Figurative Language Figurative language was used by Margaret Atwood‚ through the persona of Offred‚ to illustrate The Handmaid’s Tale. Figurative Language consists of similes‚ metaphors‚ personification‚ alliteration‚ onomatopoeia‚ hyperbole and idioms. First‚ figurative language can be used to describe different settings. 1. Offred’s experience at night in her bedroom “The heat at night is worse than the heat in daytime. Even with the fan on‚ nothing moves‚ and the walls store up warmth
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flower? A. The poet refers to the fragrance of a flower as it opens. He uses a metaphor to compare the flower to a goblet. What type of figurative language is used here? A. The poet uses personification‚ “cruel bars‚” attributing human qualities or emotions to an inanimate object‚ to intensify the sense of unjust imprisonment. How do we know which season the poet describes? Sympathy Paul Laurence Dunbar FOCUS: METAPHOR I know what the caged bird feels‚ alas! When the sun is bright on the upland
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are walking pedigree dogs’ and ‘homes of kindly aunts in quiet suburbs’ are both examples of this. Imagery helps the poem seem more realistic‚ making sure the reader/listener is completely engaged in what is going on in the poem. Similes and metaphors have perhaps been used the most. There is at least one simile in almost every stanza in ‘Chippendale’. ‘Suburbs go to the wall like families’ and ‘Streets change character’ are examples of both of these. Both are used in a way a lot like imagery
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with bewildered Theodoric. The effect is quite ironic. The author uses a wide spectrum of stylistic devices to produce a comical effect‚ to appeal to our imagination‚ to emphasize differences between characters. 1) Personification is a kind of metaphor in which animals‚ plants‚ inanimate objects or abstract ideas are represented as if they were human beings and possessed human qualities. Theodoric regards the mouse as ‘the intruder’. Animal is treated as a human being‚ for Theodoric this harmless
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they are the guardians of all their children. His personification of America as a mother helps demonstrate how powerful America is and helps the reader understand the capabilities of its cruelty. The feeding of the “bread of bitterness” is used as a metaphor to demonstrate how harsh America is to McKay. If one is to imagine a tiger’s tooth being shoved in his or her throat‚ or perhaps one’s life force slowly being extracted‚ it would feel very painful and impossible to breathe. McKay also uses these
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But what is evident in this second stanza is that we now see a man who is able to think logically for himself. The use of the metaphor in “cold clockwork‚” as well as being alliterative‚ allows us to see past the soldier and to the man. All of this then progresses into the third stanza. He sees a “yellow hare” but one is left to consider whether this in itself‚ is a metaphor for something else. Is it a real animal coming up from the ground he is running and being startled‚ or does he consider the
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Songs nowadays talk about drugs and the effects‚ but in metaphors‚ just like in Shakespearian times. Everything’s a metaphor. It was noted that Friar L called the plants weed‚ and people in the 21st century still use that term today‚ as we’ve seen lots and lots of the phrases and tropes we use today were created by Shakespeare. Friar L says the flower he picks from his garden is poisonous‚ yet he is using it to dope up a little girl. This is an introductory into the “lightly” hinted fact that most
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compounding 5. Shortening and abbreviation 6. Conversion. Types of conversion 7. Minor types (доп. способы) of word-building 8. The problem of meaning 9. Types of meaning 10. Change of meaning 11. Transfer of meaning (metaphor‚ metonymy) 12. Polysemy or plurality of meaning 13. Homonyms‚ classification of homonyms 14. Synonyms‚ types of synonyms 15. Antonyms 16. Phraseology 17. Borrowings in English 1. Principles of general linguistics Lexicology
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The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros. In the poem “Mother to Son”‚ the speaker admits that her life has been difficult‚ but despite the hardships‚ she does not give up. She uses an extended metaphor to describe to her son‚ how even though her life has been hard‚ she still moves on. The metaphor describes her difficult life to be a dilapidated staircase. The times are metaphorically described as the “splinters‚ boards torn up‚ no carpet‚ bare”. Despite these problems the mother encourages her
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impression of the unusual weather. The quote‚ “ I was growing old well before my time‚ a sombre‚ pale-complexioned man with a strained expression – a dull dog.” gives a sense of unease. Adjectives and a metaphor create this effect. The adjectives of old‚ sombre and pale complexioned‚ as well as the metaphor comparing Arthur to a dog‚ give the feeling of sadness because they are usually associated with something unwell and unneeded. This bad feeling about Arthur will create unease for the reader. The reader
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