Figurative language is seen throughout Staples’s essay. In the following quote ‘Her flight made me feel like an accomplice in tyranny” the author uses a simile (1). By using like or as, Brent Staples…
But here are three I did manage to: 1) “In shower of dirt and shale.” I think is a metaphor because it is comparing two unlike things without using the like or as. And the words that make you think it’s a metaphor is “shower of dirt and shale”. 2) “She stood behind the lunch counter, mouth clamped like an angry snapping turtle, as the children crept fearfully past.” I think this one is a simile because it’s comparing to unlike thing using the words like or as. So I knew it was a simile because it uses the words “, mouth clamped like an angry snapping…
All things considered, Ray Bradbury demonstrates the use of simile many times in his novel Fahrenheit 451. This example…
For example, in the last comparison the author compares eyes to pools of rain which also represents the cries of the wounded soldiers. Simile “The pain increases. The bandages burn like fire.” The author compares the bandages and pain to fire to exaggerate the feeling of the character.…
Simile: A simile is a comparison of two unlike things using like or as. For example: "The wrath of God is like great waters that are dammed for the present." What similes are used in the italicized passage?…
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…
Janice Mirikitani uses similes in her poem to express desperation and hopelessness. In the first few lines, she says, “How many notes written… ink smeared like birdprints in the snow.” This is showing how the voice of the play has written letters to her parents, but after so many they just become a blur, meshing together until they are non-decipherable. In Hamlet, when the king is confessing his sins and praying, he states that he is “like a man to double business bound.” Here Shakespeare is showing how the king is torn between his feelings toward his brother and the allure of being a king. After this line, he says, “My stronger guilt defeats my strong intent.” His guilt and his greed are causing stress like a man who is obligated to two forms of business with no idea where to start.…
Lots of symbolism is used within the novel Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson. All the symbols are throughout this novel to help convey the storyline. Guterson constantly brings up the symbols to keep the story flowing as well as to develop several opinions and ideas about the different characters. The snowstorm, the cedar tree, the war are just three of the numerous symbols used in this novel. The snowstorm represents destruction, unpredictable events, along with innocence. Snow is a beautiful act of nature, yet it can go deadly in a matter of minutes. “The trees had closed the road in so that the sky was little more than an indistinct, drab ribbon overhead, but down here the dramatic expanse of it was visible, chaotic and fierce” (320). The islanders find the…
By using similes the author effectively shows her feelings of sadness through losing hope and giving in. The author in “Hands Like Ice” feels that the main character, who has gone through a dramatic stage, was very important to her. She also feels that this person was very dear to them and she didn't realize it until the character passes away. As the author felt overwhelmed by all her emotions, she began to lose hope for her loved one,“I felt like I was in a snowstorm but never let up,”(15). The author compares her feelings to a snowstorm the never ended, this shows that while she was losing…
Doyle used a fair amount of imagery to add an incredible level of depth and to provide readers with a terrifying mental picture of that horrific day in America. Consider one of the opening lines describing the sight, “Many People Jumped. Perhaps hundreds. No one knows. They struck the pavement with such force that there was a pink mist in the air.” (1168). Doyle effectively implemented figurative language throughout the poem to provide the full effect of being a shell-shocked, stunned bystander at the sight of 9/11. Additionally, Doyle told of “A kindergarten boy who saw people falling in flames told his teacher that the birds were on fire.” (1168). This use of imagery made me feel as though I was there.…
Elie Wiesel, in his autobiography Night, his use of Simile helps the reader to understand the brutal atmosphere of the German Police.” There are 80 of you in the car, the German Officer added,” if any of you are missing, you will be shot like dogs.”(24). He uses his simile language when the train (that the Jews were on) stopped and was guarded by two German police officers. It’s being used to portray the atmosphere of the brutal officers of the Germans.…
Similes allow the powerful images Gray creates to become both personal and accessible. By comparing one object to another, the composer allows the responder to see what the persona sees. "Cars like skulls", "the city driven like stakes into the earth" and "dripping solidified like candle-wax" exemplify the composer’s ability to compare his often detailed and unusual subject to a common, accessible image. This technique ensures the responder’s ability to visualise the image created, thus evoking a response from the responder.…
In the poem “Those Winter Sundays”, the speaker is reflecting on his childhood and his lack of real emotion towards his father while he was a young child. When the speaker becomes an adult, he regrets not realizing that his father had his own way of affection towards him. In the present, the speaker realizes how hard and desolate it is to show parental love to someone. The poem‘s diction helps paint a vivid picture to the reader about the emotions in this piece.…
In his poem, Flames and Dangling Wire, the first line immediately sets the scene allowing us to have a sense of where we are. The use of a simile in “The smoke of different fires in a row, like fingers spread and dragged to smudge” implies the filthiness of the tip and the smoke rising from the fires. This also causes the air to “wobble”, implying that the horrid stench of the area is visibly seen forming clouds of polluted air to block the sun. He also uses the simile “The city, driven like stakes into the ground”. This shows the unnatural nature of the city with giant buildings artificially implanted into the ground, left there to stand and become eyesores to land that was once full of nature’s beauty.…
“Shut-up you idiot! Why the hell am I still with you Ben?” Snow barked, her voice pierces through the air. I left my girlfriend and headed for the car without a word, the echo of each step I make towards the doors that lead outside resonate inside my head as if the sound was mocking my emptiness. Even as I closed the door, she could still be heard swearing and throwing mess around.…