Figurative Language in the Tortilla Curtain In T.C. Boyle’s the Tortilla Curtain‚ Delaney Mossebacher is at a property owners association meeting and notes how a wife “leaned into her husband like a sapling leaning into a rock ledge” (42). In this simile‚ Boyle compares the wife to a sapling and the husband to the rock that she is leaning on. During the meeting‚ Delaney describes the husband as a man “in his forties‚ with the hips and shoulders of a college athlete” (42). With the build of a college
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The Crossover by Kwame Alexander coming to age novel was written in a unique poetic form uses line breaks narrative free verse also figurative language including metaphors‚similes and more.The Book shows drama and many emotional things such as Josh’s and Jb s dad dying because of this health issues‚the fight between Josh and Jb two identical twin brothers who had a strong bond that gets broken and threatened in many ways‚ such as Josh throwing a basketball at Jb s face and breaking his nose and
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The Different Side of Family Barbara Kingsolver‚ in her novel The Bean Trees‚ utilizes figurative language to emphasize on daughters and families that exhibits the harsh truth behind being a person. Lou Ann ponders this when another character named Lee Sing states‚ “ ‘Feeding a girl is like feeding the neighbor’s New Year pig. All that work. In the end‚ it goes to some other family’ ” (43). This simile that compares girls to New Year pig stresses that the effort that parents put into their daughters
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omniscient narrator to relay to the reader the bitterness of the cold‚ along with the adamant determination of Lutie Johnson. Through the use of chillingly descriptive imagery‚ and figurative language including resplendent personification‚ the narrator successfully conveys the perilous nature of the cold to enhance Lutie Johnson’s temporal and sensory experiences. Imagery is certainly the most central literary device in this excerpt‚ as it gives the reader an accurate sense of the brutal cold that the
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The poem I have decided to do is Memorial Day for the War Dead By Yehuda Amichai‚ I choose this poem because I love reading about war and the struggles these people go through. War is not an easy thing to write about‚ because when you ask people about war‚ they don’t want to live through it again. “Behind all this some great happiness is hiding” In This poem‚ the speaker is someone who is witnessing Memorial day‚ they most likely‚ were in the war. The message in this poem is that although people
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” a poem written by Andrew Marvell‚ presents a realistic view on the brevity of life. Marvell effectively presents a variety of figurative language‚ imagery‚ and a romantic tone to emphasize the theme of carpe diem: because time is one of the few things that are held certain in this world‚ one should take full advantage of it. The beautiful language that Marvell uses helps communicate the reality of time’s cruel passage. In fact‚ the poem begins with the hyperbolic statement “Had we but world enough
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The first figurative language seen is personification‚ “sullen wind was soon awake‚” and “and did it worst to vex the lake.” Personification is what is used mostly to describe the scenery and give life to things that are none living. As the poem goes on we see a great deal
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ENGL 3000-006 September 20‚ 2013 Translating Shakespeare into Modern English In the play Macbeth‚ the first introduction to Lady Macbeth in Act 1 scene 5 provides the reader with a great deal of insight into her character. After her speech‚ we know that Lady Macbeth is ambitious; however she’s also ruthless and possesses a dark soul. Lady Macbeth craves a power only attainable through manipulation because of societal gender roles of the era. Lady Macbeth is a very dynamic‚ yet daunting‚ female
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threatening events. This idea is not only presented in life‚ but novels also use this concept to extract a sense of sympathy for the characters from the readers. The novel‚ Moby Dick‚ effectively delineates the theme of body vs. self. Although this concept is not a main theme throughout the story‚ Herman Melville realistically depicts the thought processes of his characters while on their deadly voyage. The use of figurative language and descriptive details also contribute to Melville’s reality of how life
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struggles of people of Ireland. What interests me most about this work is how Swift is able to show compassion through context in a work whose words would normally shock and anger any sane person. It is interesting to see how his careful use of language and imagery manages to both sicken and illuminate the reader. His shock value grabs the careful attention and scrutiny of the reader and‚ in doing so‚ accomplishes it’s goal‚ to awaken and alarm those who ignore the tragedy of Ireland’s plight.
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