choice of a sacred subject ; Earlier attempts in England and France ; Boileau's opinion ; Milton's choice of metre an innovation ; The little influence on Milton of Spenser and of Donne ; Milton a pupil of the dramatists ; The history of dramatic blank verse ; Milton's handling of the measure ; The "elements of musical delight" ; Tennyson's blank verse ; Milton's metrical licenses ; The Choruses of Samson Agonistes ; Milton's diction a close-wrought mosaic ; Compared with the diffuser diction of Spenser ; Conciseness of Virgil, Dryden, Pope, Milton ; Homer's repetitions ; Repetitions and "turns of words and thoughts" rare in Milton ; Double meanings of words ; Milton's puns ; Extenuating circumstances ; His mixed metaphors and violent syntax, due to compression ; Milton poetical style a dangerous model ; The spontaneity and license of his prose -- VI. The style of Milton: its influence on English poetry : The relation of Milton's work to the 17th century "reforms" of verse and prose ; The Classicism of Milton, and of the Augustans ; Classic and Romantic schools contrasted in their descriptions ; Milton's Chaos, Shakespeare's Dover Cliff ; Johnson's comments ; The besetting sins of the two schools ; Milton's physical machinery justified ; His use of abstract terms ; The splendid use of mean associations by Shakespeare ; Milton's wise avoidance of mean associations, and of realism ; Nature of his similes and figures ; His use of proper names ; His epic catalogues ; His personifications ; Loftiness of his perfected style ; The popularity of Paradise Lost ; Imitations, adaptations, and echoes of Milton's style during the 18th century ; His enormous influence ; The origin of "poetic diction" ; Milton's phraseology stolen by Pope, Thomson, and Gray ; The degradation of Milton's style by his pupils and paradists -- Epilogue : Milton's contemporaries ; The poetry of Religion, and of Love ; Henry Vaughan ; The Court lyrists ; Milton's contempt for them ; How they surpass him ; Sedley ; Rochester ; The prophet of the Lord and the sons of Belial ; Unique position of Milton in the history of our literature.

Subjects: Biographies.; Milton, John, 1608-1674.;

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