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

“If one’s different, one’s bound to be lonely.” Within Brave New World, a totalitarian government in a utopian world is depicted by a handful of hatchery directors that condition each of their creations and divide them into groups amongst one another based on qualities in order to establish an idealistic stable community depicting the theme of power. Aldous Huxley illustrates social and political worldly conflicts within a newfound society to ridicule the behavior of other upon him and the strictness of his living environment during the 1930’s and surroundings by using figurative language, tone, and detail.

Paulo Coelho once said “Don't waste your time on explanations, people only hear what they want to hear.” The quote said by Paul Coelho connects to the story as a mood of a life lesson within the main character (narrator) that goes through major struggles throughout their life of trying to keep their mother satisfied with their actions. The mood shows how each thing changes throughout time and more. In the story “Two kinds” by Amy Tan, the author uses figurative language and descriptive language to develop the mood of the story.

Another example of the use of figurative language found in the novel is metonymy, which is

“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.

One of the most significant literary devices that I really like in my language literature and recently I like it in Mark Twain’s style is metaphor using. As we know that metaphor is a figure of speech which makes an implicit or unexpressed comparison between two things or objects that are opposites of each other but have some features common between them. In other words, an alikeness of two contrary or different objects is made based on a single or some common characteristics. Using proper metaphors pleas directly to the senses of listeners or readers, refining their imaginations to understand what is being transferred to them. Additionally, it gives a life-like worth to our discussions and to the characters of the fiction or poetry. Metaphors are also methods of intelligent, providing the listeners and the readers with fresh ways of exploring ideas and viewing the world.

Many different forms of figurative language I used throughout the story to exhilarate the irony. The opening description of Ethan is full of ironic expressions. Figurative language is also used to the describe reactions to events in the story. The author is very descriptive in this short story. The use of figurative language aids in description of events, the setting, mood, and characters’ appearance and response. Edith Wharton, the author, use of literary devices allows the story to come alive and to also require the reader to think deeply about the true meanings.

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

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.

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.

“ Metonymy is a subtype of metaphor, in which something like rain is used to stand for something else (like sorrow)’’(Elements Sheet).

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.

The common theme throughout the book is about loving this girl with all you have. It goes through the feelings of love and heartbreaks, along with the feeling of exhilaration. The poem's overall setting is in a person's mind, or a viewpoint of how this person feels and is going through. There are many conflicts that happen throughout this poem and just some of those happen to be that the view of this person is going through a heartbreak which is later told through the journey of the book how it feels and why they are so hurt.

AB often read in two or three word phrases and with extended pauses. He would not adhere to punctuation stress and intonations, reads with extended pauses or hesitations, and reads moderately slow. The client’s reading fluency was slow, labored, and choppy. Overall, the client relied mostly on the graphophonemic cueing system. This means that the client reads the text word by word, mostly sounding out each word as he read, rather than reading the text as a whole. This frequently left to breakdowns in the meaning of the text. AB would often not move on in a sentence until he correctly produced every word. AB would also read with some volume and expression. However, AB demonstrated good comprehension of the text overall. He was able to retell