Figurative Language

When we are still children, running around the playground with our friends, our goals in life and what we want to be when we grow up are much different than later in life. We want to me mermaids, princesses, astronauts. When we get older though our values change. Instead of going after what our heart really wants to do, we go after the jobs that offer the biggest paycheck. Our culture’s minds have been warped and bent towards the desire to have a bigger house, a cooler car, and fancier clothes. We put what we think is right in our minds over what we truly love to do deep down in our hearts. The novel Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom, is about a sociology professor, Morrie Schwartz, who has been given his death sentence. He reconnects with his former student and current sports journalist, Mitch Albom, to try to remold his mind like soft clay to resist the pull of money and fame that today’s society provides. In this story, the author uses descriptive language, figurative language, and repetition for effect, to capture the theme that money will never

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.

Figurative language is a language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation. When the author uses literary language, he or she is stating the facts as they are. Figurative language is very common in poetry, and is also used in prose and nonfiction as well. In the stories “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” by Walter Dean Myer and “ The Contender” by Robert Lipsyte the authors use figurative language to describe the mood, setting, and the characters.

Figurative language is language that which expressions with a different meaning from what it may seem like at if taken literally. By using figurative language, it allows for authors to better develop points, ideas, actions, or scenery. In the stories “Canyons” written by Gary Paulsen and “Treasure of Lemon Brown” written by Walter Dean Myers the authors use figurative language to develop the scene and characters in a creative way and more interesting way for the reader.

Figurative language is a main component in showcasing the emotions the characters reveal. An example being when the author writes “ The children huddled up to her and breathed like little calves waiting at the bars in the twilight.” This portrays the children's emotions with more emphasis and really shows how they watched everything Granny Weatherall did with precision. This type of writing really helps the reader understand what is going on within the characters and their actions. The author also displays figurative language in the way she describes how John would be in the situation of them still being together. She describes him as being more of a child, rather than taking a parent role.

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.

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

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.

"Te amo" is a Spanish love phrase, which is used when a lover expresses his love for his beloved more seriously. in other words, when some one deeply falls in love, he or she finds expression of his inner feelings in this four-letter phrase "Te amo". There are many other ways of showing love for the partner or any one else. Let's take an other example. When some one just shows his feeling of care for some one else, he says, "Te quiro".

Figurative language is a literary device employed by numerous writers which helps develop style. For instance, in the poem “Not My Bones” by Marilyn Nelson, the author uses the figurative language such as metaphors to describe a slaves belief on who you really are. Likewise, in his narrative poem “Paul Revere’s Ride” Henry Wadsworth Longfellow utilizes various types of figurative language to create and enhance his style.

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.

In the 1995 (Disney) Pocahontas film I feel that the Screen Shot taken at 6.28 minutes is telling us about the ‘new world’ that the English are about to colonise. Judging from the picture, I feel like the ‘new world’ that the British believe they are conquering is not really a new world at all; but one that is already populated and cultivated by the natives.

This quote is told by viola or in other words cesario and it is being told to the duke. this is being told to him to tell the truth about viola identity and gender. there is no figurative language used. it brings back memories of the beginning of the play which is flashback. this makes the reader think of the first act again and the whole story. they is the falling action that occurs after the climax. the setting is located by the duke's house when viola is giving her speech of what happened after her brother finally showed up from being dead. the message that these lines convey to the reader is to never give up and you will find the answer. “they do not want to to succeed.” viola was supposed to be cesario a uniq that serves the duke.

Pharr Poetry Essay Poetry gives an individual the opportunity to express themselves in a countless number of ways with literal and figurative meaning behind each and every word. Many poems share a common message but are ultimately different in the way they deliver that message to the reader. “The World Is Too Much With Us” and “God’s Grandeur” are both phenomenal poems that utilize imagery, figurative language, and poetic devices to convey a shared view of modern society and nature.

In this poem, Robert Frost never specifies who the speaker is, but the speaker seems to be a person observing the events as they happen. When the speaker talks, it isn’t from the boy’s point of view, or the sisters. The poem is written third person. The use of the words “he” shows the poem is written in third person. One way the poem shows the speaker is an observer is when the speaker says “Call it a day, I wish they might have said to please the boy by giving him the half hour that a boy counts so much when saved from work.” The speaker is talking about how he wishes the family would have let the boy be done with work for the day.