Examples Of Simile And Metaphors

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.

After the church fire and Johnny’s hospitalization, Ponyboy has less motivation to do tasks expected of him. One example of Ponyboy before the incident occurs when Ponyboy is first introducing himself to the reader and he shares “I'm supposed to be smart; I make good grades and have a high IQ and everything” (Hinton 4). Ponyboy states the only reason he is smart is because he is supposed to be. S.E. Hinton uses this to emphasize Ponyboy’s dependence on other people at the beginning of the book. Whatever is expected of him, Ponyboy accomplishes without much need for elaboration as to why he must. Just the fact that he must is motivation enough for Ponyboy. However, this is in stark contrast to how Ponyboy behaves after

In The Veldt, by Ray Bradbury, he shows that the theme is addiction. I believe he shows this in similes, metaphors, and dialogue.

The major connection between the Klan and the nation as a whole is the enforcement

Night goes through the journey of Elie Wiesel, a Jewish prisoner, in concentration camps. In the concentration camps, Eliezer fights through the internal and external struggles along with his father. Some of the struggles they go through include the cruelty shown to them. In order to fully understand Elie’s pain, Wiesel uses literary devices such as similes. Night provides similes to further demonstrate compassion and cruelty throughout Elie’s time in concentration camps.

From the Testimony of Abram Colby it says,”Some are first class-men in our town. One is a lawyer, one a doctor, and some are farmers…”(Colby, 513). This just comes to show the KKK is well known in the South and everybody doesn’t even care about what their doing. And nobody will stop it because of fear. From the Harper’s Weekly a picture shows two Klansmen putting a gun to an African American's head and in the background of the picture you see all of these people just standing there watching this take place(Harper, 513). In other words the KKK is doing what they want and are spreading fear which makes people not want to rebel or fight

Similes and metaphors can attract the attention of the reader and helps them understand the text better with the comparison, they also show the reader the seriousness of a situation, which is clearly portrayed throughout the book in multiple spots. On page 17 the deportation of the Jews begins, during this Elie uses a simile to describe this process; "It was like a page torn from a book, a historical novel, perhaps, dealing with the captivity in Babylon or the Spanish Inquisition." This quote relates the process to another time in Jewish history when Jews were held captive. On page 98 a further example is of when the Jews were laying in the cattle cars he uses a simile to describe what he saw when he awoke; "When at last a grayish light appeared

Metaphor/Simile - Jimmy Cross compares the rock that Martha sent him to a egg because an egg is dainty and delicate. Martha is also considered very dainty and delicate in the story so far, the smoothness of the rock is referring to Martha's skin being soft. The specks of color represent Jimmy Cross’s feelings towards Martha and how in the context of the war, Martha is a constant reminder of his past life, which is a damaging thing to carry during the war.

Both John Doone and Emily Dickinson wrote amazing poems. “Valediction Forbidding Mourning” and “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” come together to give the reader two different ideas of death in itself. There are also extended metaphors in each poem. The amazing part of both of these poems, is that you can get so much out of it from reading it over and over again. There are so many meanings to so many words inside these poems.

In the Odyssey the author Homer uses different literary devices to engage the reader and to make the story more detailed. The purpose of imagery in the Odyssey is to help the reader imagine what is going on in the story by using their senses. The purpose of homeric similes in the Odyssey is to compare something unknown to the reader using a simile to better understand what is going on in the story. The purpose of dramatic irony in the Odyssey is to create suspense by having the reader know something that the characters do not know. Homer uses imagery in the Odyssey to help the audience imagine what is going on in the story in a descriptive way that has reader use their senses.

Homeric similes can be used throughout an epic to compare two unlike things in a way that will redirect the reader’s attention or intensify heroic stature of a subject. In three main places in The Odyssey, Homer uses this type of elaborate simile to engage the reader on a deeper level. These three points of the epic in which the Homeric similes create depth are the reunion of Odysseus and his son, the stringing of a bow, and the battle against the suitors. The reunion of Odysseus and his son, Telemachus, is a poignant moment in the epic.

In Book 21, lines 406-9 of his Odyssey, Homer offers the following simile: as when a man, who well understands the lyre and singing, easily, holding it on either side, pulls the strongly twisted cord of sheep’s gut, so as to slip it over a new peg, so, without any strain, Odysseus strung the great bow. Here, Odysseus, disguised as the stranger, reunites with his bow for the first time since returning to Ithaka. He admires it and analyzes it to ensure it is truly his, and he then proceeds to string it effortlessly. On the surface, one observes how Odysseus’ effortless ability, alongside his awareness of his ability to do so will lead the suitors to a sorrowful fate.

In order to introduce normalized concepts of good and evil for rhetorical evaluation, Beowulf’s narrative uses Grendel’s disabilities as a crutch to establish the representational power of those that are considered “different”. In his book The Body Politic: Corporeal Metaphor in Revolutionary France, 1770- 1800, renowned film historian and scholar Antoine de Baecque introduces his concept of “corporeal metaphor”, which proposes that literary narratives use the body as a “material metaphor” in order to make concrete that which is abstract (CITE!). According to de Baecque‒“Representing a body in its specificity as the bearer of an otherwise intangible concept grounds the reality of an ideological meaning” (CITE!). A relevant example of this

The Klan’s tactics of scaring the unclean were cruel, unusual and never, by any means, justifiable. The Klan “peaked at four to five million members” during the Twenties (Alchin). The Klan’s tactics could be somewhat simple such as “In 1924, about one hundred and fifty men and women dressed in complete Klan regalia held a day long rally at the Twin Falls city fair grounds. Other times their tactics were more violent. One Year after the rally “Twin Falls only black resident received a threat from the Klan (Matthews).”

The KKK also struck fear into citizens and the government. They feared them enough to the point that they would continue to segregate, even though many were against it. Laws were even passed to stop the KKK, but they kept on killing others because of their