A example of hyperbole would be: “Better yet, he wished he could start his life over.” An example of a metaphor from the book would be “A river of nervous sweat ran down his palms.” The author used different languages such as french like “Tres bien. Parlez-vous francais?” or “Le bateau est sur l’eau”.
In Maxine Maxine’s narrative, “Cherry Bomb”, it openly shows how she uses literary techniques of symbolism, imagery, and allusion to characterize her childhood innocence being destroyed. Maxine uses these literary terms to characterize her childhood memories being destroyed by an incident in the summer. In the narrative, she talks about how it affected her and her perception. She mentions people and objects in her story. Every detail she described was an important factor in her life.
In the next few lines the speaker says he did not hit the friend, he simply pretended as if he didn’t hear him. That says a lot about the speaker, it shows he is wise and does not let words affect him.
He threw a wine bottle at his ex-fiancé direction. He threw that wine bottle because she was trying to break up with home and he got mad. Suppose that he has anger issues. How many of you will try to hurt somebody if they tried breaking up with you? I know I would not.
Dillard implements imagery all throughout her essay, which gives the reader a clear picture of the events occurring. For instance, she describes her husband “gesturing inside a circle of darkness” as a result of him gradually travelling farther away from her (Dillard). Ultimately, the use of imagery in this case represents the loneliness the narrator begins to feel. The author also utilizes metaphors to get her message across. Dillard compares “grammar and lexicon” to a “decorated sand bucket and a matching shovel” because without the other, they will not be able to fulfill their purpose (Dillard).
“Blank Space” Rhetorical Analysis Essay The popular electropop song “Blank Space”, by singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, won many awards including: MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video, MTV Video Music Award for Best Pop Video, American Music Award for Song of the Year, and iHeartRadio Music Award for Best Lyrics. However, this is not a surprise after all Taylor Swift is the youngest song writer ever signed by Sony/ATV Music Publishing house (A&E Networks Television). Just like other Taylor Swift videos “Blank Space” uses a lot of symbolism and figurative language, however, this time she incorporated satire and parallelism. She used these rhetorical devices in order to convey two messages to her young audience: unlike other music videos
An example of figurative language that she used was when the Scarred Man told her “now the truth is like a tightrope that you can’t walk forever”. In this statement he is telling Grace that she will eventually have to fall by that he mean that she will eventually know the truth about her mother's murderer and that it will hurt her just like falling from a tightrope. Afterward when she figured out that the Scarred Man was right about him not murdering her mother she said “The Scarred Man was right-the truth was like a tightrope and eventually I had to fall”. In this part of the story she is basically saying that she feels a lot of regret and pain for judging the Scarred man without knowing the truth by comparing it to a fall off a tightrope. Therefore the use of figurative language in “All Fall Down” lead to the theme that judging people causes a lot of
The music video conveys a very deep meaning that is culturally relevant and is something many people struggle with everyday. Hozier utilizes imagery, symbolism and rhetorical strategies as an attempt to expose the
In T.S. Eliot’s work “The LoveSong of J. Alfred Prufrock”, he uses diction to give an underlying meaning and tone to his poem in order to express the downfall of a man. The author uses his diction to give this poem Its tone as if he regrets what he did in life. He also shows great tone changes in this work, giving this poem a dramatic, almost tragic outlook. Many of his word choices also give his work an underlying meaning and adds to his theme and messages. A large part of his poem is also using metaphors to add to this underlying meaning and give more force to this tone he is trying to create.
Rihanna first utilizes the song's complex diction by singing “Burning in a hopeless dream.” This line suggests Rihanna’s sense of urgency in trying to find something unattainable, in this case, Chadwick Boseman. The word “hopeless” implies a sense of despair and uselessness, which contributes to her feelings of being “burned” or overwhelmed. The phrase “endless dream” also contributes to the singer's depressing diction by representing that she is caught up in her thoughts and is struggling to decipher between reality and fiction. Rihanna also utilizes her metaphorical imagery by emphasizing her chorus “Lift me up/hold me down/keep me close/safe and sound.”
Many of the songs written by artists are written because of their experience of love and past experiences in their lifetime. Some of the artist's experiences are good but sometimes their experiences are bad; they choose to write about their experiences because they want others to know their thoughts and to possibly keep the listeners from making the same mistakes they made. The song I chose was “She’s Everything” by Brad Paisley because it describes how he feels about a girl he is dating and how much he cares about this girl. There are many metaphors throughout this song. A metaphor is a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
While the whole song could be identified as a metaphor about life and the encounterments humans will go through during one’s life. Simile is found within the chorus mainly, ‘It’s like rain on your wedding day,” which is comparing how rain on a wedding day is incredibly rare and unlucky. Another use of simile is when Morissette says, ‘It's like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife.” Exemplifying the differences in what each utensil would be used for and how they are polar opposites. Within the lyrics, “It's a death row pardon two minutes too late,” alliteration can also be found within the song.
The first reason, is figurative language is a key to comprehending a song. Figurative language interprets the main object to emphasize it´s meaning. For example, in Taylor Swift’s Blank Space she uses a simile by saying , “... I can read you like a magazine…”, she is trying to say that she knows what a male’s intention is. She continues interpreting the main object by using the hyperbole “...we’ll take this way too far it’ll leave you breathless or with a nasty scar…”, meaning their love can end in troublesome terms.
Growing up in a society obsessed with the concept of sappy love stories, it is easy to find flaws with the unrealisticness of such accounts of love. Songwriter Taylor Swift contributes to the popular trend of mainstream love stories in her own composition, “Love Story.” Throughout her song, Swift effectively incorporates the use of various figurative devices to relate her own love story with that of the famous Shakespearean lovers, Romeo and Juliet. Swift conveys the strength of her forbidden love, in similarity with that of Romeo and Juliet’s, through the use of metaphors, hyperboles, and allusions. First and foremost, Swift uses clear examples of metaphors throughout her song to maintain the resemblance of Romeo and Juliet’s love story with her own love story.
The song, “Someone Like You” by Adele uses many forms of figurative language, such as repetition, similes, and metaphors. Adele tells us that it can be callous to move on but it is always possible to find happiness again. The song is about Adele and another guy ending their relationship. She is not over him, but she is convinced she can be happy again without him.
