To that end, managing client expectations presents moments when the consultant should exercise their expertise to inform the client that what they are asking for is not in their best interest. In other words, sometimes you just have to say ânoâ.
Summary: Discusses the use of metaphors in the poem, Mother to Son, by Langston Hughes. Describes Hughes' use of stylistic devices such as figurative language, diction, and rhythm. Explores the poem's basic message. Every mother wants to see her child succeed in life.
Figurative language refers to language not used literallyâit is used abstractly, indirectly, and often evocatively. The evening is spread out against the sky like a patient etherized upon a table. Here we have an evening (a thing), spreading (an action), a patient (thing), etherizing (an action), and a table (thing).