Essays on Figurative Language

“Night” by Elie Wiesel is an autobiography in which Elie’s life during the Holocaust is explained. Elie Wiesel uses imagery, figurative language, and pathos as tools to express the horrors he experienced while living through a nightmare, the Holocaust. Elie describes his experiences with imagery. …

“The Scarlet Ibis”, there is a multitude of figurative language used to underline the theme that is repeated in Naomi Long Midget’s poem “Woman with Flower”, ultimately enlightening the reader with a true moral of don’t be exceedingly prideful and work something before it is …

1. I was so hungry that I even ate the plate. What type of figurative language is used in this sentence? A) hyperbole B) metaphor C) personification D) simile 2. My father was the sun and the moon to me. What type of figurative language …

The Holocaust made an impact on everybodys lives but Eli Wiesel has a one of a kind story. In the novel Night written by Eli Wiesel he shares to everybody about the hardships in concentration camps as a young boy. He describes some of the …

At a local A&P store, three barefoot girls in bathing suits walk in. Sammy, the main character, and his co-worker are astonished. After a few of the costumers display clear discomfort with what the girls are dressed in, the manager takes it as a personal …

In the Prose Passage, Ralph Waldo Emerson’s attitude towards nature is very obvious. He illustrates to the reader that he not only enjoys nature, but he is charmed and connected to it. Emerson expresses how nature correlates to our lives and yet how completely complex …

Perceptions of a thunderstorm are undoubtedly altered as author Nabakov conquers the traditional fear by introducing a unique approach his excerpt. The author paints an immense impression of a mystical atmosphere in “The Thunderstorm” through the application of embellished figurative language, creation of a surreal …

In Maxine Clair’s “Cherry Bomb,” a woman recounts the memories of her life back in fifth grade, specifically how she came to possess a cherry bomb that would be very special to her in the following years. The author makes use of flavorful diction, descriptive …

No human is perfectly the same as the other, some of us might have similar beliefs or use similar techniques to hit the target, but every person after all should be considered as an individual. In my opinion, being the odd one out does nothing …

Figurative language dips poems in a liquid that gives it the charm of many interpretations. Specifically in Emily Dickinson’s work, she abuses the use of similes, metaphors, and personification. Her poems, “My life closed twice before the close,” “I heard a fly buzz- when I …

In William Shakespeare’s “Othello,” the titular character is manipulated by the machinations of who he considers to be his close friend, Iago, into murdering his faithful and loving wife, Desdemona. Before committing the reputable act, Othello rationalizes his actions in an inner monologue. During this …

A poem is an artistic piece of work that aims at ensuring clear message is communicated through figurative language in a way that the intended information and message is hidden in a way (Lacroix 300). In the poem “Meditation 22 (First Series)”, a concise use …

Gary Soto, the author of “Oranges,” and Rumer Godden, the author of “You Need to Go Upstairs,” both use figurative language to capture a child’s voice and a reader’s imagination. These authors use imagery to capture a reader’s imagination. For example, the author of oranges …

“Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) is a severe condition in which two or more distinct identities, or personality states, are present in and alternately take control of an individual. The person also experiences memory loss that is too extensive to be explained by ordinary forgetfulness.” American …

Prophets and Figurative Language Jeremiah was a prophet called upon by God at a very young age to do His work. Jeremiah spoke against those who disobeyed God and spoke on the consequences of sin. He had a very hard job of trying to get …