Figurative Language In A Mother's Tale By James Agee
1. Allegory – a continuous parallel between two (or more) levels of meaning in a story, so that its persons and events correspond to their equivalents in a system of ideas or a chain of events external to the tale.
Context – “’The story is, there was one, just one, who ever came back, and he told what happened on the train, and where the train went and what happened after’”(207). – A Mother’s Tale by James Agee
2. Alliteration – the repetition of the same sounds – usually initial consonants of words or of stressed syllables – in any sequence of neighboring words.
Context – “I took my hat, and, after a four miles’ walk, arrived at Heathcliff’s garden gate just in time to escape the first feathery flakes of a snow shower” (5). – Wuthering …show more content…
come in!’ he sobbed. ‘Cathy, do come. Oh do – once more! Oh! my heart’s darling! hear me this time – Catherine, at last’”(20)! – Wuthering Heights
7. Archetype – a symbol, theme, setting, or character-type that recurs in different times and places that it embodies some essential element of ‘universal’ human experience.
Context – “’Maybe it’s all men an’ all women we love; maybe that’s the Holy Sperit – the human sperit – the whole shebang. Maybe all men got one big soul ever’body’s a part of’” (32-33). – Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck 8. Aside – a short speech or remark spoken by a character in a drama, directed either to the audience or to another character, which by convention is supposed to be inaudible to the other characters on stage.
Context – “A little more than kin and less than kind” (1.2.67). – Hamlet by Shakespeare 9. Characterization – the representation of persons in narrative and dramatic works.
Context – “He was the only man of us who still ‘followed the sea.’ The worst than could be said of him was that he did not represent his class. He was a seaman, but he was a wanderer too, while most seamen lead, if one may so express it, a sedentary life” (9). – Heart of Darkness by Joseph
Context – “’The story is, there was one, just one, who ever came back, and he told what happened on the train, and where the train went and what happened after’”(207). – A Mother’s Tale by James Agee
2. Alliteration – the repetition of the same sounds – usually initial consonants of words or of stressed syllables – in any sequence of neighboring words.
Context – “I took my hat, and, after a four miles’ walk, arrived at Heathcliff’s garden gate just in time to escape the first feathery flakes of a snow shower” (5). – Wuthering …show more content…
come in!’ he sobbed. ‘Cathy, do come. Oh do – once more! Oh! my heart’s darling! hear me this time – Catherine, at last’”(20)! – Wuthering Heights
7. Archetype – a symbol, theme, setting, or character-type that recurs in different times and places that it embodies some essential element of ‘universal’ human experience.
Context – “’Maybe it’s all men an’ all women we love; maybe that’s the Holy Sperit – the human sperit – the whole shebang. Maybe all men got one big soul ever’body’s a part of’” (32-33). – Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck 8. Aside – a short speech or remark spoken by a character in a drama, directed either to the audience or to another character, which by convention is supposed to be inaudible to the other characters on stage.
Context – “A little more than kin and less than kind” (1.2.67). – Hamlet by Shakespeare 9. Characterization – the representation of persons in narrative and dramatic works.
Context – “He was the only man of us who still ‘followed the sea.’ The worst than could be said of him was that he did not represent his class. He was a seaman, but he was a wanderer too, while most seamen lead, if one may so express it, a sedentary life” (9). – Heart of Darkness by Joseph