One example of figurative language in Laurie Hale Anderson’s book “Speak” is when Melinda decides to rid her garden of all weeds, and does some spring cleaning after it finally stops raining during May. Around the same time, Melinda is realizing that she wants to make some new changes in her life and in this figurative language example, Melinda’s life is her garden. She decides first to rake the leaves “suffocating the bushes” ; Melinda is ridding the demons from herself on the first layer of her skin. She says that she has to “fight the bushes (her problems)” and the bushes don’t like getting cleaned out but it is something one has to do if one makes
“Words are pale shadows of forgotten names. As names have power, words have power.” -Patrick Rothfuss. Everyone in uses figurative language in someway, you could be writing a paper, yelling at your sister, or maybe just talking to yourself. But you use it in someway, shape, or form.
In the short story “The Most Dangerous Game,” the author, Richard Connell uses the wonders of figurative language to spice things up in many ways throughout the story. Almost every page had something lying within itself, hidden behind metaphors similes, personification, and the list goes on. Some examples of how Richard Connell uses figurative language were clearly displayed on page 62: “Didn’t you notice that the crew’s nerves were a bit jumpy today?” This page also began to reveal the main feeling/emotion of the story(eerie/suspicious) came to be-which was set off by the example I used above. In this scene, the author uses very descriptive words and/or adjectives in his choice(s) of figurative language when he writes, “There was no breeze.
Another example of metaphors in
Figurative Language is saying something other than what is literally meant for effect. When authors use figurative language, it is a way for them to express their feelings, as well as their emotions. Often times when an author is trying to send a message to the reader, they will use figurative language, because figurative language is an easy way to convey a message in a story. In Jonathan Edwards "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" and Dekanawida's "The Iroquios Constitution" there are great examples of figurative language.
On a different note, this is one of the main reasons why I like this book so much. Subsequently, one of the main crafts the author uses is figurative language. I think one of the reasons why she
Student Ashaby Byrd of 8B has been absent from school since March 29, 2015 until the end of the school term. The student was living with her father, Carlos Byrd, since the death of her mother from she was seven years old in Old Harbour Bay. Her father is a fisherman. Three months ago, he ventured to sea but was caught in the wrong vicinity by the police, which resulted in him being jailed to date. Since then, Ashaby had lived with her paternal grandmother from the same community.
Figurative language is language that helps describe a time period or location to its fullest. It helps readers understand ideas in a new way and includes sight, hearing, touch, taste, or smell. In “The Notorious jumping frog”, figurative language is put into use when describing the setting and its touch and sound. “Smiley he went to the swamp and slopped around in the mud for a long time”. Therefore in “A White Heron”, it is also exercised when setting the scene for Sylvia and the grand tree.
Some of the authors metaphors even use pathos in order to more deeply impact the reader’s thought and it creates an emotional uplifting effect. In order to prove her point she continually relies on a metaphorical language to help the reader interpret her thoughts of
Figurative language is used effectively to represent
(1). He uses the rhetorical device of figurative language to give the reader a strong image of his feeling
Figurative language is used to affect one’s feelings, and consequently, to emotionally move the reader to a desired conclusion. In modern language as well as in ancient songs and poetry, figurative language is a frequently employed tool used by the author to transmit an idea or a feeling. Through comparisons, they make the most banal come alive. The elements carry the reader from the superficial to the profound. As Donald Hall states, figurative language are “modes of thought, flying across barriers of logic to assert identities.”
Looking at your list of first sentences, assess whether the paper moves logically from one topic to the next. This is a hard question to answer. To be honest, I am not sure how logical should look like in this case. I think it does move logically; I feel like there is a connection between all the sentences, but I am just not
In lines 9 to 10, he claims that her beauty will not fade, for it is infinite. He also adds that she will not lose the charm she holds. In addition, he states in lines 11 to 12 that not even death will claim the speaker’s beloved, and he affirms that his beloved will grow and live forever in his lines of poetry. In lines 13 to 14, he expresses that as long as there are people alive or people who are able to perceive, the poem will be never-ending, and it will grant life to his dearest. The speaker also uses different types of figurative language between these lines.
William Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 18”, enhances the essence of beauty higher than that of nature, making nature’s seemingly flawless character appear dull compared to his lover. Through means of form, imagery, and figurative language, Shakespeare constantly expresses how his unnamed lover possesses immortal beauty that far transcends the splendor of a summer’s day. In the first quatrain, Shakespeare begins by comparing his beloved to nature itself, but soon after, he instead offers reasons as to why the comparison is not deserving. Beginning with the example, “Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,” (Shakespeare 3) Shakespeare begins to unveil all the imperfections that summer possesses in order to further distance the beauty of his beloved from nature.
