Figurative Language In Mississippi Solo By Eddy Harris

I have found many different types of figurative used it the poem” Beginning” “The moon drops one or two feathers into the field." this is an example of a metaphor. Another example of a metaphor is”There they are, the moon's young, trying their wings.” these are examples of different types of figurative languages.

If Beale Street Could Talk, by James Baldwin, is a story about a man who has been falsely accused of a crime, simply because he does as doesn’t conform to the white society’s expectations of him. As Hans F. Hanson says, “It takes nothing to join the crowd. It takes everything to stand alone.” By putting Fonny, one of the story’s main protagonists, in the position where he has to defy the expected standards of society, Baldwin is able to achieve his purpose of creating an honest but brutal story that displays his character’s courage to not accept life’s circumstances and “join the crowd,” and instead carve his own path for his life, which results in many troubles that Fonny is forced to endure as he gives everything he has

Personification is a form of figurative language that gives an object human qualities. One example of this in MLK Jr.’s writing would include “I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up, live out the true meaning of its creed”. Here, MLK Jr. gives the U.S. the human qualities of being able to rise up from the ground as well as

However, a poem could be written without personification and still be great. In this poem the speaker states, “season when the young buttercups and daisies climb up on the mulched bodies of their forebears to wave their flags in the parade” (1096). This stanza is personification because it talks about the buttercups and daisies climbing up. This line of the poem also reminds the reader of soldiers marching in a parade.

In the famous single,“Fireflies”, there were many uses of similes and metaphors to show his vivid dreams when he was young. In stanza 6, Adam Young sang “Cause I feel like such an insomniac”. This is an example of simile, Adam Young is comparing himself to a person who is regularly unable to sleep. In the last stanza, Adam Young sang “Because my dreams are bursting at the seams”. This shows an example of metaphor, because he is comparing two thoughts without using like or as. In stanza 7, Adam Young sang “I got misty eyes as they said farewell”. This is another example of metaphor, Adam Young is trying to convey the idea that he is going to cry as the fireflies said a farewell. By using many

Figure of speech is defined as a word or phrase that has a meaning other than the literal meaning. The first example in this novel includes, “But he had held up under the physical punishment, two, or three, or four tacklers driving into him on many of the plays, the risk always there that they would take a sweet-shot at his knee…a jolting twack that sounded like a head-on car collision.” (Bessinger 2) This quote gives an example using the term “sounded like a head-on car collision” to exaggerate the sound of the hit that Boobie Miles took. Another quote example describes, “He felt good when he left the little white house that he lived in, where a green pickup truck sat in the bare, litter-strewn yard like a wrecked boat washed up on the shore.” (Bessinger 3) This exaggerates the comparison of the yard of the house to a “washed up boat on shore” by giving you an image of a completely destroyed yard. The final example of figure of speech used in this book involves, “He felt good at the pep

Perhaps one of the most visual examples is, “like a boil that can never be cured so long as it is covered up but must be opened with all its ugliness to the natural medicines of air and light, injustice must be exposed.” Martin Luther King creates a vivid comparison of a boil to injustice though this simile. Both are disgusting, but must be cured by letting the wound breathe. While the smiles are impressive, equally abundant are Dr. King’s use of metaphors. “Now is the time to lift our national policy from the quicksand of racial injustice to the solid rock of human dignity.” This quote actually contains two metaphors in one: the comparison of injustice to quicksand and the comparison of dignity to a rock. The use of personification in Martin Luther King’s writing has a breath-taking impact When King says, “the shadow of deep disappointment settled upon us," the reader is given the imagery that an emotion is given the human-like characteristic of a shadow, making the idea of disappointment even darker than it already

Figurative language can be used to enhance a literary piece in an instant. It is a tool used by many authors and poets, including the poet Henry Kemp. There are around 10 different types of figurative language. 2 examples of figurative language are personification and onomatopoeia, which is used in Kemp’s poem, “I Sing the Battle”. In his poem, the theme of pain in war is clearly shown through the use of figurative language such as personification and onomatopoeia.

Many examples of figurative language can be found in "Into Thin Air," by Jon Krakauer. There is imagery (sight and perception/ feeling) on page eleven: "... the frigid predawn gloom..." Further along in the story, on page 156, Mr. Krakauer alludes/implies that imminent dangers are threatening through his descriptions of repeated accidents on Mount Everest in April-May 1996, and finally, on pages 228 and 229, there is a simile: "Boom! Boom! Two times like sound of gun..."

For this reason, King uses personification in the following example: “This movement is nourished by the contemporary frustration over the continued existence of racial discrimination.” King is humanizing the movement, saying it is fed by racial injustice. This further increases the power of his words, making the problem very human, and therefore, very much something to naturally be concerned about. In addition, King also uses metaphors in his letter. Specifically, the start of the last paragraph in his letter writes, “Let us all hope that the dark clouds of racial prejudice will soon pass away”; he uses symbolism from color in this metaphor. Ironically quite a few of them have to do with literal light and dark bringing a symbolic attention to the context of racial equality. Another metaphor in the “Letter from Birmingham Jail” King compares the pain of segregation to the hurtful pokes of being hit with darts, “I guess it is easy for those who have never felt the stinging darts of segregation to say wait.” He is painting a 3D picture with his words, while also involving all your senses. This metaphor is challenging the reader to imagine this pain and then say wait, because once you have felt the sting you are driven to make a change. It is because of his words that

Paulsen uses a simile when trying to explain how terry’s dad spoke when he started to talk about his past in the war. “And suddenly his voice flowed like a river breaking loose” Paulsen 609. In the story Terry is trying hard to understand what his father went through in Vietnam when Terry finally got the courage to ask and his dad’s words “flowed loose”.This is a good example of a simile because a simile is a comparison using like or as. It says “flowed LIKE a river”. This is so the reader can sort of imagine and see how Terry’s dad felt about the war and what the dad’s voice sounded like when talking about it. Without it the dad’s voice would just be lifeless because the reader wouldn’t know how he talked or sounded.

another example of figurative language in the I have a Dream speech is “The sweltering summer of the negro's legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality”. (I have a dream) This is a metaphor because it compares two completely different things without using like or

One example of this is when London bagan describing the horrifying events of the earthquake, “the flames were leaping upward” (London par 4). Another example is when London describes how for three days and nights, a tower “swayed in the sky” (London par 3). By putting human characteristics to inhumane objects, London is giving the reader a better idea of what the setting looked like. Using verbs such as “leaping” and “swaying,” the reader has an easier time imagining what that would have looked like in person. Thus, by using human characteristics, London demonstrates the scale of damage through the strong use of vivid language in his account of the San Francisco

For instance, in the first line of this poem, not only is it a use of personification but it’s also a metaphor. When she says this, she does not mean what the text says. In this specific poem, death is being personified as a person driving towards death. She’s comparing real death to a person and her journey towards death. Metaphors are useful because they can draw attention and show comparisons without using like or as.

The song “Hold Me” by Jamie Grace has over 18 million views on YouTube. When looking at the denotation of the poem and then understanding the figurative language in the song, you begin to understand what the author is trying to convey. The format of the song helps the audience better understand the tone shifts and the lyrics meaning.