During Old School, author Tobias Wolff uses metaphors to make some parts of the book more enthralling. For example, Wolff says things like “Cigarette smoke curled from her nostrils.” (Wolff, Page 65). In this sentence, Wolff adds fluent adjectives to make the sentence more vivid. In this quote, he adds the adjective “curled” to describe the cigarette smoke. By adding these adjectives to the sentence, he makes them more expressive. Another great example of Metaphorical usage is when our protagonist is talking about the presidents and says that Nixon is “a straight arrow and a scold.” (Wolff, Page 3) This…
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Authors typically use figurative language in hopes of better reader acknowledgement. In addition, this is why I think Dillard uses a large amount of imagery. Generally, figurative language can be used in all situations. With…
I walked outside and it was hot vs. I took a leap outside into the sun that blazed down on me it felt like I was wearing millions of winter coats. Which one help you visualize which is happening better? The book I'm reading which is "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld used a lot of figurative language throughout this story. For an example on page 238 it states, "it just felt flat, like a song she'd heard to many time." By using a simile it helped me understand what she meant by flat. If that simile wasn't there I could of though it meant deflated or flat like a pancake. To add on, using figurative language makes the book more clear and it allows the book to continue with a flow. As you can see, the book I chose to read "Uglies" contains figurative…
The author also employs the use of figurative language a couple of times, for example when portraying the image of scrubbing the floors on their knees the author uses a metaphor to emphasize their point. "So here I am on my knees, working my way around like some fanatical penitent crawling through the stations of the cross,..." (Page 311) Furthermore there is the…
Many soldiers fighting in World War One at one point had to face trench foot. Trench foot is a fungal infection brought about by a prolonged exposure to wet, cold conditions like what there was in the trenches. It was first thought up by military authorities that soldiers that did not have very much morale got the fungal infection. If the trench foot turned gangrenous then the leg would have to be amputated. The officers tried to combat it by telling the soldiers that they had to dry their feet if they got wet and change socks multiple times a day.…
The Article is based on facts and applied research. Im not a scientist so I cant agree or disagree. However I do find it baffling that there is so much study of the brain that goes unseen. Its unbelieved to think how many hours, days, months researchers put in time to find or come up with different ways to uncover the brain. I think I…
For instance, he states, “twins, twins ... Like maggots they had swarmed defilingly over the mystery of Linda's death. Maggots again, but larger, full grown, they now crawled across his grief and his repentance”(pg. 209). The effect of this figurative language on the meaning of the work as a whole is that it adds a different mood and tone to the chapter. Additionally, it makes the storyline come alive in the reader's mind.…
At the age of sixteen, Rob decided to forgo his senior year of high school and instead…
Although this article list who are the writers of this article, it does not give any information if either student has received a degree in the information that they are discussing. It does not include what company or organization that is supporting the author. The sources that they listed are not credible. The article does not state whether this information has been reviewed nor verified by any expert, but only claims from a book, articles, and you tube videos.…
For example, the authors used metaphors demonstrate the feelings of the characters in the book. “‘Why didn’t you take number one?’ my mother asked the day I got my report card, her face screwed so tight, her eyes were squinted slits. ”(14, par. 4)…
Braithwaite’s article does not only do use of research, but at the same time includes nothing that actually proves her claims right. At one point of Braithwaite’s article,…
“All the people within reach had suspended their business, or their idleness, to run to the spot and drink the the wine.” In this passage, a cask of wine spills in the streets of St. Antoine. Business owners and townspeople hurry out to the street to drink the wine. Everyone gets a drink and helps each other out. The poor are united, and Dickens fears the tension between them and the rich.…
Figurative language has power in writing. It is a tool that most authors use to show emphasis on how important or scary or beautiful something is. This relates to, Homer’s use of figurative language in the epic poem, The Odyssey. Throughout this epic, Odysseus is on a journey back home to Ithaca. Homer uses figurative language to convey that the Land of the Dead as a terrifying and transformative setting for Odysseus’s development as a hero.…
Lastly, facts are needed to make any article convincing. In this article he uses too many facts that are not needed. For example, in the article he talks about one murderer for about three pages. He talks about how the story…