Costly Treasure Figurative Language

The use of simile appears again with "Or fester like a sore" (a dream linked to a sore); "And they run?" (this is a metaphor because dreams don't run it also appears to be personification, making a dream into

Throughout the novel, the author Edward Bloor uses literary devices such as similes to make the readers visualize the descriptive situations in the story. These similes describe to the reader how different occurrences relate to other actions, objects, or living things.

For example, Bradbury writes “He would stride off, sending patterns of frosty air before him like the smoke of a cigar.” The simile used does a great job showing the reader the setting of this scene in the “The Pedestrian”. In this scene a man is walking down the sidewalk kicking up ash-like dust. When the reader sees the image of that man, the reader gets the sense of a content and tranquil situation.

For instance, in “The Scarlet Ibis”, James states “There is within me (and with sadness I have watched it in others) a knot of cruelty borne by the stream of love…” (4) By reason of Doodle being born different from Doodle’s brother, Doodle’s brother thought he could be cruel to Doodle. These examples show how figurative language gives the story “The Scarlet Ibis” a dismal tone.

One often hears the saying, “Don't judge a man until you have walked a mile in their shoes.” The way an author uses similes can help the reader better understand how the character feel and what they're going through like Sylvia Plath in The Bell Jar. Esther Greenwood, a college student, working at a month long job as a guest editor for a fashion magazine feels like an outcast from the rest of the girls; she doesn't seem to fit in. When she arrives back home, she receives several bad news leads her into thinking suicide is the best thing to do. After multiple failed attempts, she is put into a mental hospital where she will gain hope in life and finally discover who she really is. In Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar, there are several instances in which the author uses similes to illustrate a more detailed image/description to better portray how the main character felt during her New York job, her suicide attempts, and at her stay at the mental institution.

Using figurative language helps create imagery and enhances the imagination of the readers. The use of personification allows the author to give human like characteristics to non-living things. An example within the story that displayed intense emotion was included this quote,“This set formula, spoken in a kind of lilt, would awaken loud echoes in Tzili’s soul, and their reverberations spread throughout her body” (Appelfeld, p. 275). By adding in this literary device the readers can foreshadow Tzili’s growth throughout the story and how she realizes who she is as an individual and matures into a strong and independent

Simile is a figure of speech which shows a similarity between two apparently unlike things by using the words “like” or “as.” One example of simile is, “The god that holds you over the pit of Hell much as one holds a spider, or some loathsome insect over the fire…” In this sentence you are being compared to a spider, or a loathsome insect. This means that God is holding you out of hell like someone would hold a bug over the trash. A second example of simile is, “your wickedness makes you as if it were as heavy as lead.” Your wickedness is being compared to lead. It is saying that you have so much sin and wickedness in you, that it weighs you down because it’s so heavy. The more wicked you get, the lower God’s hand drops, and the sooner you fall into

In the story “The Contender” the author uses figurative language to relate to the mood and the setting. In the story the author uses a simile to describe Aunt Pearl’s voice by saying “...Aunt Pearl’s pure, sweet voice rose above the others, filling the little room like a sound like golden honey.” Based on this Simile the reader can Infer that Aunt Pearl had a sweet and bright voice and that everyone liked to listen to. The author said ¨...like golden honey.” The author also sets the mood just a little bit by using this phrase. The mood in this phrase the reader can infer is very joyful and peaceful. Also, the author uses personification to describe how Donatelli was looking at Alfred by saying “Donatelli circled slowly around him, his hand on his square chin, as if he were inspecting a slab of meat in a butcher store.” Based on this personification the reader can infer that Donatelli was really inspecting Alfred and checking him out to see if he was a good fighter. The readers can also infer that Donatelli didn’t just want anybody be working out in his gym for no good reason and he was really serious about boxing. Lastly, the author used another simile to describe the mood and how big the bag was hanging on the ceiling by saying “A gray, Canvas bag, as large as a loaded army duffel bag, hung from the ceiling from the long chain. The readers can infer that the bag that hung from the ceiling was massive and was a really large

A simile is a figure of speech that compares one thing to another using the words like or as. The machines cut the trees in one big swipe like a shearer quickly cutting the fleece off a

In his poem, Flames and Dangling Wire, the first line immediately sets the scene allowing us to have a sense of where we are. The use of a simile in “The smoke of different fires in a row, like fingers spread and dragged to smudge” implies the filthiness of the tip and the smoke rising from the fires. This also causes the air to

Throughout the passage, Katherine Anne Porter creates a story using figurative language, imagery, and dialogue to develop some of the characters emotions that are portrayed. All of these emotions the characters are feeling helps the reader understand more of the story and can aid in the knowledge of what is taking place.

Similes are a small part of the poem, but give larger meaning behind each verse in which it was used. In “Facing It”, there are few verses that use simile, but those verses have important meaning. The Vietnam Memorial has 58, 022 names on the black surface, and the speaker says, “I go down the 58, 022 names,/ half-expecting to find/ my own in letters like smoke.” (14-16) Line 16 uses simile to describe the letters as being smoke. The white on black of the memorial gives a fog or smoke-like appearance when quickly scanning over names. All those names were of someone who died, and they become a blur. “My clouded reflection eyes me/ like a bird of prey…” (6-7) is used to describe how the speaker’s reflection is staring back at him. The names are on the wall, and as he stands there, he most likely feels very overwhelmed. His own reflection stares him down. His reflection and expectation of finding his own name among those lost

Through, “Invictus”, by William Ernest Henley conveys that people can not let anything stop them from achieving their dream and to fight back. The use of imagery expresses this theme because it shows how terrible the situation is. An example of this is, “My Head is bloody, but unbowed” (Henley 8). By saying that the person's head is bloody it shows that the person is going through something hard or something bad is happening to them, but they are still fighting. They are using imagery to show the pain the person has. The imagery shows they still are getting up and nothing is getting in their way of their goal. The person didn’t let people or things tell them that they can or can not do something, they fought back. Another device Henley uses is diction the speaker’s perseverance. An example of diction is “Under the bludgeonings of chance” (Henley 7). With the use of bludgeonings, which means beat, it gives the phrase a little push to be stronger and it shows more than just saying beaten or tackled. Also using diction can give another meaning to a phrase so it can emphasize a certain part for people to focus on. Another thing is if people use words that people don’t normally use then people will take the time and think what is this person trying to say. By using diction the author is emphasizing that this shows that this person isn’t letting something stop them. Even though this person didn’t make the chance they had that won’t stop them from achieving their dream.

Not only are the similes potentially overlooked, they also create a bigger problem in deterring readers from finding the more interesting themes, such as truth and loyalty, in the novel. If they skim over the similes, they will most likely skim over some of these important, and interesting, themes. His interactions with

The grammatical constructions in the story are well documented in terms of the content words or functional words which include; the nouns and the verbs. The lexical density of the words in the clause and sentence can also bear more witness to this. Some of the sentences or clauses have not less than twelve content words which imply that there also twelve content words in the sentences. This is in consistent with Halliday (1985b), that a single clause should be able to contain a lexical density of twelve words. The grammatical usage seems very easy and simple for the students to understand when reading the story. This is bound to improve the student’s grammatical knowledge and usage; students improve their grammatical knowledge in this respect, hence, the need for choosing this story.