Figurative Language
Cassidy Gaillard
Poems with Figurative Language
- Flint: Christina Rosetti, "An Emerald is as green as grass" the poem "Flint" uses a great deal of similes. The simile that I chose is explaining how green the grass is.
- The Dirtiest Man in the World Shel Silverstein, "Oh, I'm dirty Dan, the worlds dirtiest man" the poem, "The Dirties Man in the World" uses a hyperbole to explain how dirty he really is. But I am sure he is not the dirtiest man in the world they author is just exaggerating.
- Popcorn James Stevenson, "I hear the pop, pop, pop". An onomatopoeia is used in the poem "Popcorn". The poem "Popcorn" is explaining what they hear when they pop popcorn. The author says that so the reader will have a clear idea of what it is like to hear the sound of popcorn
- White Mary O'Neil, "White is a cool breeze, wind on my cheek, a whisper, sandwiches at lunch, wholesome milk, soft, puffy marshmallows in hot chocolate, my younger sisters laughter echoing down the hall. Lacey angel wings mounds of snow and snowball fights. Clouds drifting across the sky on this beautiful morning." the poem "White" is using imagery. The author is is using imagery to make the reader like they are really there. Using Taste, touch, smell, sight, sounds like.
Independent Reading Book
- While reading the book Forge I came across a lot of figurative language. "The cold was a beast gnawing at my fingers and toes (3)." This quote from the book represents a metaphor. The author said that to show that the character was in the freezing cold and his hands felt like they were being chewed off by the cold.
- Going threw chapter 5 I found an onomatopoeia. The book Forge has many different examples of onomatopoeia's because there a plenty war scenes. "firing guns were quick followed by the thud, thud, thud of musketballs hitting the dirt and fence rails around us (23)." The author says that to give you a clear meaning of what the character felt/heard.so
- Scrolling threw chapter 18 I find a well written simile. "The lad's attempts at cussing like a soldier made him sound instead like a mild-mouthed granny (95)." This simile is trying to explain how one of the lads could barely cuss it reminded the character of a granny.
- "The memory of our escape still tormented me nine months later. It did not matter that i'd found us shelter and work in Jersey or that I'd kept us safe. Isabel was ungrateful, peevish, and vexatious (6)." Once I stepped into chapter 1 I found myself reading a flashback "The memory of our escape still tormented me nine months later." The reason the author started the book like that was to give the reader some background information on who they will be reading about.
- "The sunset burned red (125)." The author is exaggerating! the sun doesn't really burn red. This is what I call a hyperbole. A hyperbole is used when something or someone is exaggerating. The author said, "The sunset burned red." so that the reader would have a clear vivid mind of the sun hot and dark.
Advertisment
This advertisement is showing an idiom. The man did not really give away his leg. The idiom is meaning that it cost the man a lot of money to get his Audi.
Movie
The movie Finding Nemo uses personification. Below is a trailer from the movie that is using personification. The director of the movie made animals talk so that the audience would be able to understand what the animals are saying instead of there not being any talking at all.
Music
In the song What does the Fox Say, foxes don't really say what does the fox say. The music is using personification so that the song could have a catch.
Advertisment.
Most people would find it ironic to see a car billboard that says "Thirsty for adventure. Not gas." honestly i found quite ironic. The advertisement trying to get buyers to look and want to buy. This oxymoron is comparing two contradictory words for a special effect.
Movie.
If you have ever seen the movie the Cat in the Hat. Below is a movie clip for the Cat in the Hat. Throughout the movie you will hear sounds like boing and emphh these sounds are displaying onomatopoeia's. The director of these movies are trying to give the audience a clear idea of what is being tasted, touched, felt, sounded, and or smelled.
What was heard.
Earlier this week my brother told me that i was the nicest sister in the world. He did not know it but he was using a verbal irony. He said that because he meant the complete opposite. Which he would consider sarcasim.
Finding Nemo - Trailer
The Cat in the Hat Trailer