Types of Figurative Language. When a writer compares something to something else it is not really like literally, he is using a metaphor. Human beings are not literally worms, but Edwards uses them to make his point. Another common type of figure of speech is hyperbole , an obvious exaggeration.
For instance, during the first week of class I was monopolizing the faculty Xerox machine at CYP for long periods of time, much to the chagrin of other instructors who also needed to make copies.
The reason I had to make so many copies is that the ACC bookstore did not order enough copies of the textbooks for most of my classes. As I was attempting to make copies of about 40 pages from the textbook for my World Literature I class, I apologetically explained to one of my colleagues that the bookstore had not ordered nearly enough copies of your text.
While Edwards had graduated from Yale prior to beginning his ministry, Brother Sheffield had driven a beer truck prior to beginning his. While St. This may seem like a strange route to take to the ministry, but I digress. Hopefully, the author will continue to take you down this sensory highway as you imagine biting into one of those warm scones while the mixture of flour, butter, and strawberry jam dances a jig upon your tongue. All in your imagination, of course.
He takes us to new and exciting places. Note the saltiness of the tears and the bitter taste of the earth in this passage, taken from One Hundred Years of Solitude :. On rainy afternoons, embroidering with a group of friends on the begonia porch, she would lose the thread of the conversation and a tear of nostalgia would salt her palate when she saw the strips of damp earth and the piles of mud that the earthworms had pushed up in the garden. Those secret tastes, defeated in the past by oranges and rhubarb, broke out into an irrepressible urge when she began to weep.
She went back to eating earth. The first time she did it almost out of curiosity, sure that the bad taste would be the best cure for the temptation.
And, in fact, she could not bear the earth in her mouth. But she persevered, overcome by the growing anxiety, and little by little she was getting back her ancestral appetite, the taste of primary minerals, the unbridled satisfaction of what was the original food. Tactile imagery reaches out to our sense of touch. Perhaps a shop clerk in Ireland will envelop his customer in a handmade cashmere wrap while the silky wool breezes against her arm in a whisper of softness.
Or, maybe that same character will take a walk through the Scottish Highlands and lose her balance as she hops across a stream and brushes against thorny brambles that scratch and claw at her skin. Let's take a look at everyone's favorite American - Forrest Gump. Before Tom Hanks made it a blockbuster hit, Winston Groom wrote the captivating novel by the same title. Don't let all the typos fool you. That's just Forrest being Forrest. Note, however, the "stinging" rain and how it might feel when it comes down sideways:.
It commenced rainin one day an did not stop for two months. We went thru ever different kind of rain they is, cep'n maybe sleet or hail. Imagery is found throughout literature in poems, plays, stories, novels, and other creative compositions. Here are a few examples of imagery in literature:. Excerpt describing a fish :. It beautifies and complicates the image of a fish that has just been caught.
In just a few lines, Bishop mentions many colors including brown, rose, white, and green. A taste for the miniature was one aspect of an orderly spirit. Another was a passion for secrets: in a prized varnished cabinet, a secret drawer was opened by pushing against the grain of a cleverly turned dovetail joint , and here she kept a diary locked by a clasp , and a notebook written in a code of her own invention. Various items are described in-depth, so much so that the reader can easily visualize them.
Imagery can be found throughout pop culture in descriptive songs, colorful plays, and in exciting movie and television scenes. Wes Anderson is known for his colorful, imaginative, and vivid movie making. The imagery in this film is filled with detail, action, and excitement.
For instance, the colors are emphasized in the green trees, red blooming roses, blue skies, and white clouds from the bright day to the dark night. Terms: metaphor, onomatopoeia and personification. Metaphor is often used as a type of imagery. Specifically, metaphor is the direct comparison of two distinct things. Here are a few examples of metaphor as imagery:.
Onomatopoeia is also a common tool used for imagery. Onomatopoeia is a form of auditory imagery in which the word used sounds like the thing it describes. Here are a few examples of onomatopoeia as imagery:. Personification is another tool used for imagery.
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