Descriptive Language In Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening

In the short story of Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. his choice of figurative language and negative themes left the reader in suspense. The first type of figurative language that Vonnegut used was alliteration, his purpose was to compare society. The reason why his stories seem so realistic is because he uses hyperbole. When he used it it gave a sense on how big harrison really was. Another figurative language that Vonnegut used was personification, he used this to give the reader a better perspective of the scene in the story.

“Figurative language adds pizzazz. It raises work above the plain, the dull, the ordinary," said Ellen Hunnicutt, a successful American writer. In order to make writing stand out, and be engrossed, the writer needs to include figurative language. In the stories “Canyons” by Gary Paulsen, and “Treasure of Lemon Brown” by Walter Dean Myers, all use a common stylistic technique of figurative language to get the characters and setting across to the reader of the story.

Descriptive language is like describing things instead of phrases like ,”a house.” You could say a dirty and tired house. . In the stories “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” by Walter Dean Myers and the story “Lemon Tree Billiards House” by Cedric Yamanaka, the authors use Descriptive language to develop the setting. In the story “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” by Walter Dean the author uses Descriptive language to develop the settings.

When writing a novel authors must think not only about what they are about to write, but why they are going to write it. They have to select diction that will convey their inner thoughts and emotions. There is a need of imagery to pull the reader into the story so they will not lose their drive to read. Tone must constantly shift in order to keep the reader so engaged that they are determined to read until it all makes sense. From the longest to the shortest sentence, there is a reason -- called syntax-- why that sentence is there.

In the excerpt from the first chapter of Annie Proulx's "The Shipping news" she used diction, details, and figurative language in her writing to explain the protagonist and why he is a complex character. In "The Shipping News" Annie Proulx uses diction, detail, and figurative language to reveal the complexity that is in the character Quoyle. Annie Proulx uses diction, (a characters way of saying/speaking words) some examples of diction in the story included, " monstrous, freakish, survived, grief, bereft, and failure." All of these words show diction because of the way he uses them. Quoyle uses the words to describe himself, a lot of people do no describe themselves with these words.

One common theme amongst fictional work is the use of descriptive text to

Figurative language played a big role for understanding the story in a more profound way, and it also lets you interpret the text in different ways.

Each stanza also makes the readers question their opinions and their understanding of the poem and the street. While analyzing Kenneth’s poem we see his use of imagery , personification, metaphorical language and repetition. With the end of each stanza repeating the words “you find this ugly, I find this lovely” the use of repetition gives the audience the sense of how the poet is displaying his message with this literary technique. The repetition also gives insight in how he see’s something that everyone calls ugly as something beautiful. The readers are also always drawn back to processing their opinions with his use

An example of diction is “a strange nostalgia”. The author chose the word “nostalgia” to add texture to her

A large majority of books use many types of literary elements and devices. An example of a literary device is imagery; the five senses. This is one of the most descriptive types of writing as it conveys what the character is feeling or smelling. It’s a more human way of writing in some ways. In the book Fahrenheit 451, the character Montag has a large amount of internal struggle throughout the book.

Figurative language helps boosts the creativity of the reader. Lohrey has used figurative language to help make a situation or experience more relatable and understandable. ANNA & LUKE’S CHANGE TO THE COUNTRY -Lohrey effectively uses a number of techniques to describe people’s

In the story “Sagittarius” by Greg Hrbek, there are descriptive phrases that set the mood. They are important because they give the reader an explanation of what's going on with the characters. They're also important because it gives a specific perspective to the reader and helps their imagination. The story is about a family that deals with a deformed child with four legs. The section of the story that stood out to me the most is when the father comes home to his son standing, even with his condition because it gives you the dad's opinion about his son,what his problem is, and it makes you feel a certain way about the character.

Frost utilizes analogous imagery throughout his poems; specifically in this poem, he uses natural imagery like the woods and roads to signify these themes. The woods represent indecision and instinct. Everywhere in literature, the plots of novels and poems alike contain characters lost in the woods. Similarly, in “The Road Not Taken”, the woods represent indecision while an adrift traveler wanders lost in the woods (Rukhaya). Frost repeatedly uses this symbol, and “the image...has represented indecision in Frost’s other poems…

When the wind begins to nip at your face, when the sky becomes a light grey, when all life seems to be hidden away, one knows that there is a high chance of snow. Plants seem to lose their color and become as barren as that of the sky. Animals and humans seem to burrow up from the cold weather outside. But one can only anticipate the white flurry substance coming from the sky. Snow is a magical thing.

The style of which the story is being written is both descriptive and quite colorful, for example, “Um-hmm!... Ain’t you got nobody home to tell you to wash your face?”(Hughes pg.1) Hughes also introduces some specific languages and styles of literary devices such as repetition, hyperboles, and interjection. He also uses an exaggeration when trying to make a point, for example, “She said, ‘You a lie!’” ( Hughes pg.1 ).