Troy University My Life Had Stood a Loaded Gun Argumentative Essay

Construct a one-paragraph argument about one of the following topics in one of this module’s assigned poems:

• Denotation;
• connotation;
• figures of speech
  • simile, metaphor, personification, apostrophe, overstatement, understatement, metonymy, paradox and pun.

Once you have selected a topic:

1. Make a claim about how the literary element you’ve chosen contributes to the significance of the poem.
2. Add evidence to support your claim in the form of a quotation to illustrate the point you are making.
3. Add analysis by explaining how your quote proves or illustrates your claim.