Long, boring drives are a staple of any Midwesterner’s childhood. Whether it be driving from Chicago to Minneapolis, or Sioux Falls to Fargo, there isn’t a lot of scenery to entertain adults or children alike. Author Debra Marquart knows these tedious rides well. She has written many a poem on growing up in rural, unpopulated North Dakota. Marquart’s memoir
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.
In Julia Alvarez’s “On Not Stealing Louise Bogan’s The Blue Esturaries” the speaker discovers a book unlike from the rest. Alvarez uses imagery and selection of detail to convey the speaker’s discoveries. The speaker discovers a book with “swans gliding on a blueback lake” that is different from all the other books on the bookshelf. The outside of the book was different from the rest and Alvarez uses imagery to show how unique this book was.
In this brief excerpt from Richard Matheson’s I Am Legend, a plethora of rhetorical devices are used in order to shape the atmosphere and characterize the situation and people Robert Neville encountered. Directly into the introduction to this writing, the author begins by implementing a simile in lines 1-2 to describe the disturbing movements of the menacing suited man’s throat portraying it as, “moving like clammy turkey skin.” This comparison establishes the peculiar man as sickly and definitely not in a normal state of mind. This characterization is further accuentuated as the author immediately continues to describe the odd man with intense features through the use of diction. The man exuding desperation and insanity is illustrated
In this novel, some phrases are used to describe several things. The author uses “ivory and blue” to help with imagery and descriptions. In the book, Billy’s feet while walking through his home in New York are described
Benjamin Franklin once said “Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.” Authors write something worth reading when they use figurative language to create images of the characters in the reader’s minds. In the stories “Stop The Sun” by Gary Paulsen and “The Pigman” by Paul Zindel, the authors use figurative language to develop the characters. Paul Zindel, the author of “The Pigman”, used figurative language to develop the characters. In the story, the author described one of the characters by saying, “Lorraine is panting to get at the typewriter now, so I’m going to let her before she has a heart attack.”
Text Dependent Analysis: “Paul Revere’s Ride” Author’s style is how an author writes; figurative language, a literary device, is a method that authors use to develop their style. For instance, in her historical poem “Not My Bones,” Marilyn Nelson incorporates figurative language, such as personification and metaphors, to depict the life, hardship, and hope of the slaves before the Civil War.
In Richard Mathenoson´s excerpt from I am legend , the author is using a wide variety of figurative devices in order to give us an intense athmosphere of tension and desperation. As the passage opens, mathenson introduces us to a nerve-racking situation as Neville strugles to escape as he is being taken against his own will by people who want to be saved. For instance, the author is describing¨the man¨fingers as ¨skeleton fingers¨in order to give us a more brief picture of how scrawny he is. This simile is giving us a more clear contrast between the living and the death in a really unpleasant picture. However,simile is not the only rhetorical device being used.
“The visuals build the emotional and physical context in a way that words alone cannot. In some cases the visuals amplify and elaborate on the meanings conveyed by the words; at other times, the reverse happens” (Hughes 2). I agree with Hughes’ claim that visuals can elaborate on the meanings produced though text, which is evident within the monochromatic, emotional graphics that make up Small ’s memoir. Hughes promotes the graphic novel genre and the effectiveness of the inclusion of art within literature.
(1). He uses the rhetorical device of figurative language to give the reader a strong image of his feeling
In the story,’’ The Treasure of Lemon Brown,” by Walter Dean Myers the author uses dialogue to develop the characters and their mood. Authors can use dialogue to help the reader understand what’s going on in the story. Some people have to live through rougher times than others like lemon brown did. The communication between lemon brown and greg develops the characters and their mood. “I used to have a knotty headed boy like you,” said Lemon Brown.
A simple powerful story of a rural family that contains a returned changed daughter leaves a family in surprise. “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker demonstrates that the theme of the story that consists different views of heritage by using literary elements like characterization, imagery, and settings. Each literary element holds a strong value to define the meaning of heritage from different perspectives of the characters. Alice Walker demonstrates it by Mama, Maggie, and Dee by how they each value their heritage by the things that they have left from their ancestors. To start of with, characterization is the highlights and explanation of the details of a character (“Definition and Examples of Literary Terms Characterization”).
Throughout the entire novel, the author’s use of literary devices is very clear. These literary devices, specifically similes and personification, help the reader get a better idea of the exact sounds and feelings which will allow them to know what it feels like to be there in that moment. “ I stood there, trying to think of a comeback, when suddenly, I heard a whooshing sound, like the sound you get when you open a vacuum-sealed can of peanuts. Then the brown water that had puddled up all over the field began to move. It began to run toward the back portables, like someone pulled the plug out of a giant bathtub.
“A Short Guide to Imagery, Symbolism, and Figurative Language Imagery” describes imagery as “a writer or speaker’s use of words or figures of speech to create a vivid mental picture or physical sensation”(Clark). In the short story, “The Story of an Hour,” Kate Chopin uses nature imagery to portray the journey of emotions that Mrs. Mallard experiences
Setting: The setting in Freaky Green Eyes is In Seattle throughout most the book, but she ends up moving to New Mexico to live with her Sister and Aunt. Characters: The characters in Freaky Green Eyes are Francesca “Franky” Pierson, the 15-year-old main character and narrator who has a part of her that she calls Freaky Green Eyes, who can help her in difficult situations, Krista Pierson, who is Franky’s mother, Reid Pierson, who is Franky’s abusive father that became a sportscaster after his career as a professional football player, and Samantha Pierson, Franky’s little sister. Conflict: The external conflict in Freaky Green Eyes is Frankie’s struggle with her father’s domestic abuse, and the internal conflict is Frankie’s inability to decide
