Similes are exploited throughout Richard Connell’s twisted and page turning story. “ Then, as he stepped forward, his foot sank into the ooze. He tried to wrench it back , but the muck sucked viciously at his foot as if it were a giant leech.” Connell’s purpose for this simile is to build a pathway into your imagination. He wanted his writing to compare to your own life. He accomplished all of this through using different people, animals, and putting the character in rare situations. He compares the quicksand to the…
It is easy to assume there is one kind of sloth. In fact there are six; all of them are closely related to armadillos and anteaters. In this essay I will show you the main differences between the two main species; two-toed and three-toed sloths.…
An ecological organization completed a data analysis on the biological diversity in Central America. The organization completed an inventory of two species of sloths in order to observe for regular and irregular movement patterns of sloths. There are two types of sloths that are predominant in the area which is observed. Both these sloths choose niches based on their movement patterns and their preferences for biotic and abiotic factors.…
Sloths are unique creatures that are completely different from all other animals. They live in the tops of trees in the rain forests and jungles in South America. At the tops of the trees they don’t move or make noise in order to remain hidden from predators. By moving slowly or not at all predators don't notice them and can't find them.The two different types of sloths are the two toed sloth and the three toed sloth. The two toed sloth has brown fur and a pink pig snout. The three toed sloth has gray fur a white face and black fur around the eyes. The sloth is a creature unlike any other and are very interesting.…
Thus, in line with the ‘substitution’ view, any metaphorical expression can be rendered to its literal dimension. For example ‘Achilles is a lion’ can be interpreted as ‘Achilles is brave’. Black did not agree about this interpretation, asserting that a metaphor is not substituting of one term for another, but believes that the metaphorical reality is a derivation from the analogy that makes it looks like simile, thus (Achilles is like a lion). With respect to the elaboration made on the ‘comparison’ view, Black asserts that a metaphor should be inferred with regard to the ground of the intended analogy or simile in a given contextual clues in order to reach the speaker’s original literal meaning…
The similes used also created a mysterious image of death. It referred death as a delicate bird, gardener and nurse that is the opposite of what people sees it. This is rather elusive and slippery which highlighted the relationship of human with death, which we all know what death is but no one could ever get a close look at it.…
1. The behavior of the dog represents foreshadowing, how it uses it’s instincts to survive the weather and stray from “danger”…
In conclusion, the sympathetic effect that the passage has is due to the writer’s use of animalistic imagery, diction, and similes. "And…
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…
As the snake dies it “strikes passionately once more at the hoe” and “there is blood in his mouth and poison dripping from his fangs.” The imagery dramatizes the image of the snake’s power being drained. The reader can visualize the transition from a once fierce snake to a lifeless carcass. In response to the killing of the snake, the man feels regret for the necessity of the circumstance, as “it was all a nasty sight, pitiful…” and “he could see it as he might have let it go, sinuous and self respecting in departure over the twilit sands.” This is a reflection of what could have been, and reveals the man’s conflicting feelings on what was necessary. The pitiful scene of the snake’s death adds to the man’s regret. The imagery in the passage emphasizes the idea of “what could have been” and therefore the man’s internal…
Mendel was a scientist who gained a substantial amount of fame from his study of genetics. He studied the pea plant and its inheritance of certain traits.…
| The narrator, in making a seemingly offhanded comment about Rat’s tendency to lie, reveals another major point of the novel: the truth of a particular story is differing from person to person. Each person, with his or her own perspective, will relate or retell a story in a way they believe is befitting. While some may see this as a lie, others may see it as a necessary exaggeration of the truth in order to achieve the full meaning of the storytelling.…
D. “Can you live without the willow tree? Well, no, you can’t. The willow tree is you. The pain of that mattress there - that dreadful pain - that’s you.” (pg. 89, Chapter 9). This quote is an example of a metaphor. The use of this metaphor is to relate all of the families belongings to them, that the belongings are indeed part of them. The effect of this metaphor is to show the reader how much the families belongings actually meant to them.…
The author uses diction in the passages to signify the effect of the author¡¯s meaning in story and often sway readers to interpret ideas in one way or another. The man in the story arrives to a ¡°[dry] desert¡± where he accosts an animal with ¡°long-range attack¡± and ¡°powerful fangs.¡± The author creates a perilous scene between the human and animal in order to show that satisfaction does not come from taking lives. With instincts of silence and distrust, both of them freeze in stillness like ¡°live wire.¡± In addition, the man is brought to the point where animal¡¯s ¡°tail twitched,¡± and ¡°the little tocsin sounded¡± and also he hears the ¡°little song of death.¡± With violence ready to occur, the man tries to protect himself and others with a hoe, for his and their safety from the Rattler. The author criticizes how humans should be ¡°obliged not to kill¡±, at least himself, as a human. The author portrays the story with diction and other important techniques, such as imagery, in order to influence the readers with his significant lesson.…
The author’s use of a simile gives the reader a sense of the rain’s sharpness by comparing it to nails. This helps to develop the setting.…