“Figurative language adds pizzazz. It raises work above the plain, the dull, the ordinary," said Ellen Hunnicutt, a successful American writer. In order to make writing stand out, and be engrossed, the writer needs to include figurative language. In the stories “Canyons” by Gary Paulsen, and “Treasure of Lemon Brown” by Walter Dean Myers, all use a common stylistic technique of figurative language to get the characters and setting across to the reader of the story.
The book “Since You’ve Been Gone” by Morgan Matson is about a girl named Emily Hughes and her adventure to find her best friend, Sloane, who disappeared out of nowhere one day. Before Emily can think anything of it, she gets a list of things, from Sloane, to do over the summer. So Emily sets off on an adventure to find her friend, with the help of a few unexpected people along the way. The list that Sloane gives Emily contains things that Sloane knows that Emily would never do.
Would you still have love for your own parents who left you only at four years old? The memoir, The Distance Between Us by Reyna Grande is a story of the notable main character, Reyna, who starts out being the youngest of three children, and eventually becomes a middle child when her parents have a baby born in the United States. At the age of four, Reyna and her two siblings were left to live with their Abuelita as their parents left to work in America and planned to return later. Over the many years of absence by their parents, Reyna and her siblings were left with many traumatic incidents and feelings. In The Distance Between Us by Reyna Grande, the author uses experiences growing up to express how one's life is affected by family relations
Hey There Delilah by Plain White T’s is a song based on the hope and struggle of a long distance relationship. Basically the boy was reassuring the girl that everything will be okay in the end. This song is very deep and affectionate but there is also a lot of pain and doubt involved in the unknown of their future. The artist uses many different literary devices to evoke emotion in the reader. Three example of literary devices used in this song are similes, metaphors and exaggerations.
This musical quality is particularly appropriate given the poem's theme of the struggle to find one's own voice and express oneself through music. Finally, the poem also employs metaphor to convey its ideas. The "same song" that the speaker laments is a metaphor for the monotony and lack of individuality that they feel trapped in. The image of the two birds represents the internal conflict between the desire to be unique and the pressure to conform, which is a common struggle for many individuals.
Their story shows how in times of financial problems, family and love stands strong. Kenny Loggins wrote this song as a gift to his brother, Danny. There is an indirect theme which follows the entire story. This theme is love and
Into The Great Wide Open How would someone feel if the dreams they had were beginning to go somewhere, then suddenly crumble all the way back down to square one? This is a question that a man named Eddie found the answer to when his fame turned him into a 'one hit wonder' the moment that things were turning up lucky. Eddie, a young man who just finished high school, who moved to Hollywood with dreams of becoming a star, he got a tattoo along with a girlfriend and a place to stay. While trying to start small by working at a nightclub as a bouncer, his girlfriend taught him a few chords on the guitar, then he was noticed, as he got an agent along with a roadie,Bart, he made a record, that was sadly his last, after being fired by his A&R man, Eddie’s fame quickly faded into nothing.
Here, Underwood provides further support that her songs are based on personal life experiences, and that they do “tell a story.” In addition to the song “Heartbeat,” the amazingly popular song “Smoke Break” also has a meaning behind it. It turns out that the song about a hardworking mother just trying to get by overlies the theme that sometimes we need to take a breather in life. Underwood explains that the hit song “is about taking a step away for just a minute and being able to clear your head and collect your thoughts” (Bio). Simply put, the song was intended to
She doesn’t know where her inspiration for this song came from, it just came. Though everyone thinks that it’s about a special someone, she did not have any
People come and go in life, but eventually, everyone will find the one that stays and makes them happy. The country song “Sun to Me,” by Zach Bryan is about a speaker who has found someone that brings out the best in them, and makes them a happier person. In the first stanza, the writer introduces that the speaker has found someone that is like the sun to them and brings out the best in them. In the second stanza through the rest of the poem, the speaker continues to emphasize how important the person that he found was to them, and how they make the speaker a better person. In “Sun to Me,” Zach Bryan uses alliteration and metaphors to teach listeners that having someone that brings out the best in them is very beneficial, and everyone can find someone as long as they look hard enough.
Alicia Keys is a very strong woman. For that reason, she wants to encourage women who dealt or are dealing with a tough situation to allow themselves the freedom to
The song describes most of what is going on in the story. For example, “We found him with his face down in the pillow With a note that said I’ll love her till I die.” These two lines in the stanza are very descriptive. Using detailed lines makes a better understanding for the audience. It makes the song become more realistic.
Some times we just want to start over again and the song perfectly portrays that. Also it saids “… screams but no one hears a thing” Guy Montag was trying to tell his wife about books but as much as he tried she wouldn 't listen to him like the song. In the story theres a lot of conflict that had happen but like the song saids that after a hurricane theres a rainbow. When all the bad stuff that is happening in his life its like the hurricane and the rainbow can be when he found the hobos that weren 't just hobos. Set fire to the rain by Adele expresses the feelings that Guy Montag could have been feeling.
Beyond its role in the greater context of the plot, the song itself plays around with JFKDSLFJSDKLFJ. Lyrically, the song is quite bland. In particular, its imagery is clichéd: wedding bells, birds, roses, etc. However, this makes sense for someone who has fell in love for the first time. In addition, the repetition of the line “Till there was you” creates a lyrical base to which the previous line, referring to not being able to appreciate symbols of live, can return.
Whitney Houston’s iconic acapella opening to the song is what catches her listener’s attention. This is when Whitney begins to build the dynamic of the song after the first chorus, when the song shifts into a stronger and bolder feel. She then begins displaying her uplifting and powerful vocal abilities. Whitney is known in this song for her capability to hold certain notes throughout her performance. Unlike Dolly, who was calm, Whitney is crying out and declaring her love.
