Examples Of Figurative Language In The Treasure Of Lemon Brown

“Description begins in the writer's imagination, but should finish in the reader's” Stephen King once said. By an author using descriptive language a picture can be envisioned by a reader to help understand the meaning of the story, setting, mood, theme and much more. In the story “Treasure of Lemon Brown” by Walter dean Myers, the author uses figurative language and descriptive adjectives to develop the mood and setting.

Within Walter Dean Myers story, The Treasure of Lemon Brown, descriptive adjectives and verbs help display mood, provide a visualization for the reader, and shape the setting.

Another very well used literary device in this story is personification. Personification is when an inanimate object is given human attributes. In the specific instance

In the realistic fiction story, "The Treasure of Lemon Brown" by Walter Dean Myers, Greg Ridley a fourteen-year-old boy, starts off by getting a lecture from his dad, about his poor grades in math. Greg is upset and he walks away from his house to get some alone time. As Greg is walking, a rainstorm strikes. While he is trying to find shelter, he comes upon an abandoned apartment complex. As Greg walks in he finds out that he isn't the only one in the apartment, an old man named Lemon Brown is also there. Lemon is there for a different reason though. He is trying to hide his treasure, an old harmonica, from the neighborhood thugs. The thugs weren't successful in getting Lemon's treasure. Greg returns home with a valuable lesson learned, that he should value things in life. Greg changes from the beginning of the story to the end of the story. At the beginning, Greg was careless about his grades in math. Next, he was curious when looking for a place to hide from the rain. Lastly, he ends the story off by being a caring person when he continuously asked Lemon Brown if he was okay. Greg Ridley was a dynamic character who changed from careless, to curious, to caring, after his encounters with Lemon Brown.

The story “The Treasure of Lemon Brown,” is a story that tells the tale of how Greg Ridley is having a bad day. His grades are low, and he is going to be kicked off the basketball team by his dad because of his latest math grade. Things start to turn when Greg stumbles upon the abandoned tenement that Old Man Lemon Brown lives in. In there, he learns an important lesson that will change him forever. In “The Treasure of Lemon Brown,” the author, Walter Dean Myers, expresses the theme that everyone has their niche, or how Lemon Brown calls it, a ‘Treasure’ and the lesson to not judge a book by it’s cover. This theme connects to main character Greg Ridley, who is having trouble with

The Count of Monte Cristo takes place in France just after the fall of the Napoleonic empire. In other words, The Count of Monte Cristo takes place in the early 19th century French, and Roman, societies. For fourteen years, Edmond Dantes was kept a prisoner in Chateau d’If. Chateau d’If is an island surrounded by the mediterranean sea. The walls of the prison are stone. The cells are dark, wet, and really unpleasant. The Count of Monte Cristo also travels to Rome to celebrate the Carnival. The setting is very important to the storyline of The Count of Monte Cristo. If it hadn’t been in France, Edmond Dantes would’ve never been arrested for suspicion of being in contact with Napoleon. If Dantes hadn’t of been arrested, he wouldn’t have met Abbe Faria. Basically, there wouldn’t be any storyline.

Ellen Hunnicutt once said “. . . figurative language adds pizzazz. It raise work above the plain, the dull, the ordinary.” This quote explains how using figurative language helps create a more interesting and useful way of expressing a tone of a character or event.Figurative language is a uses of words, phrases, and sentences to help to make the characters and story line come more to live in the reader’s mind. Some examples of Figurative languages are similes, metaphors, hyperbole, personification, onomatopoeia, and many more. Figurative language help the reader see tone and mood in each of the example of figurative language because the reader can see or image the event or character in their mind. In a story, poem, or any form of writing, figurative language is extremely important to a reader because if a sentence didn’t have figurative language the reader may not find the story or poem interesting or even find it confusing and difficult to understand.In addition the use of figurative language is crucial when an author is writing. In the stories “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” by Walter Dean Myers and The Pigman, By Paul Zindel, the authors used Figurative language to develop the tone of their stories so that that the reader can visualize it in their mind.

The author uses descriptive language to paint a vivid picture for the reader. This allows the reader to clearly visualize the gory scenes and deaths that occur on the island. For example, when the author first introduces the Lord of the Flies, he allows the reader to easily visualize the death of the pig by saying

Around the world parents tell their children that they cannot do a fun activity before completing their schoolwork. In most cases, kids become furious about missing the entertainment they were planning on doing. Children eventually understand why their parents did not let them attend. “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” by Walter Dean Myers tells the story of a boy named Greg Ridley who wants to play basketball for the Scorpions. However, Greg’s dad does not let Greg play for them because of his poor grades in school. Greg runs away and meets Lemon Brown, a homeless man, who treats a harmonica and news clippings from his dead son as a treasure. Lemon Brown teaches Greg the importance of family, and at the end of the story Greg finally understood that his dad just wanted him to succeed in school. In the short story “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” Walter Dean Myers conveys the theme of “parents always want their children to flourish in life even if it may not seem like that every day” by using revealing actions, dialogue, and symbolism.

In the story "The Treasure of Lemon Brown", Greg Ridley meets Lemon Brown (a.k.a. Sugar Lemon Brown). During his time with Lemon Brown, Greg learns an important lesson from Lemon Brown's life that changes his point of view of family.

In “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” the author, Walter Dean Myers, uses descriptive adjectives to develop the setting and characters. In the story this quote, “. . . the small, pale green kitchen” helps develop the setting. This quote helps the reader understand that the narrator lives in a small and old apartment. The author uses descriptive adjectives again when he states, “The inside of the building was dark except for the dim light that filtered through the dirty windows from the street lamps.”. This helps develop the setting by letting the reader infer that the building is very old and has probably not been lived in for a very long time. Finally,

Why does this title have a peculiar title to it and what is it about? The short story “The Treasure of Lemon Brown,” by Walter Dean Myers, is about a young boy named Greg Ridley who really struggles with school. At the time he was fourteen and failed his math class. His father would always give him lectures about how failing in school is not okay and in turn isn't aloud to play basketball. One day he got so mad that he ran away and ended up in some old run-down building with graffiti all over it. Greg has four big coming of age moments all throughout this story. Coming of age moments are big moments that happen in life. His first big moments is failing his first math class.

The Autobiography of Red is a book describing the maturing and coming of age of the winged creature named Geryon in a style not used to often for a full character narrative: poetry. In this paper, however, I will only be discussing one of the chapters in this book of poetry, specifically Chapter 3: Rhinestones. Immediately as the chapter begins on page 59 we see figurative language being used, “ …Rhinestoning past on her way to the door.” Judging by the context, this could mean that she is sort of showing off her looks on her way out, or it could be a way of Geryon saying she looks good. Again we see more figurative language used to describe her exit: “She looked so brave … and then she was gone.

In the short story, “ The Treasure of Lemon Brown”, by Walter Dean Myers, Greg, the main protagonist, develops greatly throughout the story. For example, Greg was unmotivated towards school and oblivious to others at first. He was more focused on basketball than his grades or his father’s words. For instance, it states, “He had not been allowed to play high school ball, which he really wanted to do,” (Myers 181). Usually, bad grades or lack of focus is a result of having other distractions. Greg was more focused on basketball than school or his dad’s lectures. However, not only was Greg unmotivated in school, he also was ungrateful. Greg did not understand the significance of family when

So I think the author did a good job conveying the message with the rain.