XIV. Literary Analysis Literary terms have a profound effect on a piece of writing. Identify ten (10) different lit terms and explain the effect they have on the text. Literary Term Quotation from text (in MLA format) Explanation: must be at least 3 sentences. 1. Imagery “We walked through a high hallway into a bright rosy-colored space, fragilely bound into the house by French windows at either end. The windows were ajar and gleaming white against the fresh grass outside that seemed to grow a little way into the house.” (Fitzgerald, 8) This Literary term is an example on Imagery. This quote is explaining how it shows inside the hallway that he was standing in. I think that this quote is a great example of imagery because it goes into such detail about what Mr.Carroway is talking about. 2. …show more content…
Metaphor “A sudden emptiness seemed to flow now from the windows and the great doors..” (Fitzgerald, 57) This quote represents a very good metaphor. A metaphor is A term or phrase that is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance. This quote is simply saying that emptiness is now in the air and it feels like it is flowing from the great outdoors. This could also be used as a personification. 3. Epiphany "How do you get to West Egg village?" he asked hoplessly. I told him. And as I walked on I was lonely no longer. I was a guide, a pathfinder, an original settler. He had casually conferred on me the freedom of the neighborhood." (Fitzgerald, 4) An epiphany is a sudden insight of reality. This quote is a really good example of an epiphany. This quote describes Nick and how he has an insight with reality. 4. Simile "Like an angry diamond..." (Fitzgerald, 56) A simile is when you compare 2 things using like or as. The simile i used is farely simple. I used this one because they talk about diamonds and are wealthy. they are also “like an angry diamond”. 5. Hyperbole "I'm paralyzed with happiness." (Fitzgerald,
“In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I’ve been turning over in my mind ever since. Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone, he told me, just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had” (Fitzgerald 1).
In the story "The Chrysanthemums," by John Steinbeck, imagery is important in the development of his characters. The man who drives the wagon and fixes things is a perfect example of imagery. "His worn black suit was wrinkled and spotted with grease. The laughter had disappeared from his face and eyes the moment his laughing voice ceased. His eyes were dark, and they were full of the
Throughout the book, Walls uses many examples of imagery to create mental pictures for the reader. This makes the writing more vivid and allows readers to feel like they're part of the action. An example is when Walls describes the houses at Little Hobart Street in Welch. She writes, “They were made of wood, with lopsided porches, sagging roofs, rusted-out gutters, and balding tar
In Tim O’brien’s novel, The Things They Carried, O’brien connects with the reader’s emotion. which allows one to feel the same feelings as the characters in the novel. The Things They Carried, not only pulls on the reader’s emotion by context, but also through rhetorical strategies. O’Brien’s novel discusses the tragedies of the war in a way so differently than most other works of fiction. O’brien employs vivid imagery, strong anaphora, and thought provoking metaphors to develop an emotional connection with the reader, but to also cause the audience to feel the emotions of the characters throughout O’brien’s novel.
One stylistic technique that Mark Twain utilizes in his short stories is imagery. In “The Celebrated
In the short stories “Cathedral” by Raymond Carver and “A + P” by John Updike the protagonists experience an epiphany that change their restricted way of thinking. The main character, “Sammy” in John Updike’s, “A + P” is a teenage boy working in the town grocery store. Sammy experiences an epiphany when he decides to quit his job at the grocery store. He quit because he believed that it was wrong of his boss to treat customers poorly due to any pre-conceived notion that was determined by what the customer looks like. Raymond Carver’s main character named “the husband” in his story “Cathedral” experiences an epiphany
To begin with, in this passage the author James Joyce uses imagery to give the readers a picture of what’s going on in the story. For example, “ One boot stood up straight, it limp upper fallen down: the fellow of it kay upon its side.” this gives us the readers, a picture of the story
The “curtains” have human-like qualities, for they are making “whip and snap” sounds. Also, the “picture” has human-like qualities of “groan.” Fitzgerald adds these sounds to show the awkwardness setting in the Buchanan’s house. Just walking in the hallway of Tom Buchanan made Nick feel unease; it was so quiet that Nick can hear the cry of a picture and the lash of the curtain moving.
The author uses a pair of similes to help people have a picture in their head about the story. In the story he says ¨It was empty as a jungle glade at a hot high noon¨. This simple quote makes the story a whole lot more realistic. You can practically feel the hot sun pouring down on your back. It helps people form an illustration in their head about what is happening in the story. Another simile used is ¨The house lights followed her like a flock of fireflies.¨ This quote
An epiphany is the sudden realization or manifestation of understanding, and in the "Story of an Hour," by Kate Chopin, a woman experienced an epiphany that ultimately had tragic results. The tragedy was foreshadowed in the first line when the narrator informed the reader of Mrs. Mallard's heart trouble and the problems it could bring when informing her of her husband's death. But instead of being the cause of tremendous sorrow, the death of her husband brought about a sudden realization of the freedom she would now have because she is no longer married and under the control of her husband. But Mrs. Mallard's epiphany, her realization of the freedom she'll now possess, became the cause of her tragedy. Just as she was beginning to enjoy the fruits of her epiphany, her heart trouble, which many believed would cause her trouble when the news of her husband's death reached her, actually caused her trouble when she suffered a heart attack brought on by joy.
Another instance is whereby the speaker uses a combination of a metaphor with a strong imagery as seen in line twenty-five through line twenty-eight. The persona compares her failures in exams to
Imagery is used by many writers and this is when the writer uses visually descriptive or figurative language.
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One example of imagery in the text is the sense sound. The author used the sense of sound to create imagery so that the reader can imagine what is going on. The author reports, "He knew his pursuer was coming; He heard the padding sound of feet on the soft earth." This is an example of imagery because Rainsford described what he heard so that the reader could imagine what sound he heard. This is important to the plot line because the main part of the story revolves on not getting found and to stay alive. If he can hear the padding of his pursuers feet than he might lose "the game.'' Therefore the sense of sound is incorporated into the literature to help develop the plot of the