Figurative Language and Imagery ENG 340 Creative Writing Whenever you describe something by comparing it with something else‚ you are using figurative language. Figurative language is the use of language to describe something by comparing it to something else. It serves many linguistic purposes. It allows people to express abstract thoughts. It creates tone and communicates emotional content. The ability to use figurative language in writing can make a poem or story more enjoyable for the reader
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to them rather than what the outside world has to offer. The firemen own an eight-legged Mechanical Hound that hunts and chases those who escape from the firemen’s raid‚ four-wall televisions hold the entertainment for the members of the society‚ “Seashell” radios are in the ears of some as they sleep and even transmit entertainment full of commercials so the town never has to be bored. By having these advances‚ there is no need for people to have ingenuity or creativity in any part of their daily
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Ever have one of those days‚ you’re sitting on the toilet doing your business and you reach for the toilet paper and find to the right of you....an empty roll‚ and suddenly you feel a ship wreck without a paddle. Something that you took for granted every day is now the factor between you and your business. Toilet Paper. Everybody in America uses toilet paper and if you don’t‚ same on you. During Halloween‚ I’m sure many of you planned‚ seen‚ or was in the act of TP-ing someone’s house‚ or that you’ve
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watched the toast be delivered to her plate. She had both ears plugged with the electronic bees that were humming the hour away. She looked up suddenly and saw him‚ and nodded…She was an expert at lip reading from the ten years of apprenticeship at Seashell ear thimbles” (Bradbury 18). The people in Fahrenheit 451’s society avoid thinking about important things. Instead they revert to distractions like watching television. Sergeant Beatty voices his opinion on how society avoids thinking about anything
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Analyzing a Stunning Painting: Botticelli’s “The Birth of Venus” Mythology has been part of the people for a long time now. People have adopted stories that make it possible to enlighten on how some aspects used to be in the past. Myths are aspects that form part of every culture‚ and are mostly used to give a meaning to varying issues. Since the inception of art‚ artists have developed the tendency of being influenced by myths in the development of varied artworks. To some extent‚ the artworks have
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In Greek mythology Minos (/ˈmaɪnɒs/ or /ˈmaɪnəs/; Greek: Μίνως‚ Minōs) was the first King of Crete‚ son of Zeus and Europa. Every nine years‚ he made King Aegeus pick seven young boys and seven young girls to be sent to Daedalus’s creation‚ the labyrinth‚ to be eaten by the Minotaur. After his death‚ Minos became a judge of the dead in the underworld. The Minoan civilization of Crete has been named after him by the archaeologist Arthur Evans. By his wife‚ Pasiphaë (or some say Crete)‚ he fathered
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Chain”‚ an African creation myth‚ basic materials are used to create more complex landscapes and eventually‚ Earth. Only one material was needed to make the world in this creation myth‚ which is sand. Obatala goes down to the Earth and pours out a seashell filled with sand and “the sand hit the water‚ and to his surprise it spread and solidified to make a vast land” (African 1). The simple element of sand creates an
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years prior. The central figure in this tempera painting is the goddess Venus (also known as Aphrodite in Greek mythology). She graces us with her presence by floating to the shore‚ pushed from the winds of gods (Zephyr accompanied by Chloris)‚ on a seashell. A flower-clad woman‚ or Nymph‚ named Pomona reaches from the shore to cover Venus with a orange-coral floral cloak. With the gods in the left corner and Pomona on the right along with the trees and their leaves reaching towards Venus‚ they create
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Ray Bradbury is a master of characterization techniques. He uses his expertise‚ such as indirect characterization‚ in the creation of Fahrenheit 451. In addition to learning about the explicit qualities of Bradbury’s characters‚ readers receive deeper insight as we carefully read his stories. In Fahrenheit 451‚ we learn more indirect information about the protagonist‚ Guy Montag‚ through the words used to introduce this character. We have a clear view of Montag’s thoughts and feelings that lead him
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We just got off the plane and we are in Atlanta‚ Georgia. We came from Ohio and it was about an hour and a half to Atlanta. Atlanta is the biggest airport in the U.S.A. They had a big food court and a lot of shops to shop in. We were heading to gat D. We had to take the train‚ but we had to stop at A‚ B‚ C‚ and then finally‚ D. We had to go through security and that was the worst part. When we finally got finished with security we waited at our gate. After we got on the plane we took our seats then
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