Literary Devices and Figures of Speech

Prejudice is a bias, favouring or opposing something based on personal opinion or feelings. It means to "pre-judge" or make an assumption beforehand without any knowledge, factual reason, or objective consideration.

In the legal sense, it is anything that prevents the objective consideration of facts.

In the social sense, it is often a synonym for racism, or discrimination against those of a certain race or ethnic background.

Prejudice means to pre-judge. That is, to form an opinion before knowing the facts.

The government was willing to use force to end strikes

The US' ties to Great Britain and the fact that most of the Allied Forces were democracies, as opposed to the monarchies making up the Central Powers.

Most people believe in having a fair justice system.

Prejudice.

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Repetition

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Embracing ones identity can be empowering

heritage

The Brown v. Board of Education ruling.

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The desegregation of Little Rock Central High School.

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A bush that blossoms whenever good times are coming

The essay tells a story about race relations in Harlem.

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Baldwin’s sibling is born

The danger his hatred poses to himself

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The narrator turns away from the war memorial wall.

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The tension of segregation

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An essay that relates an activist's experiences fighting for civil rights.

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Unsociable

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Parallelism

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