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Jack D. 10/21 Figurative Language Practice It came on the boulder with one pounce. That’s all it took with four, piston-like legs. Covered in fur and pointed with sharp claws made for tearing, the loaded springs were waiting to leap on its prey. Before the fury beast pounces, it scouts prey out with its sharp, efficient eyes empty of all expression save hunger. The fearsome hunter was low to the ground as if it was a shadow, unseen until it swept over you.…
This reaction occurs in the cytoplasm and is also considered the first step in both aerobic and anaerobic respiration.…
The utilization of rhetorical devices enhances the writing luring the reader in. Colloquialism plays a crucial role; the majority of the book contains Southern slang which not only entertains but allows the audience to comprehend the origin of the characters generating a connection between them and their…
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…
Turner, M., Cacciari, C., Katz, A., & Gibbs, R. (1998). Figurative Language and Thought. New York: Oxford University Press. [Online]. Retrieved at: www.library.nu [April 11th 2011].…
The use of language is a powerful tool used by authors to provide complexity and a deeper level of thinking for the audience. Authors such as Shakespeare and Tim O’ Brien use immense language that provides the deeper meaning for the reader. The use of imagery and symbolism in the novel The Things They Carried significantly impacts the reader’s emotions about the Vietnam War. Other language is seen through George Orwell’s Animal Farm, which uses symbolism to relate the novel back to the history of Stalin and the Russian Revolution of 1917. Through the use of powerful language, authors are able to influence the actions and ideas in a society.…
There are many ways that writers use to help us visualize their story. The author of The Treasure of Lemon Brown uses a lot of descriptive and figurative language to make the story real . When he uses phrases such as, ”Never compare your weakness to other people’s strengths. This text is about the history of this little boy trying to play basketball but, his dad doesn’t want him to play, he wants him to study a lot a be a good kid in school but, after a discussion his son goes out for a walk and he founds an old house and he goes in and found a something that is gonna create a lot of drama .” In the story “the treasure of lemon brown” by Walter Dean Myers, the author uses descriptive and figurative language to develop the mood and the characters in the story.…
Metaphor- “Thousand gates and one gates leading in to the orchard of mystical truth.” This is a metaphor because each gate represents each human being and to never make the mistake of wanting to go into any path but our own.…
Throughout the story, a few metaphors and similes were used in order to create and establish a comparison between certain objectives. Within this simile, “With that she leaped straight up into the air and was gone like a bird, flying over field and wood.” (57), the storyteller is…
The author will tend to use figurative writing to convey the mood and tone of what they are writing. They will use descriptive words and sentences. Thanks! By not having the main character's name given and him only speaking once in the story. ChaCha on! ChaCha On!…
The way that figurative language was used in the story was that they were similes. Most of the figurative language used the word like to compare two things. “Slablike, they seemed to hang off his arms like two chunks of meat… sun... like a fat brown snake” (Fugard 566). The figurative language was very vivid. You can almost feel the warmth of the sun.…
A figurative image means more than what it says it is. It suggests certain meanings that must be interpreted. Similes, metaphors, and personification are just a few examples of figurative language that Tolkien uses in his fairy tale. These forms of figurative language help the reader create a "mental picture" . For example, when Bilbo Baggins meets Gollum, a…
My first reason why Burgess uses language powerfully is that he said “Its’s getting colder and you know you’ve got nothing to lose.” This shows that one of the characters is in deep trouble when something is really wrong and that it just can’t get any worse. The bit where it says “It’s getting colder” this shows that things are getting bad or they are already bad. In addition to this the second bit of the text “you know you’ve got nothing to lose.” This shows that things can’t get any worse or that you literally have nothing to lose. This can make the reader feel bad for that person in the book or build an emotion with them to show how the feel. This could also change what and how the reader thinks about the character…
This passage shows the reader that the “beast” wasn’t something they could just get rid of by haunting and killing it. The “Lord of the Flies” or the beast, represents human nature and the evil, savagery, violence etc. that’s inside of us. William Goulding wrote this book to show the readers that we, human beings are known to be savages by nature. In other words, humans tend to act inhumane sometimes when it comes to surviving or for any other reason. For example, Jack made fun of piggy and the other boys laughed, that is a sign of inhumanity or when in chapter 9 the boys killed Simon thinking he was the beast. This passage has three literary elements. Figurative Language was the most obvious one, due to the fact that Simon was having a conversation…
4. How has each writer used language to express his or her perspective and to influence the thinking of the reader? Which language…