Figurative Language In The Gift Of The Magi

Imagery is visually descriptive, or figurative language in literary work. A clear example of imagery is shown in the story “The Veldt”. "Now the hidden odorophonics were beginning to blow a wind of odour at the two people in the middle of the baked veldtland. The hot straw smell of lion grass, the cool green smell of the hidden waterhole, the great Rusty smell of animals, the smell of dust like a red paprika in the hot air. And now the sounds, the thump of distant antelope feet on grassy sod, the papery rustling of vultures. A shadow passed through the sky. The shadow flickered on George Hadley's upturn sweating face.” This quote gives you such description that you can picture and almost feel and see what the character is experiencing. Imagery is a strong literary device which receives the author's descriptions into

We often rely on imagery, a literary device that uses vivid descriptions and appeals to the senses, in our storytelling to point out the important facts in our stories. It helps our audience picture the scene and understand the severity of the situation. In my opinion, a well-written scene can be incredibly meaningful and thought-provoking with the help of imagery, sometimes even more so than a photograph. In literature, this is no different. Authors will describe characters and events in great detail when they feel it is important to the story. They will use imagery to point out character traits, themes, symbols, and motifs. A good author paints you a picture so you can imagine the places, colors, expressions, textures, with all the fine details.

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

Imagery is used by many writers and this is when the writer uses visually descriptive or figurative language.

The story was written by O’Henry in 1906. The story was centered around a seemingly poor couple who did not have enough money to buy each other the gifts that their significant other deserved. The story took place during Christmas. The Gift of the Magi is like a classic wisdom story in the bible. O’Henrys choice of title depicts symbolism between the three magi that brought gold, frankincense, and mur, to the baby Jesus and the gifts that Jim and Della had given to each other which mainly consisted of selfless love, Della’s hair and Jims pocket watch. This itself ties into the theme of his story. These gifts all entail the act

Another example of imagery in the story is when the author used it to describe Emily when she ask for poison to the druggist.“still a slight woman, though thinner than usual, with cold, haughty black eyes in a face the flesh of which was strained across the temples and about the eyes ockets as you imagine a lighthouse-keepers face ought to look”. The author makes emphasis in Emily’s face and eyes meaning that she is lost in her own world and foreshadows that Emily would use the poison for something wrong.

In Helena Maria Viramontes’ Under the Feet of Jesus, a young girl struggles to find importance and meaning in anything that she does or is ‘wanting’ to do. Additionally, her not being able to understand the language of this country, she struggles to understand and find meaning to things she does not yet understand. The protagonists’ character begins to slowly comprehend and unearth meaning in a simple tool box, which is a mere representation of herself; as she then tries to learn new things, causing her character to grow significantly. The author uses a strong selection of detail, figurative language and macaronic language in order to show the growth of Estrella’s character.

The author uses imagery to interest the reader in her story that may seem mundane without the imagery. An example of this happening is when Jeannette is going to her new school in Welch it was her first day and the teacher picks on her because she did not have to give the school her records to her not having them as that is happening a tall girl stabs her out of nowhere“I felt something sharp and painful between my shoulder blades and turned around. The tall black girl with the almond eyes was sitting at the desk behind me.

Imagery is a rhetorical strategy that is prevalently used in O’brien’s novel to create a close bond between reader and O’brien. The imagery

Imagery is used by many authors for mutiple things in their text. Tim O’Brien uses imagery throughout his text to convey tones in the story. In his story, one can find the multiple examples of imagery. O’Brien uses imagery to portray the tones of disgust and despair. All great authors know the perfect words to say to help the readers create the image in their mind.

Imagery is defined in The Oxford Dictionary as visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work. Imagery is one of the many examples of rhetorical devices used in literature to express the author’s ideas. In Dan Egan’s book, The Death and Life of the Great Lakes, Egan puts emphasis on the details to provide the readers with a clear vision to Egan’s ideas. In the beginning Egan talks about the seaway construction by stating, “Construction crews from boths side of the border tore into the river channel with so much violence and with such heavy earth-moving machinery” (Egan 22) Egan use of imagery allows for readers to understand what is going on through a mental picture.

Imagery is when the author uses adjectives and is very descriptive in order to create an image in your head about what is happening or the setting looks like. For example, when Gerda went to Niania’s house to say goodbye, she sees Niania sitting at the window asleep. Klein writes, “I saw her in that early dawn like a figure in a beautiful, long-forgotten dream” (72). This description helps you better understand what Gerda saw. Imagery is an effective literary device because it keeps the reader hooked and interested as well as help the reader better understand what is going on in the

I am going to be comparing and contrasting two different versions of "The gift of the Magi".The two versions that I will be comparing and contrasting is the original story written by O.Henry and a film adapted by sesame street.The gift of the magi is a story where two people trade something special that is theirs,to give to somebody else.An examination of the two versions will reveal that their is similarities and differences between characters,setting and the possessions that they traded.

In the story, "The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry", describes the similarities and differences of the story and the video. In the Gift of the Magi, there are two characters named Della and Jim who want to get each other a present for Christmas and it ends up going wrong. In the video, "Sesame Street" the two characters named Bert and Ernie end up making the same mistake. The impact of what happens will show you the similarities and differences of the stories. In the Gift of the Magi it was Christmas Eve around the 1900's and they both really wanted to get the other a present.

Shakespeare’s work is among the hardest to read because of its supposed complexity and sophistication. The language used in the Early Modern Era is different than that of the Post Modern Era. Audiences that saw the performances were aural learners and were able to pinpoint certain tones and facial expressions that readers may not detect through words. Watching the plays performed provided better feedback than readings do (Palfrey 10-11). Metaphors, implicit or explicit, are figures of speech that help compare two unlike things and are not designed for literal intake. Yet, with Shakespeare’s work, metaphors should be taken literally. According to George Lakoff and Mark Johnson, however, this technique of comparison allows metaphors to simultaneously highlight and hide certain attributes and/or qualities about the thing(s) being compared to (12-13). The highlighting and hiding of metaphors gives readers more insight into what Shakespeare may have meant at the time or even more so in what context did the people of the Elizabethan Age use language (Palfrey 11). Two important components of metaphors that do the highlighting and hiding are the vehicle and the tenor; each can be implicit or explicit as well. The metaphor in question emphasizes both the importance and unimportance of Lavinia’s character.