How Does Rick Riordan Use Figurative Language In The Lightning Thief

Throughout the novel, the author Edward Bloor uses literary devices such as similes to make the readers visualize the descriptive situations in the story. These similes describe to the reader how different occurrences relate to other actions, objects, or living things.

Ray Bradbury is an amazing author and has his own distinct way of writing, but he always discovers a way to make his stories similar in some way. Bradbury is an American author who has won many awards. There are three stories in particular he has written, “A Sound Of Thunder”, “The Veldt”, and “The Pedestrian”. He puts the same writing technique in all of his stories, imagery. Bradbury uses imagery to grab the reader's attention by giving amazing detail and explanation on certain parts of his stories, to create an amazing picture which makes it easier to visualize.

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 one of the literary aspects. For example: ‘’I never understood why you would ever feel the need to shoot the fish in the barrel. I mean, they're in a barrel, you've already caught them. The hard work's done, they can't escape. So if you want them dead, just drain the water out. Why bring guns into it?” Another literary example used in the book is the use of syntax. The following quote demonstrates the author’s use of the correct syntax in his writing. “I don't understand a thing about this world: about people, and why they do the things they do. The more I find out, the more I uncover, the more I know, the less I understand.” Lastly, the author explains his point of view very well so that the reader can truly understand the author’s point of view. For example: ‘’Batman doesn't have any superpowers. He's not superhuman. He's not super. So therefore he can't be a

The techniques he uses to accomplish this are told in a story-like fashion, drawing the reader into the events. He uses powerful descriptions of what he calls his victims. Even his use of the word victim to describe the passersby on the street adds to the colorful and expressive style he uses to tell his story.

Metaphors: These allow the author to compare to subjects while still maintaining the flow of a formal tone such as that of an academic essay. This also allows the author to use a broader vocabulary which keeps their overall writing at a higher level because the author does not have to use the word “like” which is preached as lower level diction which is used in a simile.

This paper discusses the use of stylistic features in passing the message to the readers, with

Percy Jackson The Lightning Thief Characters 1. Percy Jackson Percy is used to being the outsider, the loner, and the dummy. He describes himself as "a troubled kid”. The fact that he has attended six schools over the past six years tells us that he must be really good at adapting to new places, but that he probably doesn't have many friends. (Page #1) Percy tells us that he is twelve years old and until a few months ago, he was a student at Yancy Academy, a private school for troubled kids in upstate New York.

A lot of authors have really improved over time in their representation, but today we’re going to use Rick Riordan as an example.

Rick Riordan is known for writing the famous series Percy Jackson and the Olympians. He also wrote The Kane Chronicles, The Heroes of Olympus, Magnus Chase, and Gods of Asgard. He is too well recognized for his award-winning adult series Tres Navarre. Rick taught English and History at public and private schools in San Francisco and Texas. While Teaching in San Antonio, St. Mary’s Hall honored Rick with a Master teacher award.

Percy Jackson: The Lighting Thief The book Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief is one of the five books in the Percy Jackson series. The series was written by Rick Riordan. The whole series is based on Greek mythology.

literary devices such as point of view and symbolism to give it a more dramatic effect and add to the madness the narrator portrays.

A person can travel to a whole new world and still stay in the real world, this whole new other dimension is just by reading a book. The books that a person read are written by talented authors. J.K. Rowling is known for her big hit series, “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone”. Whereas, Rick Riordan is known for his series, “Percy Jackson and the Olympians”. These two amazing authors have some similarities and differences.

1: Pick one monster from The Lightning Thief that Percy and his friends encounter, and research this monster online or at the library. How does Rick Riordan (the author) make this monster appear similar or different from the original version in Greek mythology?

One stylistic technique that Mark Twain utilizes in his short stories is imagery. In “The Celebrated