Beach Ball With Figurative Language

For this session, I introduced figurative language to Sophia. The first two examples of figurative language I taught her were similes and metaphors. I taught this lesson in the same format I taught story elements. I would have the definition writing down on the power point of Sophia and would have her write down the term and definitions in her notebook to refer back to later. I also included some examples as a way to teach the term that I also asked her to write down in her notebook.

Poems have figurative speech in them. Figurative language makes the poem more exciting. In poems the writer sometimes uses figurative language like, simile,metaphor, and personification. In the poem a Valentine for Ernest Mann there is personification,hyperbole, and smile.

A great example of figurative language was on page 37, “We were withered trees in the heart of the desert”. This is one of the many metaphors the author uses throughout the text to give the reader a visual representation. He compared the Jews to withered trees to show how exhausted and drained they were. Instead of saying, “they were exhausted”, which is just a broad

Figurative language can help the author make a point. An author can use specific types of figurative language to convey a certain point which in the long run can express the purpose of an author’s work. Personification gives life like characteristics “ The fire was out to get her” (Walls). This personification shows her attachment with fire and the fear it causes her it also helps the reader connect with the writing letting the author better convey the purpose.

Figurative language is a language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation. When the author uses literary language, he or she is stating the facts as they are. Figurative language is very common in poetry, and is also used in prose and nonfiction as well. In the stories “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” by Walter Dean Myer and “ The Contender” by Robert Lipsyte the authors use figurative language to describe the mood, setting, and the characters.

In this section of The Glass Castle, Jeannette and her family move into a house that is in desperate need of TLC, depicted by the authors use of figurative language. One example that demonstrates the use of figurative language is “The front, including a drooping porch, butter precariously into the air, supported by tall, spindly cinder-block pillars” (Walls). In this example from the passage, Walls

Figurative language is language that which expressions with a different meaning from what it may seem like at if taken literally. By using figurative language, it allows for authors to better develop points, ideas, actions, or scenery. In the stories “Canyons” written by Gary Paulsen and “Treasure of Lemon Brown” written by Walter Dean Myers the authors use figurative language to develop the scene and characters in a creative way and more interesting way for the reader.

In the stories “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” by Walter Dean Myers, “Two Kinds” by Amy Tan shows the mood of the story by using figurative language in many different ways. A common theme in the stories is “you won’t be rewarded for having a brain, but for using it.” In the book “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” at the part when the people tried to attack them he used his brain and took them out one by one and they got away. In the book “Two Kinds” she used her brain at the end with the piano and she got a reward. These stories showed alot of examples of figurative language and there even

“Over the years I have forged intimate familial ties with these characters, who are reflections of a portion of myself. Consequently, even a character who appeared only once in a short story waits now in the wings, concealed by the curtain, for his next appearance on-stage. Not one of them has ever broken free of his familial ties with me and disappeared for ever - at least, not within the confines of my heart.” By Shūsaku Endō, The Final Martyrs. In your lifetime you have probably seen writing techniques in a story. Writing techniques can include similes, metaphors, personification, and descriptive word choice. Those are just some of many other figurative language examples. In the novel, The Pigman by Paul Zindel, the author uses descriptive language and figurative language to create theme, and to establish character.

Figurative language can be used to develop different themes within writing. Elie Wiesel uses figurative language to show his theme of hopelessness in his memoir, Night. For instance, he writes, “They passed me by, one after the other, my teachers, my friends. … Some of whom I had once feared, some of whom I had found ridiculous,” (Wiesel 17). This repetition definitely shows the feeling of hopelessness that he must have had during this time.

“Rocky Mountain High” is irresistibly filled with figurative language. By definition, figurative language is a combination of words or expressions with a different meaning than its literal interpretation. Examples of figurative language in

In other words figurative language are figures of speech, such as metaphors and similes. These figures of speech are used to be more effective, persuasive and impactful.

Powerful Weapon All languages take advantage of using metaphors. Metaphors are used widely in all type of literature. They are very common in our daily life, too. Metaphors is a type of figurative language which expresses an idea by using words in imaginative manner and referring to something else in a non-literal way. They help us to express thoughts and ideas more clearly by adding colors and emotions to the sentences.

In the story, The Pigman by Paul Zindel the author uses Figurative language and dialogue to develop the story. While reading the book The Pigman I found two of the most used techniques are Figurative language and Dialogue. “Figurative language adds pizazz. It raises work above the plain, the dull, the ordinary.” - Ellen Hunnicutt.

There are many instances of figurative language that can be found within Malala’s speech, but I’m just going to highlight the ones that stuck out to me. One of the most impactful uses of figurative language that I came across was a metaphor. In order to convey determination to learn, she referenced her “thirst for education.” I thought that this was very impactful because it compares education to one of the basic necessities of life, water. Another great use of figurative language within her speech was the use of symbolism. Throughout her speech, Malala uses herself as a symbol for various issues that she cares about, but it’s very evident when she claims to be other girls that have had to fight for their rights. Malala uses