Figurative Language

For the distant reading project I’m going to analyze “Thinking Bout You” by Frank Ocean. In the song there is a lot of figurative language about what I assume is a lover or an other important figure in his life. The beginning of the song starts with a verse where Frank says “A tornado flew around my room before you came, Excuse the mess it made.” Frank is trying to make an excuse to not let someone in his room.

Horrid times can bring out the finest in many. These times often include some of the bloodiest wars in history such as the Civil War. A side product of this is music. Accordingly, the Civil War created many amazing music pieces. Examples of these pieces include Bonnie Blue by Harry Macarthy for the south and Shiloh by Darryl Worley. One thing that many Civil War songs that is prevalent is they’re stories.

1. Figurative Language: As Eric Schlosser is introducing Carl N. Karcher in the opening pages of the novel; he refers to his life as a tale by Horatio Alger, growing from modest upbringings, to establish a fast food empire. This quote uses an allusion to the talented author of Horatio Alger whose works often revolve around working middle class fighting adversity to become wealthy, which is the fulfillment of the American dream. Karcher’s life resembles a real life story that can be illustrated by Alger in one of his works comparing his upscale to greatness by pioneering ideas changing the way Americans eat and live.

Through the entirety of “The Veldt,” the reader can tell that something is not right and that something bad is going to happen. The reader can tell this because of the authors amazing use of imagery, diction, and figurative language to foreshadow the end of the story. Throughout the story, the author foreshadows the ending of the story by using imagery to describe Africa, carefully using diction to give of an eerie feeling, and using figurative language in strange ways to describe things.

Written by Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird explores Ms. Maudie’s reaction to her house burning down, revealing how she does not value possessions; believes in following societal rules; and has a lighthearted perspective on life. Scout chats with Ms. Maudie after the house incident: “Grieving, child? Why, I hate that old cow barn. Thought of settin’ fire to it a hundred times myself, except they’d lock me up” (Lee 97). Directly characterized, Ms. Maudie is a woman who hates her “old cow barn,” further allowing readers to see that this character does not value having attachments to possessions.

In the story “The Veldt,” Ray Bradbury uses several literary devices in order to hint the reader towards the ending of the story. Specifically, the author uses imagery, diction, and figurative language to foreshadow the conclusion to his tale. Bradbury depends on his use of imagery in order to suggest the resolution of the text. In the passage it states, “The hot straw smell of lion grass, the cool green smell of the hidden water hole, the great rusty smell of animals, the smell of dust like a red paprika in the hot air.” As the reader notices, the author vividly describes the scents that fill the nursery.

“Strumpet! Strumpet!” is what the people in Brave New World would say to the real world’s society because of with the government has told them. Totalitarian government in this society of Brave New World is a way to control the masses to become just a mass of bodies to work and only complete their assigned jobs. In Brave New World, Aldous Huxley uses figurative language and details to explain political and social issues in the 1920s-1930s when this novel was written.

The speaker did a very good job with his speech. His speech I believe is more informative, because he is describing his recent experience with appendicitis. The area that I liked most about his speech was his introduction. He had a very good hooked that got a lot of people’s attention including my own. He scared me for a moment, because he made everybody believe that he was going to show everybody his appendix that he just had removed from his body. Instead he showed the appendix of a book. Also, as he presented his speech he expressed what happened to him with very personal information. This information helped him establish his credibility. He presented his speech very well and sounded very confident. However, there were a few brief pauses

Every morning, a 71 year-old male stranger accompanies me on my way to school. I only know of his name, but I enjoy his company and chuckle as he comments on my generation’s use of language. Yet once NPR’s linguistic segment of Fresh Air ends, Geoff Nunberg’s witty remarks fade into the abyss. In the quietness of the car, I am left to revel in my own passion for languages: a transformative journey through Spanish and Chinese.

Have you ever heard the song “Start Over” by Flame featuring NF? In the song it states that no matter what you do in the past or plan to do in the future you have the right to get peace with God and make thing right like they were meant to be the first time. So what the whole song is inferring is that there is always room for a chance to be new or as they say in the song to start over.

In the stories “Everyday Use” and “Everything that Rises must Converge” uses figurative language and this helps the Author make the stories. The uses of figurative language helps the Common Central Theme. An example of why is when they use figurative language, it helps make the story entertaining by adding “Spice”. There is more he can add though, he does not have much figurative language and if he were to add more it would formulate a much superior story. The use of adding figurative language would therefore soothe the common central theme.

Figurative language refers to language that is not literal and includes techniques such similes, metaphors, personification and imagery, which add specificity, clarity, power, emotion, insight and layers of meaning to a story . Also its economical as it conveys meaning quickly and in few words . The most evident piece of figurative language, featured throughout this story book, is the personification of the animal characters. Each is given its own unique human traits, such as the quiet and shy penguin, the intelligent and strategic elephant or the constantly ill rhinoceros.

NAME:_____________________________________ Unit 1 WPT | Narrative Write the story of an important event, decision, or goal; it can be real or imagined. What understanding or insight did this experience reveal? Figurative Language: My father wanted me to go on a family trip to jordan but I didn’t want to cause it is really boring over there.

True Colors uses colors to identify four distinct perspectives and personalities. Understanding your true colors and the colors of your co-workers or classmates, spouse or friends, children or parents, clients and others will bring about new awareness in not only understanding yourself and others, but will make you more effective in your relationships with

Colors represent what a character is doing or how they are as a person. In "A Streetcar Named Desire" Blanche is connected to white but does not represent what the color means and Stanley is connecting to red, strongly connecting to the color.