Write a descriptive paragraph about a topic of your choosing, using at least three of the following elements of figurative language: imagery, simile, metaphor, alliteration, personification, onomatopoeia, hyperbole. Your paragraph should be at least 150 words in length. Literally anything works, this assignment is really late and I have little to no creativity

He took the decision to jump off a plane at the age of 43. The thought terrified him, but it was worth the satisfaction of actually feeling like a real man. Then he went, all suited up away, the aircraft's door open throughout the entire flight. Trying hard not to gag in front of everyone until they were above the horizon, he approached the entrance.  

Don't believe you're a coward! Oh, just jump! What's the worst thing that could happen? Living like this is even worse than not opening the clip, he figured. So he leaped and dropped at 120 mph into the Planet. As he slipped, he felt at ease. Frantic feelings, as one would imagine, did not cross his mind. Merely calm. His eyes overflowing with tears as he reached the ground and got up. He will never be a real guy. A long time ago, the ship sailed. To say farewell, he used a pencil. That would maybe make it less permanent. Words are only as powerful as their meaning and he didn't want to go.

So he crafted his farewell with a whisper on parchment. He made the phrases sharp. Daggers were his marks. An eraser would have made them go down. Yet he knew it wouldn't be seen by his friends. "In the first place, that's why I have to go," he thought. And he felt fixed as he made his first step into the world as an honest man. He left a message next to the television. Silicone coated, burnable. Erasable. Eliminable. Perhaps once they had done all of that, they will realize that he was just their son.

Explanation:

steps:

1. do 28-12= 16 girls

2. your ratio is 12: 16

3. your answer is b. 3/4

4. this correct because

12 divided by 4 is 3

16 divided by 4 is 4

5. your answer is 3/4

the first proposition is to question economic materialism and victorian christianity. the lines are:

“it moves us not.—great god! i'd rather be

a pagan suckled in a creed outworn; ”

wordsworth is stating that nature no longer interests mankind, that the latter is not “moved” by it and explains that ancient western paganism had a more positive attitude concerning nature since it lacked the perv erted judaeo-christian interpretation of having received the world and all its animals and elements from god to use as we , instead of humans actually being not only part of nature but its wardens, meant to appreciate it and protect it.

the next lines are:

“so might i, standing on this pleasant lea,

have glimpses that would make me less forlorn;

have sight of proteus coming from the sea;

or hear old triton blow his wreathed horn.”

wordsworth here make it very clear that by actually looking and contemplating nature, human beings would reconnect with happiness, serenity and purpose. the use of mythological figures is quite evocative as well, proteus is a greek mythological god of the changing sea. he personifies the sea that changes, which symbolizes the way nature changes and inevitably can change to be destructive not only due to natural causes but to human pollution. furthermore, the sea is even more symbolic since all life originated in the sea so it is not only our past but our future since no life form in our planet can survive without water and if all water is destroyed in earth all life will be gone as well.

he then uses triton which is symbolic of the synthesis of both nature and mankind. triton is a mythological greek god that has the upper body of a man and the lower body of a fish (a merman). this human fish duality evokes the fact that humans are not only human but also part of nature, the fish tail representing nature. the main attribute of this god was that he used a conch shell as a horn to calm the roaring seas. in other words, triton uses nature through science for the benefit of human sailors who risk death during tempests. with the use of such metaphor, wordworth is conveying the message that human technology   is supposed to use nature to preserve nature and thereby humanity as well.