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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

by Washington Irving

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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" employs various literary devices to enhance its narrative. Similes compare Ichabod Crane's nose to a weathercock and student voices to a bee-hive...

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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

In "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," Katrina Van Tassel is compared to a partridge and a peach. She is described as "plump as a partridge" and "ripe and melting and rosy-cheeked as one of her father's...

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