The document is a biography of Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894). It discusses that he was born in Massachusetts and graduated from Harvard University. Holmes studied both medicine and law, receiving his medical degree from Harvard. He became a professor of anatomy and physiology at Dartmouth College and later at Harvard. Holmes was known as a poet and essayist who often wrote about human nature, psychology, and his rejection of Calvinism. He used techniques like metaphor, extended metaphor, apostrophe, and alliteration in his poetry.
76. In 1838, he became the chair of Anatomy and Physiology at Dartmouth College. He later worked a similar position at Harvard. Holmes excelled at keeping the students’ attention during his lectures.
82. Metaphor - a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance Ex. A mighty fortress is our God Extended Metaphor – a metaphor extended over several sentences, lines, paragraphs, or even pages Terms to Know
83. Apostrophe - a digression in the form of an address to someone not present, or to a personified object or idea Ex. O Death, where art thou? Alliteration - repetition of the leading consonant sound in each word throughout a sentence or a phrase Ex. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers Terms to Know
84. Allusion - the repetition of the leading consonant sound in each word throughout a sentence or a phrase Tone - a particular style or manner, as of writing or speech; the implications of the diction used Terms to Know
85. Verbal Irony - a figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant Symbolism - the practice of representing things by symbols, or of investing things with a symbolic meaning or character Terms to Know
