Concrete Words

I’m speaking of a concrete thing. I mean the love which the mother gives to her baby -----the affection ------well, to be really concrete, the kisses.The founding, and so on. (Skinner, 89).

How Do Metaphor, Figurative Language, and Symbolic Imagery Contribute to Prose Fiction? [Name of the Writer] [Name of the Institute] Introduction

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.

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.

Figurative language is a main component in showcasing the emotions the characters reveal. An example being when the author writes “ The children huddled up to her and breathed like little calves waiting at the bars in the twilight.” This portrays the children's emotions with more emphasis and really shows how they watched everything Granny Weatherall did with precision. This type of writing really helps the reader understand what is going on within the characters and their actions. The author also displays figurative language in the way she describes how John would be in the situation of them still being together. She describes him as being more of a child, rather than taking a parent role.

Language is an incredibly powerful tool for communication and the words we use control the

The use of figurative language in writing brings a story to life in the mind of the reader giving them a better grasp of the events taking place. Using hyperbole, simile and personification serves to develop the characters of a story as well as enhancing its theme (Kirszner and Mandell, 2012).

Using figurative language in writing provides a creative, personal way to write with meaning. For example: Wiesel writes about a terrifying experience when traveling in a car with hundreds of moaning people, scribing about the “death rattle of an entire convoy with the end approaching” (Wiesel 103). While readers cannot hear the screams of such people, and may have no understanding of what a “death rattle” (Wiesel 103) is, it is quite possible to envision how horrifying of a sound those screams are, and how consternating of an experience it is for Wiesel. Figurative language allows authors to contour their words so that they may more clearly elucidate their ideas to their readers. In the citation formerly presented, Wiesel uses imagery to illustrate what he hears.

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4. Figurative Language – the

Language can fill a story with vivid details and show emotion throughout words. The words we use make our imagination bigger and opens up a new experience. Only words can make us feel connect with other people. How we view words depends on how we think and express ourselves.

“A sentence I would never forget, no matter how long I lived. ‘Hey Nate said he saw a pic of you naked yesterday’” (Brown 57). In the Jennifer Brown’s novel Thousand Words, the main character, Ashleigh, has a hard time parting with her boyfriend, Kaleb, because he is going off to college. In fright of someone ‘stealing’ her boyfriend in college she sends him a nude photo, so he won't forget her. Then after a hard break up the photo gets sent out and goes viral, reaching the attention of school peers, police, teachers, and her parents. Ashleigh’s life turned upside down and ends up alone, but she finds Mack while in community service serving as a fresh chance for friendship for Ashleigh. In Brown’s novel Thousands Words, the author uses a variety

The author uses figurative language to describe to the reader how the characters are feeling, by giving multiple actions and examples in the author’s writing. “A final, soaking farewell was let go of, and they turned and left the cemetery, looking back several times.” (Page 24.) This evidence supports my answer by giving a setting of the “soaking farewell,” showing how gloomy it was and the passage describe how Liesel didn’t want to let go of her brother.

Figurative language are metaphor, simile, symbol, metonymy, synecdoche, hyperbole, litotes, personification, apostrophe, verbal irony/sarcasm, and there are more. This is very important when writing poems or stories. Like in the poem Birches there are many examples of this. Without it poems would be boring and you wouldn’t get a visual take on the poem either.

In order to verbally communicate language is needed. Using the English language we use sounds, words, and grammar to send a message to another person. The words have meaning and use grammar to set guidelines on the structure. We learn how to use sounds to form words that have definitions. We use these words to form sentences to help explain the thoughts and ideas we want to send to another person. We use language as a bridge to carry our thoughts and ideas from the mind and brain to oral messages. On occasion verbal communication can be confused with an unintentional meaning. Occasionally people say words they do not know the correct meaning which will confuse the listener. Other time words have the same sound but different meaning such as the two words: fore and four.