Literary Devices Metaphor and simile. Comparisons. A simile uses the words “as” or “like”; a metaphor does not. Examples: “He’s a pig” is a metaphor. “He looks like a pig” and “He’s as fat as a pig” are similes. Personification. Attributing human or other...
such as similes, metaphors, idioms and personification are all examples of imagery. A composer uses imagery in order to link two ideas and to create a vivid or life-like image in their audience's mind. Remember that, as they are figurative, they are not meant to be taken literally. Simile A simile occurs...
Simile is also present in the poem to show the speaker’s objection to the publishing of her book. The poem is almost entirely composed of metaphors and only contains one simile; “I cast thee by as one unfit for light” (9). This simile is used to show how the speaker is...
timeless classic. Shakespeare uses many literary devices and poetic techniques to aid in the telling of this story. These include; foreshadowing, similes, metaphors as well as the use of prose instead of rhymed verse. These literary devices can be seen in the extract from Act 2 Scene 6 Lines 9 - 20....
green light…” The poet uses similes to tell the reader how thick the smoke was and how uncontrollable it was"…As under a green sea…" the poet see's the unlucky man die in front of him"…I saw him drowning…" * Owen helps the reader imagine by using lots of powerful similes, metaphors and adjectives...
change their lives. In this sermon Jonathan Edwards portrays Gods anger using Figurative Language, which involves imaginative comparisons such as similes, metaphors and personification. Jonathan Edwards uses metaphors, which is comparing two different things without using words as like or as. One metaphor...
Though the feats of figurative language are great, there are a few certain types that are often used to express themes, and among those are the use of similes, personification, and metaphors. Metaphors are perhaps one of the more intriguing forms of figurative language used in literary writings. They require...
Jessica E. Popple Onomatopoeia 16 Alliteration Explained 17 Jam, Jelly, Marmalade, Jessica E. Popple Alliteration 18 Similes Explained 19 Big, Yellow Bird Similes 20 Personification Explained 21 The Cake Batter and Beater Personification Throw Away Page What Is Poetry?? Poetry...
sweet and nobel thing to die for your country .Owen’s perspective greatly contrast’s this idea Owen’s idea of prolonged suffering is shown through the Simile “Flound’ring like a man in fire or lime “ The effect of comparing the soldiers death to someone being burnt to death or enduring maximum suffering...
Great Gatsby are similes. Similes are a figure of speech that compares two things using words such as “like” or “as.” An example of how Fitzgerald uses similes to describe character’s actions is when Nick explains how Gatsby “was running down like an over-wound clock” (92). This simile says is comparing...
simple as black and white”. This simile shows that Atticus wants to use the simplest words to explain what he means. Atticus says in his speech that Tom Robinson is not guilty but that there is a person in the court-room who is. He means Mayella Ewell. Atticus employs a simile to describe her as “a child...
In Sylvia Plath’s works, “Daddy” and “Lady Lazarus”, she uses metaphors and similes to display her life. She often refers to her father and her depression and anger is displayed in both poems. Both poems are considered to be dark and sad. The poems were written prior to her third attempt at suicide....
Wilfred Owen uses a variety of poetic techniques to paint a vivid picture of the horror of life at the front in World War 1. One such technique is similes as seen in Disabled where he talks about how this particular soldier will never be the same as he will never be seen the same. “All of them touch him...
my skin tight wetsuit, letting each part condense my skin in preparation of the water. It forms to my body as if I picked up my shadow and wore it (simile). I looked in the mirror and smiled, I’m ready. Skipping out of the house in a hurry of excitement, I saw that my dad was ready to go with the surfboards...
(line 64) Comparison of the crewmen to birds Metaphor, Simile All round the coast the languid air did swoon, Breathing like one that hath a weary dream. (lines 5-6) Metaphor: Comparison of the air to a creature that breathes Simile: Comparison of the breathing to that of a person having...
tries to persuade them to think deeper and to recognize that Bigger alone is not at fault for the crime he committed. Richard Wright uses metaphor, simile and parallel structure to illustrate to America that segregation and exploitation of any group of people is detrimental to society. Richard...
deferred dreams: “Harlem” In “Harlem,” by Langston Hughes, the speaker wants the reader to consider the dangers of postponing their dreams. Through similes of imagery, he emphasizes the importance to consider dreams to be as real as flesh and vital as food. “Harlem” is a free verse poem consisting of eleven...
for later. The author constantly uses similes. “That pain is like an axe that chops at my heart”. Basically, the author is using literature devices to enhance the melancholy mood of the first chapter. He uses another simile “neck like a tree trunk”. This simile doesn’t really do much for the mood, however...
novel Achebe uses literary techniques to highlight these flaws. Significant techniques incorporated by Achebe include foreshadow, point of view and simile. This essay aims to outline Okonkwo’s flaws, their causes and Achebe’s use of literary techniques to emphasize them, in the context of the above extract...
is strong and specific. The narrator begins by saying that soldiers are “bent double, like old beggars,” (1) which is a simile to describe the soldiers as weak and delusional. Similes, metaphors and irony are to say that war ages the soldiers emotionally and physically. The use of irony in “Men marched...
language and musical devices to share his unfortunate feelings about his murdered love. The poet uses figurative language including personification, similes, and imagery. For example, he writes, “And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.” ( ) This is an example of personification...
fellow young soldiers. He begins by referring to them as, “bent double” and uses the simile, “like old beggars under sacks.” This empathises how sickly and poorly they are, trudging back from their helpless battle. The simile, “coughing like hags” is also used in order to appeal to the reader’s senses. This...
Enrichment Plans-Nutrition (Monday/Wednesday) Week 1 Day 1- What are similes/metaphors? What is the difference between the two? Read Kidz Lit book Hoops and ask students to point out the sentences that are either similes or metaphors. Next, explain we will be having a picnic. Ask, “What kind...
us imagery. The author also uses diction and structure to clearly format the short poem. Later in the poem the speaker uses the literary device of simile to compare two uncommon things rather than a regular cliché sentence to compare them. Although the author doesn’t use many literary devices in the...
three common types of figures of speech are simile, metaphor, and personification. The writer uses these figures of speech to make his descriptions more vivid and imaginative, so that a lively picture is created in the reader’s mind. 1) Simile: A simile is a comparison of two unlike things that...
experiences exactly how he remembers them. I believe that Walt Whitman uses a unique rhyme scheme involving repetition, figurative language such as similes and onomatopoeias, and a haunting and chilling mood to convey to the reader the meaning that war will last forever and cannot be avoided. Whitman’s...
(5). Just the term "hasty orisons" (4) has a somewhat disrespectful tone. Owen's use of both similes and metaphors further emphasize the meaning of the poem. The first line jolts the reader with the simile that these young people "die as cattle" (1). He implies with this phrase that war causes human...
use of blank verse, puns, personifications, oxymora, similes, and metaphors show how he expresses himself through his language. The similes and metaphors at the beginning of Julius Caesar reveal the personalities of the characters because the similes and metaphors compare them to unlike things and they...
Figurative language helps readers understand the story. In the novel To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee uses 3 different devices. They were metaphor, similes, and personification. Metaphors are one of the literary devices Lee used to make her novel easier to read and visualize her story. For example...
different levels of ideas about a subject. It is through poetry that this aim can be produced. The elements of rhyme scheme and the use of metaphors and similes to create imagery allow the humor of satire to be achieved as it is these elements of poetry which place emphasis on the ideas of a subject which a...
gives the audience an insight into the gradual breakdown of the marriage, for example: ‘As she hack sawed their marital bed in two.’ Strong use of simile is used throughout the piece, usually to portray the instigation of violence, such as ‘Children’s heads collided and cracked like thunder,’ ‘Until...
“instigator” of the entire plot. Meanwhile, Mrs. Mallard is ‘afflicted with a heart trouble’ (Chopin, p.33). Here Chopin uses the literary device paradox and simile respectively to put into words that Josephine ‘revealed in half concealing’ the news to her ‘as gently as possible’ to show that a great care were...
evident in the simile “nationalities sought each other out instinctively like a homing pigeon” The third stanza conveys a sense of disorientation within the group as they are in transition and do not have a permanent home, evident in the simile “lived like birds of passage.” This simile also represents...
the rhyme sequence of a, b, a, b. This makes the poem seem calmer and makes the theme seem more intense. iv) This poem uses similes, and hyperboles. An example of a simile is “Black as the Pit” which uses the word “as” as a comparison of two objects (black and pit). A hyperbole in this poem was “beyond...
a sense that Francis bag duffle bag is represents his sense of guilt “my duffle bag which is always with me, slung over my shoulder”. The three similes all link in with Francis’s disfigurement. The lines “I am like the Hunchback of Notre”, “my face like a gargoyle” and “like a lump on my back” implies...
Séamus Heaney's "Mid-Term Break" is among the few poems that have emotionally moved me. The writer uses many techniques including similes, metaphors and beautiful lexical choice to convey the sombre and miserable situation of his brother's death. In this essay I am going to analyse the language of the...
These give you a vivid sense of what the characters are seeing and really set the scene for the story in a powerful way. Homer also uses a lot of similes, not always in obvious ways, but enough to give you even further insight into the myth so you can compare the unreal things to more familiar things...
6-8). The girl in the poem realizes that she is in fact growing into a ‘woman’ but has negative views regarding her aging. The poem contains many similes and metaphors throughout the poem. One in particular is in a line that was mentioned earlier regarding the speaker’s dolls. “…dolls have been put...
to her chair. Beautiful and lustrous as she was(inversion), there was that in her face an air which seemed to separate her hopelessly from Florence(simile), and from everyone, for ever more. And yet, for an instant, Florence saw a beam of kindness (metaphor) in her eyes, when they were turned on her,...
theory made the people upset and mad, which led him to kill himself. His finest recognized work is “The Republic” where we find the scenarios of Simile of the Line and Allegory of the Cave. These two allegories explore the field of rationalism and empiricism, which are the main approaches of questioning...
mostly going to revolve around. This idea of tired soldiers is sustained through the second part of the opening line, with this time the technique of simile used to achieve the required outcome; “, like old beggars under sacks.”. The soldiers are compared to beggars, which gives the idea of tiredness, weakness...
tongue, so it evokes a sense of flow in the poem. “The Improvers” has quite a few instances of imagery. Similes are when one thing is likened to another. There is a couple of examples of similes, “like an old crone with a bag of melons stuffed under her jumper”, and “charge like bulls”, and they are...
got his “push” in life and ended up still feeling important and “pushing” others. In his poem, “Push”, Marty Schoenleber uses the literary devices of simile, metaphor, rhyme, repetition, alliteration and mood to inspire others and to make the reader inspired. The theme of this book is to never give up...
being the protagonist, is going through somewhat a disastrous time. Shakespeare’s use of figurative language was shown using similes, exposition, and soliloquy. He used similes when stating “I have ventur’d like little wanton boys that swim on bladders”. Wolsey compares his anger inside to heavy bladders...
cliff into a rocky pool. Metaphor, simile, and image is used effectively to illustrate that peer pressure can sometimes lead to taking dangerous, life-threatening risks. Pittman’s choice of diction clearly shows the danger involved in giving in to peer pressure. The simile, “as the water parts like a wound”...
list. The language in this poem is fairly simple and is not remarkable for its use in imagery or metaphors. Although there are examples of imagery, similes and metaphors use that help convey the theme of love. ‘The marriage of true minds’, the poet is trying to say a true relationship is everlasting and...
sound sophisticated and appealing. The most common literary devices are similes and metaphors. Similes compare two things using the words “like” or “as” while metaphors do not use these words. “She is as fair as a star” is a simile while “she is a fair star” is a metaphor. They will make you consider...
visualize the embellished shades of green within the jungle. - “An unnatural greenness, as if the leavers were a kind of plastic.” This quote uses simile to illustrate the greenness of Darwin as if it is fake and cartoon like - “A temperate city of grandparents and churches.” This quote uses metaphor...
wrong on grammar) to suggest that all other options in life fade out when compared to the beauty and pleasure of nature. Simile: “Cloud”. This is a simile comparing the wondering of a man to a cloud drifting through the sky. The wandering cloud is lonely because there is nothing...
vertically into the dug-out, however the writer uses the simile to enhance the idea to the reader that the weather conditions are terrible. The water level was ‘waist high, that rising hour by hour’. Owen uses repetition (hour by hour) and one simile in the 4th & 5th lines two lines. This is probably the...
fighting against apartheid, when he was younger. In the Poems the Poets express themselves in very similar ways, both of them using comparisons and similes. For the comparisons, Afrika compares the “whites only inn”, to the “new, upmarket, haute cuisine” to the “working man’s café” with its “bunny chows”...
figurative language to further enhance the ideas of … in their poems. In poem ‘a’ the poet creates imagery of…in order to… Language features to analyse: Simile/metaphor/personification/synaesthesia/adjectives/adverbs/verbs/use of senses. Structure The poets use the structure of the poem to communicate…this...
literary devices in lines 4, 10, 15 (quadruple pun), 24-25 Line 4: Simile- compares the scansion to a swinging hammock Line 10: Visual Imagery- makes reader see two children stalking a prey even though its just a butterfly Line 15: Simile- compares the child crouching to a mantis which is ironic because...
Child Who Walks Backwards”, she uses figurative language expertly in order to explore the horrors of child abuse. One clear example of a meaningful simile used in the poem to exemplify the violence that is being inflicted upon the neighbour child is seen when the speaker states, “…plummet like a wounded...
someone in its web. In this case Montressor is the spider, and Fortunato is his victim. “it hangs like moss upon vaults” in the example Poe uses a simile to compare the nitre to moss hanging on vaults. This technique creates a creepy and abandoned feel that scares you; these techniques all effectively...
Australia Deadly Unna? By Phillip Gwynne (1998) Chapter 1: 1. p.2. “He’s [Carol, the first ruck] about the same size as a what silo.” How does this simile create uniquely Australian imagery? 2. p. 5. When Blacky describes how the “Nungas” (the Aboriginal players) “infuriate” Arks, he says that “they...
poetry: Job, Song of Songs, Ecclesiastes, Proverbs, and Psalms. The Psalms are lyric poems that contain many modern characteristics of poetry including similes, metaphors, hyperbole, repetition, and imagery. They were originally written and Hebrew and, therefore, do not lose their poetic form in translation...
17. Pun A play on words, sometimes on different senses of the same word and sometimes on the similar sense or sound of different words. 18. Simile A stated comparison (usually formed with "like" or "as") between two fundamentally dissimilar things that have certain qualities in common. 19...
the first place. Walcott's poetry is notable for its striking imagery and the craft of his composition, and I really admired his ability to use similes and metaphors with great inventiveness and originality. Possibly the most memorable image in his work is to be found in 'A Letter from Brooklyn'. The...
forceful harsh. The alliteration is used to emphasis shock of love. In line three and four he goes on to say “bloomed like a sweet flower” he uses a simile, he compares her face to a flower blooming. “Flower” has connotations of natural beauty, pleasurable to look at. He finds her face attractive and appealing...