In The Fish By Edgar Allan Pore, By Elizabeth Bishop, Tobias Wolf

Sentences like “And how the lions in your eyes are all dying” (5) or “But the Egyptians used honey / To preserve their vital organs” (8-9) are perfect uses of metaphors in the sense that they characterize the situation and give the reader a vivid understanding. The ‘lions dying in the eyes of the beholder’ is a way of saying that all the courage, confidence and fire they had burning inside of them before, is now vanishing. It leaves one feeling empty and self-conscious knowing that whoever betrayed them, whether it be lover, a friend or a family member, had the audacity to do it in the first place. Another striking phrase in the poem was when Weslowski referred to the Egyptians using honey to save their most important organs. In a literal sense, the heart is one of, if not, the most vital organs we, as humans, have; it’s what keeps us alive. Speaking in a non-literal sense, the heart is something everyone wants to protect because no one enjoys getting their heart broken. Unfortunately if the occasion arises, one may go to certain lengths to shield what self-dignity they have left, or what pieces of their heart is still there. Half way through, Weslowski speaks about mohawks on skateboards (12), tattoos underwater (13), becoming the bad weather (14-16) or the music (17-19), or even becoming an empty coffee cup (21), he is pinpointing how certain people cope and the varying coping

Literature work always has some lesson for the people that could even leave a thought-provoking effect on their lives and compel them to understand the reality of the world. However, there are some people, who just read literature as a source of entertainment, but the real meaning, of the reading or encountering any literature work, is realized when a reader understands a message. Which writer intends to give to a reader. It is because the literature work has a connection, in addition, influence on the character building process.

There are many ways authors include literary devices to not only express their position on certain things, but also to evoke emotion and thought from readers for them to fully understand the reason for them being presented. The author may drop hints through tone, style, symbolism, and motifs. These four elements help lead the reader to infer reasoning, meaning, and significance behind aspects of every story.

What is the point of literary devices in stories, books, and poems? What do they accomplish? Could you use them properly if you knew what they were? In the short story, “The Most Dangerous Game”, author Richard Connell uses many of these devices, namely: simile, metaphor, personification, imagery, foreshadowing, irony, and allusion. Some well used devices in this story are personification and irony.

Authors use literary elements and techniques as tools to convey meaning. These devices are the means by which authors bring richness and clarity to a text. They express moods or feelings that allow the reader to connect with the writing. In On Writing, the author, Stephen King makes use of literary elements to tell his story. The techniques King uses are effective in portraying vivid images and feelings in the reader’s mind.

depths, emotions to the characters, plot and theme in the book. The devices are used

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

The use of the imagery here allows the reader to take a closer look and see the beauty in the barnacle. “And underneath two or three, / rages of green weed hung down” (20-21). Colors are also used again when the speaker states “The dramatic reds and blacks” (30). Yet another line using color states “and the pink swim bladder” (32).Using color makes the parts of the fish pop out to the reader. The entire poem is filled with visual imagery, but there are also lines that give the reader auditory and sensory imagery as well.

A literary technique is a device employed in literature to add depth to a writer’s work. These techniques can be obvious, such as the technique of rhyme in a poem, or subtle, such as juxtaposition, which can go unnoticed by the reader. In The Things They Carried, Tim O’Brien uses many such techniques to provide more depth to his book. Four literary techniques used by Tim O’Brien are symbolism, pathetic fallacy, irony, and juxtaposition.

Short story fiction is a story that is shorter than a novel, has a few characters, and is about an imaginary event or person. Because short fiction is short the writer must capture and hold the reader’s attention within the first paragraph, which requires a mastery of literary technique. Some of the most helpful tools to use in literature are literary devices. Literary devices are any element, subject, or concept that is present through an entire body of literature. If these devices didn 't exist, literature would be very hard to understand. They define the nature of a story, and they bring the text to life. Literary devices enhance the meaning of literature by establishing the theme, mood, and plot. Devices, such as situational irony, symbolism, and setting, are all helpful when reading short stories.

Literary Device Glossary: Night Metaphor Examples/evidence: "We were still trembling, and with every screech of the wheels, we felt the abyss opening beneath us.” (Page 25) Effect/purpose: An abyss didn’t literally open beneath them, this was said metaphorically to describe the hope lowering within the jews as time passed. ~ Personification Examples/evidence: " But it was all in vain.

Authors use metaphors to make comparisons that the reader has to ponder on and consider, opposed to a simile where the comparison is blatantly displayed. Metaphors can be helpful to readers in the regard that they allow the reader to make connections within the text that they might not have made without the metaphor. Author David Levithan uses a metaphor to help the reader equate depression to something the reader might understand better. In the text, the main character states, “Depression has been likened to both a black cloud and a black black dog. For someone like Kelsea, the black dog is the right metaphor ”(Levithan 121). This quote tells the reader that depression can be equated to a black figure, or a dark looming presence. This could

'' The Black Cat'' by Edgar Allan Poe, has several metaphors that can be identified throughout the story. Example 1: '' Upon its head, with (...) solitary eye of fire, sat the hideous beast...'' (ln. 268- 269) compares the cat’s solitary eye to fire.

Literature is the main type of art. It is the art of the word, which can describe events, history, fillings and everything that inaccessible to vision. For some people, literature can be a pain relief, a helpful lesson, or person’s own drama. In the same way, the main goal of the literature is teaching a person from the first to the last breath. In “Miss Brill” by Katherine Mansfield, and “A pair of tickets” by Amy Tan, readers can see different points of view on life and family of the main characters, which leads to the determination of the human’s mission.

Literary work is the media that authors used to describe the social life through fact and fiction story by using an academic writing and literary words. It is have several kinds through poetry, drama, short story and novel. History record that literary work such as novel is one of the media that the author uses to create an imagination and to share an information to the reader based on the real stroy include the character. As Agatha Taormina (2008) defined on his article “novel is arises from the desire to depict and to interpret human character. The reader of a novel is both entertained and aided in a deeper perception of life's problems”. An admition, novel is a literary works that differ with short story,