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Allegory and Simile
Includes questions related the use of symbolic representation and the comparison of unlike things.
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Alliteration is when words in a sentence start with the same consonant sound. One way poets use alliteration is to make ordinary things sound more interesting. This technique helps to create a sense of rhythm and enhance the overall sound of the poem.
What are some good similes for spring?
- Like a blank canvas, spring brings new life and color to the world.
- Spring blooms like a flower, reaching out to embrace the warmth of the sun.
- The arrival of spring is as refreshing as a cool breeze on a warm day.
- Spring awakens the world like a bear emerging from hibernation, stretching and ready to explore.
What are some similes in A Year Down Yonder?
Sure! One simile in "A Year Down Yonder" is when Grandma Dowdel is described as being "old as the hills." Another simile is when the main character describes her grandma's voice as being "scratchy like a rusty hinge."
What are some similes in the green mile?
In "The Green Mile" by Stephen King, some similes used include "his laugh was like a rusty hinge" and "the air in the room was thick as sour milk."
What are 50 examples for chocolate similes?
- As smooth as melted chocolate
- Rich as dark chocolate
- Sweet as milk chocolate
- Warm as hot chocolate
- Bitter as unsweetened chocolate
- Brown as chocolate
- Soft as chocolate mousse
- Indulgent as a chocolate truffle
- Nutty as chocolate with almonds
- Irresistible as a chocolate bar
- Light as a chocolate soufflé
- Creamy as chocolate pudding
- Decadent as chocolate fondue
- Tempting as a box of chocolates
- Smooth as chocolate ganache
- Melts like a chocolate chip
- Dark as chocolate fudge
- Satisfying as a chocolate milkshake
- Flavorsome as a chocolate cake
- Luxurious as chocolate-covered strawberries
- Velvety as chocolate icing
- Gooey as a chocolate brownie
- Mouthwatering as chocolate-dipped fruit
- Warm as a chocolate lava cake
- Intense as a chocolate espresso
- Shiny as a chocolate glaze
- Melts in your mouth like chocolate kisses
- Lush as chocolate sauce
- Deep as chocolate velvet
- Sweet as a chocolate chip cookie
- Warming as a cup of hot cocoa
- Mellow as milk chocolate truffles
- Swirl like chocolate marbling
- Fresh as mint chocolate chip ice cream
- Decadent as a chocolate torte
- Comforting as a cup of hot chocolate
- Smooth as chocolate silk pie
- Irresistible as a chocolate eclair
- Rich as a triple chocolate dessert
- Sweet as chocolate-covered marshmallows
- Soft as a chocolate croissant
- Indulgent as chocolate-dipped pretzels
- Tempting as chocolate-coated strawberries
- Luxurious as a chocolate mousse cake
- Creamy as white chocolate truffles
- Bitter as dark chocolate sorbet
- Nutty as a chocolate hazelnut spread
- Smooth as a chocolate cream pie
- Dark as a chocolate blackout cake
- Sweet as a chocolate milkshake
What is a simile for overprotected?
Being overprotected is like living in a bubble, shielded from the outside world but also restricted from experiencing life fully.
Because when bones (of a dead creature) are left out or buried the flesh on them eventually disappears and they become very dry.
What are more similes for the word freedom?
- Freedom is like a bird in flight, soaring high and unhindered.
- Freedom is as refreshing as a cool breeze on a hot day.
- Freedom is akin to a blank canvas, ready to be painted with possibilities.
- Freedom is reminiscent of a wide-open field, full of endless potential.
Why is is like burnt out torches by a sick man's bed a simile?
This simile means that the person's energy or vitality is fading away, much like how a sick person's torches would flicker and lose their brightness. It conveys a sense of weakness, exhaustion, and dwindling strength.
Making it rich and like a lily in bloom.pick out the simile used in the sentence?
The simile used in the sentence is "like a lily in bloom."
Is simile and metaphor a part of diction?
From what I understand, yes. My brother who is studying to be a librarian recently found this out and was kind that he had never been told that similes are in fact a type of metaphor.
Someone who agrees:
http://www.copyblogger.com/metaphor-simile-and-analogy-what%E2%80%99s-the-difference/
What is Ben Shahn own interpretation of Allegory?
Ben Shahn viewed allegory as a powerful tool to communicate social and political messages through symbolic representation. He used allegorical figures and elements in his art to convey deeper meanings and commentary on various aspects of society. For Shahn, allegory served as a way to engage viewers in thoughtful reflection and critique of the world around them.
Personification is when you give an inanimate object, such as an animal or guitar, human characteristics.
Ex. It seemed as though the guitar played its own tune.
A simile is when you compare 2 unlike things using the words "like" or "as".
Ex. The moon shone LIKE a bright light.
A metaphor is when you compare 2 unlike things WITHOUT using the words "like" or "as".
Ex. The moon IS a bright light.
Can you get 20 figure of speech with 100 examples each?
Repetition of an initial consonant sound.
Eg. -"A moist young moon hung above the mist of a neighboring meadow."
(Vladimir Nabokov, Conclusive Evidence)
-"Guinness is good for you."
(advertising slogan)
-"Good men are gruff and grumpy, cranky, crabbed, and cross."
(Clement Freud)
-"My style is public negotiations for parity, rather than private negotiations for position."
(Jesse Jackson)
2. Anaphora
Repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or verses.
Eg, "We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds,we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender."
3. Antithesis
The juxtaposition of contrasting ideas in balanced phrases.
Eg. "Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing."
(Goethe)
4. Apostrophe
Breaking off discourse to address some absent person or thing, some abstract quality, an inanimate object, or a nonexistent character.
Eg. "O western wind, when wilt thou blow
That the small rain down can rain?"
(anonymous, 16th c.)
5. Assonance
Identity or similarity in sound between internal vowels in neighboring words.
Eg. "Those images that yet
Fresh images beget,
That dolphin-torn, that gong-tormented sea."
(W.B. Yeats, "Byzantium")
6. Chiasmus
A verbal pattern in which the second half of an expression is balanced against the first but with the parts reversed.
Eg. "Nice to see you, to see you, nice!"
(British TV entertainer Bruce Forsyth)
7. Euphemism
The substitution of an inoffensive term for one considered offensively explicit.
· Eg. Dr. House: I'm busy.
Thirteen: We need you to . . .
Dr. House: Actually, as you can see, I'm not busy. It's just a euphemism for "get the hell out of here."
8. Hyperbole
An extravagant statement; the use of exaggerated terms for the purpose of emphasis or heightened effect.
Eg. "Ladies and gentlemen, I've been to Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan, and I can say withouthyperbole that this is a million times worse than all of them put together."
9. Irony
The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning. A statement or situation where the meaning is contradicted by the appearance or presentation of the idea.
10. Litotes
A figure of speech consisting of an understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by negating its opposite.
11. Metaphor
An implied comparison between two unlike things that actually have something important in common.
12. Metonymy
A figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated; also, the rhetorical strategy of describing something indirectly by referring to things around it.
13. Onomatopoeia
The formation or use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to.
14. Oxymoron
A figure of speech in which incongruous or contradictory terms appear side by side
15. Paradox
A statement that appears to contradict itself.
16. Personification
A figure of speech in which an inanimate object or abstraction is endowed with human qualities or abilities.
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. Synechdoche
A figure of speech is which a part is used to represent the whole, the whole for a part, the specific for the general, the general for the specific, or the material for the thing made from it.
20. Understatement
A figure of speech in which a writer or a speaker deliberately makes a situation seem less important or serious than it is
Does the city is so big have similes in it?
Yes, it does. "And trains pass with windows shining / like a smile full of teeth"
What is it called when you compare two things using this is to that as that is to something else?
That type of comparison is called an analogy. Analogies draw connections between two things based on similarities or relationships.
What is a page number for a simile in Holes?
Now he had such a huge smile it almost seemed too big for his face, like the smile on a jack-o'-lantern
pg. 58
What are some connections for the golden kite silver wind?
"The Golden Kite, The Silver Wind" is a short story by Ray Bradbury that explores themes of conflict, change, and the consequences of decisions. It can be connected to the idea of competing priorities and the cost of progress. The story illustrates how pursuit of perfection and stubbornness can lead to destruction and division.
What hyperbole's and similes does by the waters of Babylon have in them?
"By the Waters of Babylon" contains hyperboles such as "It is a great honor to go into the Place of the Gods" and similes like "At last, I knew that I was alone in the forest with the sound of the river and the wind to keep me company." These literary devices help emphasize the significance and imagery in the story.
What is the purpose of poetic device?
To rationalise thinking by giving a different meaning to an odinary terms and expressions.
No. It's a simile If it had said,"...the scent was a soft and tender embrace," then it would be a metaphor.
A simile says the thing is similar to another.
A metaphor says they are the same thing.
The word "like" is a dead giveaway that it's a simile.
