Figurative Language In The Pigman By Paul Zindel

In Thomas Foster’s book, “How to Read Literature Like a Professor,” readers learn how to look past the surface of a literary work to find a deeper or hidden meaning. Writers use devices, such as symbolism, imagery, foreshadowing, irony and allusion to reveal these meanings. If these are overlooked, important aspects of the story can be lost. One literary device that Foster emphasizes in his book is allusion. Every story has elements of another story, and Foster devotes Chapters Four through Seven explaining the meaning of allusion in works by Shakespeare, the Bible, and fairy tales.

In “How to read literature like a professor” by Thomas Foster he explains different literary techniques that writers use when writing a story. Some of these techniques were symbolism, tone, major conflicts, foreshadowing and using certain settings. Even though all of these techniques are important to the story, symbolism is more important because it is used the most throughout the book. Symbolism is the use of people or objects to portray a certain idea or quality of something.

2) Krakauer uses figurative language very meticulously throughout the novel to build the theme allure of the wilderness. Since McCandless spends a lot of time in nature beauty, the author uses different types of figurative language to describe the American wilderness. For example, he says "Its satellites surrender to the low Kantishna plain."(Krakauer : 9). Here the author uses personification to give human traits like "surrender" to non-living objects like "satellites".

The novel “Night”, an autobiography about Elie Wiesel’s experience during the Holocaust, a genocide that killed millions of Jewish people. In the novel “Night”, Elie Wiesel develops the character Elie through the use of explicit details, emotional language, and powerful diction in order to show that Elie and the Jewish people had discarded their faith in god after feeling neglected throughout the novel.

Many times in a story what the main characters say can reflect their personality and lifestyle. This is shown effectively in the memorial epic by Paul Zindel, The Pigman. Throughout this stunningly truthful story, John and Lorraine consistently say things that show just what type of people they are.

Have you ever met a man without a reason did you ever catch him blind reading raps while he was killing ‘em?

Imagery is used flawlessly in this short story. O’Connor uses descriptive adjectives fairly often to paint a picture in the reader’s mind and to add spice to her

Please Note: Diction, detail, point of view, organization and syntax are all devices that the author uses to make the tone of the story evident to the reader. Your commentary should

A typical novel, flooded with the complexities of the author’s creative mind, conveys the plot amidst vivid descriptions of the setting and

‘Jasper Jones’ is written by the author Craig Silvey. The story evolves in Australia, in a small mining town called Corrigan. It all begins when Jasper Jones, comes to thirteen year old Charlie Bucktin’s window one night and asks him for some help. Charlie has no idea that these events would unfold into a horrifying discovery. Nevertheless, the thrill of Jasper's desperate plea for help draws Charlie out of his bedroom window and into the moonlit night. Not wanting to be blamed again, Jasper swears to Charlie that events that have happened must be kept a secret. Now it’s up to the two boys to uncover the truth and put things into place before the town once again turns against Jasper. As the summer creeps by, Charlie finds it increasingly difficult

Have you ever read a love poem that starts with the downs of a relationship? The hidden parts, those scary truths that hides behind a beautiful and wonderful relationship? Some say that it is exactly those secrets that keeps a relationship going. Join me on this journey to learn and know why the “Pig Song” is a beautiful love poem.

Such injustices that happened in the holocaust makes it so difficult to speak of the past, but when one finds a way to convey the horrors effectively, others will be able to understand one's silence as well as the hardships that come living with it. Elie Wiesel used multiple techniques to display the unspeakable, allowing others who chose to stay silent to be heard, and the people who heard their silence to be able to understand it. Furthermore, one can convey the unspeakable by explaining personal memories, displaying visuals and imagery, and comparing different word choices.

The Three Pigs by David Wisener is a unique fairytale in children’s literature that starts out as a typical fairytale but takes a turning point when the main characters, the three little pigs, start using their imaginations to alter the stories outcomes. The story is told from the viewpoint of the three pigs. They begin by saving themselves from the wolf, than travel different adventures that include rescuing a dragon, and defeating the wolf at the end of the tale all by using their imaginations. By incorporating these adventures it leads to a fascinating fairytale that demonstrates composition, style, technique, and visual elements with an emotional impact.

Colorful actions and adjectives are used many times in this story. Examples of this are how the story mentions husks of stories appearing, the places where stories appear like in cereal boxes, and the actions that occur to or by the stories. Another figurative language used in this story is the word story/stories. The repetition helps

The American author and humorist, Mark Twain, is well known for his novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. However, he also wrote a variety of short stories to entertain, and inform his readers. For example, in “How to Tell a Story” Twain opinions on the essential concepts of a well told story, and educates readers on how a story should and should not be told. The same concepts of a humorous story from “How to Tell a Story” are used in the dark tale of the act of cannibalism told from the point of view of a congressman on a snow bound train car. The story “Cannibalism in the Cars” by Twain achieves its humorous effect by including the features of a well told story through diction, syntax, and satire.