Christopher Did Not Believe In Metaphors

Authors use figurative language to describe the objects and characters in the stories. In the passage “Uncle Timothy’s Ships,” by Summer Woodford, figurative language reveals the significance of the bottled ships, Woodford reveals the significance of the bottled ships by using metaphors, extended metaphors, and personification. The first piece of figurative language that Summer Woodford uses are metaphors. A metaphor is to compare two things without using like or as.

Christopher cannot grasp the concept of metaphors. He knows the definition and even the origin of the word but does not understand their use and frequency in every day conversation. Instead, Christopher thinks of metaphors as lies. He can only think in terms of the literal meaning of a word. For example, on pg 15, when referring to the phrase "he was the apple of her eye", Christopher can only think of an actual apple in someone's eye as

Figurative Language is the art of using figures of speech, loaded words, appeals, etc. they are used to have more of an impact and to persuade the listeners to join your side. in his speech, Patrick Henry tried to appeal to the audience by bringing up God into

Night Analysis Assignment Night contains a significant amount of figurative language. Select 3 examples from the text to analyze. In analyzing each example, be sure to explain how the specific example impacts the text. (How does it affect the reader? How does it affect the reading experience?

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

In Jonathon Edwards' homily Sinners in the Hands on an Angry God, he incorporates imagery, hyperbole and personification in order to persuade the audience they will spend eternity in hell if they do not repent.

Figure of speech is defined as a word or phrase that has a meaning other than the literal meaning. The first example in this novel includes, “But he had held up under the physical punishment, two, or three, or four tacklers driving into him on many of the plays, the risk always there that they would take a sweet-shot at his knee…a jolting twack that sounded like a head-on car collision.” (Bessinger 2) This quote gives an example using the term “sounded like a head-on car collision” to exaggerate the sound of the hit that Boobie Miles took. Another quote example describes, “He felt good when he left the little white house that he lived in, where a green pickup truck sat in the bare, litter-strewn yard like a wrecked boat washed up on the shore.” (Bessinger 3) This exaggerates the comparison of the yard of the house to a “washed up boat on shore” by giving you an image of a completely destroyed yard. The final example of figure of speech used in this book involves, “He felt good at the pep

Of the countless examples of figurative language in Night I have decided to perform my in-depth analysis of the following three examples dispersed throughout the book.

The first example of figurative language is when the story says, "are you as wise as you are beautiful? " This is irony. She is speaking to a donkey and asking if it is as smart as it is beautiful. Another example would be imagery. The story says, " When a few good neighbours were met to drink some comfortable ale together, Puck would jump into the bowl of ale in the likeness of a roasted crab, and when some old goody was going to drink he would bob against her lips, and spill the ale over her withered chin.

Since the beginning of times, in every group, country, or society there has always been a leader. That leader now is called the president. The president is an important part in the development of a country because he is the figure to follow and without him the country would be uncontrolled and in total chaos. Therefore, it is always important to support and be informed about events and acts of our president. However, it is crucial to listen and analyze the inaugural address of the person that is taking the power, because this is a preview of the government that will come next. To prove this, we are going to analyze and compare Abraham Lincoln’s second inaugural speech and John F. Kennedy inaugural speech; also, how the opening speech of

Figurative language is a way of conveying ideas in a non-literal way. It promotes thinking outside of a dictionary and paints an enhanced picture of an author’s story. Fitzgerald uses figurative language throughout The Great Gatsby to develop themes and highlight important aspects of the characters, their thoughts, and their motives. This book displays an extensive amount of metaphors, similes, and personifications to help the reader obtain a deeper understanding of the book, rather than the literal meaning.

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

In chapter one of the novel, Anthem, by Ayn Rand, the author incorporates figurative language to develop the characters and the setting. The first example that portrays figurative language is, “The walls are cracked and water runs upon them in thin threads without sound, black and glistening as blood.” This example uses a metaphor to compare the water on the walls to glistening blood. In return, the readers can get a visual of the rooms setting and what the walls look like. Another example from chapter one is, “Their hair was white and their faces were cracked as the clay of a dry river bed.”

The first example I found was, “I turned to the candies tiered like bleachers,” which is a simile. This is a simile because a simile is comparing two things using like or as. This is comparing the way the candies were organized to bleachers using the word like. A second example of figurative language that I found was, “Fog hanging like old coats between the trees.” This is an example of a simile because it compares the fog to old coats hanging, using the word like.

In this research, the researcher discusses the figurative language based on Perrine’s perception. According to Perrine (1977:61-109), figurative language consists of 12 kinds, they are: simile, metaphor, personification, apostrophe, synecdoche, metonymy, symbol, allegory, paradox, hyperbole/overstatement, understatement, and irony.