Examples Of Figurative Language In A Sound Of Thunder

Percy Bysshe Shelley’s, “Ozymandias”, is one of his numerous poems that have been published and enjoyed by many of his readers. Throughout this poem’s figurative language is displayed in its various forms. There are flashes of personification, imagery, and irony that are shown all around the poem that Shelley has placed there. The tone of the poem is one that seems to be mistaken and misunderstood in a way that it seems to be overwhelmingly prideful to a point of arrogance but at the same time stays within the boundaries. In Shelley’s poem, Ozymandias, the author uses various types of figurative language and an emphasis on the use of tone to show his theme of pride.

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.”

In the story “A Sound of Thunder” by Ray Bradbury, foreshadowing is used multiple times to hint at events to come in the future. The story follows Eckels, who paid to go on a safari to the past to kill the legendary Tyrannosaurus Rex. On many different occasions characters hinted at important events that would take place. These foreshadowing lines include Travis, the safari guide, repeatedly telling the hunters to stay on the path, the man behind the desk telling Eckels that disobeying rules would result in a large fine or government action when he returns, and the conversation about the results of the presidential election.

In the short story A Sound of Thunder Ray Bradbury, many metaphors and similes are used to describe the T. Rex as an evil, giant being, who is impossible to defeat. Of course, towards the end of the story, the giant, evil, green, massive dinosaur is shot, and tree falls upon it for good measure. In the story, Eckels pays a whopping ten thousand dollars to shoot a T. Rex in 60 million years in the past. He is given a safari guide, and they set off to the Jurassic. While they are getting there through the time machine, Travis, the safari guide, tells Eckels about all the rules and precautions, so they don’t change the past. When they finally arrive, there is a metal path laid out in front of them, six inches above the ground, so they don’t contaminate the soil. The group starts walking to the T. Rex. When Eckels sees the T. Rex, the author stars describing how massive and scary it is. Eckels even gives a hyperbole for how tall the massive creature is. Eckels panics and accidentally steps off the path, killing a butterfly unknowingly. When they get back, Travis is furious for Eckels’ misstep, but Eckels tells him it’s fine. Eckels is horrified to discover that the president that was elected last time, was replaced by a dictator-like person. Travis later kills Eckels because everything is messed up. Ray Bradbury uses the T. Rex to symbolize chaos.

In the short story “A Sound of Thunder” Ray Bradbury tells the story about Eckles, a man wanting to time travel back to the Mesozoic Era, the age of the dinosaurs. He wants to hunt the gigantic Tyrannosaurus Rex. Throughout the story Ray Bradbury uses imagery to broaden the plot and divulge the theme. The imagery helps set up all the intricate details our author deems important.The author provides us with enough imagery to develop the characters and foreshadow the plot.

Paul Crenshaw employs figurative language, syntax, and imagery in his article “Storm Country” to entertain his audience with an appreciative tone for nature. Crenshaw eloquently writes about his childhood town, describing the weather, particularly in March, referencing an old saying in Arkansas, it’s the month that, “enters like a lion, leaves like a lion,” (par. 1). This sentence uses a simile to compare the destructive tornados in Arkansas, to the majestic King of the Jungle. The simile used demonstrates the ferocity of tornados, very similar to the feared lion in the wild. His article clearly shows the awe which tornados inspire into viewers. Later in his article, Crenshaw is depicting the sequence of action as they move from the car

The Red Umbrella by Christina Diaz Gonzalez and A ‘Band-Aid’ for 800 Children by Eli Sastow both present a subject of family separation and how it affects the children. Both texts have similar techniques but since one is fiction and one is non-fiction they also have different techniques they use to portray the subject and how the character feels.

In the short story, A Sound Of Thunder by Ray Bradbury, two important elements of plot are conflict and foreshadowing. This quote proves the First element of plot, Conflict. “‘ If you disobey instructions, There’s a stiff penalty of another ten thousand dollars, plus possible government action, on your return.”’ (Line 14 pg 222). This quote is an example of conflict and this conflict is man vs. society. Eckels did have difficulties with the rules and he got killed in the ending of the story. This example proves the second element of plot, foreshadowing “Does the safari guarantee I come back to life?” (Line 10 pg 222) This quote is an example of foreshadowing its gives the audience a few clues of

Have you ever thought about being in the middle of a major racial tension town? In Strawberry, Mississippi, Cassie and heir family are going through all the stages of racism. Cassie is experiencing and learning all the different aspects of being in the middle of a racial war.Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor is a novel about a family going through the many ups and downs of living in a white neighborhood. Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry is educational for middle schoolers to read and learn about its character, plot, and style.

Just because man could does it mean he should? We were told to absorb that question throughout reading The Sound of Thunder by Ray Bradbury. In the story, man goes back in time and ultimately changes the future to a world wide dictatorship. Man will be their own destroyers. Its only a matter of time.

A Sound Of Thunder by Ray Bradbury. In the story the main character, Eckels wants to obtain a T-Rex trophy so he goes to the Time Safari. When there he pays 10 grand to adventure back in time. Once he is back in the Mesozoic era, he disobeys the rules and leaves the path killing a butterfly. They kill the T-Rex but when they arrive back to the modern day they find out it has changed. They elected the worst Dictator you could and the population's IQ has greatly decreased. Eckels was extremely torn and finally killed by Travis. A major theme of this is a little entity or change can synthesis a colossal difference or simply "Butterfly effect". In A Sound of Thunder, this is both literally and figuratively enforced. It shows Eckels killing the butterfly which causes an immeasurable change and it foreshadows it by Travis explaining what could happen even if step on the grass.

The path symbolizes their future. If they step off the path their destiny will change

Doing a Music Video for the vocab projects successfully helped me achieve my WALT 7.5 because I demonstrated my understanding of figurative language by using the correct parts of speech, the synonyms and antonyms of the words, and context clues for the connotations of words. During the presentation, I said “You say a retentive memory plays back by its own though” here I used an expression to explain what the word retentive means since retentive means to have the ability to recall a memory using the phrase “plays back by its own though” saying you can play back any memory. Another example of this is when I said “All of this fire will purge all of the pure wetness” this also is an example of using figurative language using personification to show what the word meant when I used that line in my song it meant I was doing a “good job” of rapping and using words for the project insinuating that “I’m spitting fire and it will eliminate the water because it will be evaporated”.

As Lady Margaret sailed grievingly down the river, she ....................(verb) ................. (adverb)................................. (your choice of phrase)

Using figurative language in a story gives the reader more detail and it helps their understanding of the story. Saki used imagery to describe the window that the men came through as “a large French window that opened on to a lawn” so the reader could imagine how the entrance/window/doorway looked. Likewise, the metaphor “you will bury yourself down there and not speak to a living soul” tells the reader that Mr. Nutell is