The Bridge Figurative Language

Nor it flew not straight, but sometime crooked this way, sometime that way, and sometime it ran round about in a compass.

Horrid times can bring out the finest in many. These times often include some of the bloodiest wars in history such as the Civil War. A side product of this is music. Accordingly, the Civil War created many amazing music pieces. Examples of these pieces include Bonnie Blue by Harry Macarthy for the south and Shiloh by Darryl Worley. One thing that many Civil War songs that is prevalent is they’re stories.

In Steelheart, Brandon Sanderson delivers the robust concluding lines, “I’ve seen Steelheart bleed. And i will see him bleed again” (Sanderson 9). These last two brief, seemingly trivial sentences, conceal this whole literary work within them. A young boy has witnessed his father be killed by the very being who was thought to protect them. With this slender feeling of hope essentially crushed from his very being, David, is the only living testimony to know this villain’s weakness. And with this information, he vows to seek retribution. The basis of this story was really compelling to me because of the incorporation of vivid imagery and descriptive figurative language, which allowed me to connect with the characters. Although not being able to completely resonate with this story, I have encountered the feeling of revenge, which was clearly foreseen within this writing and deeply empathetic.

Crossing the Wire is a novel that tells a story of a boy, Victor, who left Mexico to go to the North to find work and support his family. His family and the people in Mexico were having trouble with the price of the crop they plant; the price keep going down and does not seem like it will ever go up again. Himself, the only man of the family, has to go to the States and find work there so he could send money home. He has gone through many struggles such as: almost end up in jail by the Mexican police, jump off a moving train, stay in a mountain at its winter time, walk through the desert when the heat is extremely high, being chased by the drug smugglers. Not only that, he need to send money before “The Day of the Dead,” or

Through the entirety of “The Veldt,” the reader can tell that something is not right and that something bad is going to happen. The reader can tell this because of the authors amazing use of imagery, diction, and figurative language to foreshadow the end of the story. Throughout the story, the author foreshadows the ending of the story by using imagery to describe Africa, carefully using diction to give of an eerie feeling, and using figurative language in strange ways to describe things.

What would happen if someone lost their identity? In “The Glass Castle” the author of the story, Jeannette Walls, talks about how this happens to her and her family. The book “The Glass Castle” is about Jeannette Walls and how she goes through tough times growing up with her parents. She tells the readers about her and her family’s problems and how they solve it or how they try to make the best of the problem. Most times it just gets worse, but sometimes they find a solution about all those problems or the problem. Jeannette Walls develops the theme of staying true to oneself is the key by using setting, imagery, and figurative language.

The Red umbrella by Christina Diaz Gonzalez and “A Band Aid for 800 children” by Eli Sastow share a lot of similarities and differences in the way they portray family separation. Also the author uses some techniques to express the characters feelings. This paragraph is going to be about the two texts similarities. Some techniques that are similar in both text are tone,figurative language. The author expresses these techniques by showing how these characters feel,ex:He took a deep breath and knelt down in front of Frankie and me.

“You are too young to help anybody, and I am too old” (Maclean 81). The novel River Runs Through It by Norman Maclean, written in 1909, is a life changing story that presents criticism of the society of the time and today’s society through the topic of help. Throughout the book, Norman presents the issue and, ultimately, the danger of not helping those in need and being too stubborn to accept help. In the case of the novel, these issues ultimately lead to the death of Paul. So, Maclean wants us to understand that it is difficult to help a person without knowing what to do to help, and if the person is too stubborn to accept it.

The way and words used to tell a story determine how the story will be perceived. If the story uses lots of details, diction, and figurative language then it will be most likely a well told story. Although if a story is not told with these things it can be hard to interpret what is trying to be said. In the short story, “The Scarlet Ibis”,uses all these things to tell an amazing story with a plot that could go anywhere. The author, James Hurst, of “The Scarlet Ibis” illustrates diction and figurative language to prove that the tone is hope, discouragement, and pride.

Imagine if your life was getting harder everyday, What would you do? Would you give up? Or would you keep going and facing the obstacles in life? “Life ain't been no crystal stair” said the mother telling her son to never give up and keeping when life get hard just keep going and be the person you imagine to be. The poem “The Rose that Grew from Concrete” is about a rose that overcomes everything that happens in life and is able to grow and be a beautiful rose. And the poem “Mother to Son” is about a mother teaching her son that life isn’t that easy but you should never give up. The stories “The Rose that Grew from Concrete” and “Mother to Son” both deal with obstacles in life but both deal with it in different ways. When the rose gets criticized about how it was grown up and when the mother tells her son about what life's all about.

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

No matter what lifestyle you’re born into you can still be a better person. Some people are born into terrible lives and some lives become worse. In The Outsiders by S.E. Hilton most of the gang’s lives become worse. The gang faces the other gang and murder takes over gang member’s lives. They face other gang’s and the police. They even face the chance of death and their own families not caring. However, even with all of these issues so to speak, the gang still sticks together and lives their same lifestyle. In The Outsiders the author uses figurative language, both sides of the characters, and a lot of description to show how the characters still push on through tough times.

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.

I am compare two text called, The Red Umbrella by Christina Diaz Gonzalez and Band-aid For 800 children by Eli Sastow. They both have some similarities, and differences. They both share a common subject of family separation. The authors portray this subject in similar and different ways .

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair…” (A Tale of Two Cities) Immediately this sentence, which was written by Charles Dickens, captures the attention of the audience. This is one of the many key components of what made Charles Dickens an incredible author. Dickens was born on February 7, 1812 in Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom, and he was the second of eight children of John Dickens and Elizabeth Barrow. Charles Dickens grew up during the Industrial Revolution in England, and he had to work