Identify one example of figurative language in The Wright 3. Copy this example into a comment and then classify the figurative language you've found as a simile, a metaphor, personification, alliteration, hyperbole, an idiom, onomatopoeia, etc.
"A symphony, that's what the place is like--a complex Bach symphony that sharpens your mind even if you can't comprehend every stand of harmony." (page 149)
"A symphony, that's what the place is like--a complex Bach symphony that sharpens your mind even if you can't comprehend every stand of harmony." (page 149)
Using a simile, Blue Balliett compares the Robie House (which is "the place") to a symphony composed by Johann Bach.
She is describing how the rooms, as separate pieces, flow together into a "greater" whole—a home that changes the way people think about homes, and a home that feels amazing (even to someone who is not an architect)----just as many instruments flow together to create a symphony—which sounds beautiful even to someone who is not a musician.
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"A dead branch whooshed by on the other side of the tree house window, the gray finger of twigs bent is an stiff wave." (page 177)
An example of personification, the tree branch is described like an arm that can wave and that has fingers.
On page 110-111 par.8 it says, It was then that one of the third floor windows sparkled back at her:A three-part shape like a wrapped candy- two triangles on either side of a rhombus became instantly, dazzingly clear.This is an example of a simile.
Isaiah: What is being compared in this simile? What two unlike nouns are being linked together using "like"?
"Perhaps it was the cookies and sugary iced tea,but her mind felt like a runaway ping-pong ball."This is an example of a simile because it's saying how a mind is like a ping-pong ball found on page 155 par.2
"I think it's a man, like a man a kid might draw!" This is an exaple of a simile because it's saying that the man in the window looks like a stick figure which a young person would draw.You can find this on page 305 par.5
Natnat:
Will you look for another example, please?
A true simile compares two very unlike nouns.
A picture of man in stained glass and a picture of a man from a child's drawing are not that dissimilar--they are both still pictures of people.
"Yes, those windows communicate"this is personification (pg.151).
On page 256 it says "Look- there's a miniature island inside the pool that looks just like a fish flipping it's tail in the air! This is an example of a simile because it compares two things using "like".
On page 180 par.4 it says Outside the tree house window there was a brillant flash of light followed by an immediate bang and growl of thunder.That is a example of personification because thunder can not growl.
whitetailhunter:
"bang" and "growl" are also examples of onomatopoeia :)
"Everything seemed pulled out in a tricky way, like one of those magic boxes where you slide a drawer out, close it, and a dollar bill disappears- only the drawers were still out." This is on pg. 26-27 where Tommy is thinking about the Robie House. This is a similie.
The word ping(which sould be in italics) is a example of a onamonapia.
On page 272 chap.the net Black and white triangles and parallelograms spanned the windows on all sides,and light from the street threw a crosshatch of shadows across the floor, as if a net had been dropped neatly underfoot.
jaws: Will you identify the figurative language, please?
on page69 chap.9 it says"each flower had 5 petals, with the markings on the lower 3. Some looked LIKE clover-shaped butterfly wings,or maybe abstract paintings done with paint brushes as thin AS a hair".
Also on page 274 it says Calder was examining a series of wooden ceiling panels that lined the living room,grilles made up of long, parallel bars with cubes fitted in between at irregular intervals. Then Calder says
"It's LIKE sheet music"
I put LIKE or AS in capital letters because i didn't know how to put them in italics
BUBBLES!!!!!!!!
Will you please tell me what kind of figurative language you found?
I found a simile on page 144 paragraph 2 as an example of figurative language "To his relief all was dark glass, brick, and the hint of flowers in a breeze pulling through the neighborhood like an unseen curtain.
Wow, Tinkerbell... how poetic! The breeze, carrying the fragrance of flowers, moves like an unseen curtain (rustled by a breeze, I assume) through the neighborhood. Nice.
I found on page 144 paragraph 2. To his relief, all was dark glass, brick, and the hint of flowers in a breeze pulling through the neighborhood like an unseen current. This is an example of a simile.
Sorry, chanman, but that's the same simile Tinkerbell found.
Please find another use of figurative language in the text.
On page 4 the book says "coming back to Chicago that June" Tommy felt oddly like a ghost,which is a simile. (Tommy and a ghost are being compared)
"The building seemed to have come alive, twitching in the irritable way an animal does when it wants to get rid of a fly." (page 3)
This is an example of a metaphor.
I understand it looked wonderful,all those round lamps lit like so many moons. On page 264 para.2 this simile is comparing how the many lamps look like moons.
Pg.69 ( Top of the page )Simile. Some looked like clover shaped butterfly wings, or maybe abstract paintings done with a brush as thin as a hair.
I turned in my book so i don't remember what page this simile is on but the simile is "The house looked like a unsteady stack of waffles"
I don't know the page or exact sentence because I turned in my book, but I think it was calder's father who said he saw the house "breathe." This is an example of personification.
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