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Figurative Languagein Night
Figurative vs. Literal Language
Literal: words mean exactly what they say.
- The car is blue.- He caught the
football.
Figurative: meaning is different from what is says.
- I’ve got your back.- You’re a doll.
Figures of Speech
SimileCompares two unlike things,
using “like” or “as.”
Examples:
- The metal twisted like a ribbon.
- It was as dark as night.
Important:Using “like” or “as” doesn’t make a simile -
a comparison must be made.
- I like pizza.
- The moon is like a pizza.
MetaphorCompares two unlike things without using “like” or “as.”
Examples:
- All the world is a stage.
- Men are dogs.
- Her heart is stone.
Simile or Metaphor?
He drew a line as straight as an arrow.
Simile or Metaphor? Knowledge is a kingdom and all who
learn are kings and queens.
Simile or Metaphor?
The sun was beating down on me.
Simile or Metaphor?The wheat field was a sea of gold.
Simile or Metaphor?She was as white as a ghost.
Handout Example #11. “That night the soup tasted of
corpses.”
Handout Example #11. “That night the soup tasted of
corpses.”
METAPHOR
Compares soup and death - the only two thing the Nazis are giving to the Jewish prisoners.
Handout Example #22. “By eight o’clock in the morning, weariness had settled into our veins, our limbs, our brains, like molten lead.”
Handout Example #22. “By eight o’clock in the morning, weariness had settled into our veins, our limbs, our brains, like molten lead.”
SIMILE
Compares growing tired and molten lead - both are heavy.
Handout Example #33. “As for my mother, she was walking, her face a mask without word, deep in thought.”
Handout Example #33. “As for my mother, she was walking, her face a mask without word, deep in thought.”
METAPHOR
Compares Mother’s face and mask - both wearing concerned
expressions that do not change.
Handout Example #44. “[The conversation] seemed like an eternity to me.”
Handout Example #44. “[The conversation] seemed like an eternity to me.”
SIMILE
Compares a conversation to time - both seem like they will never end.
Handout Example #55. “On my return from the bread distribution, I found my father crying like a child.”
Handout Example #55. “On my return from the bread distribution, I found my father crying like a child.”
SIMILE
Compares father’s crying to a child’s crying - both are full of emotion.
Poster Example #1“I was putting one foot in front
of the other, like a machine.”
This line is an example of a simile. By making himself a synonym to the object of a machine, Elie is making it clear that he was not in control of his own body. At Auschwitz, Elie was now only a number and identical to all of the other prisoners, similar to machines because they have no personality and are identical to all others of their kind.
Poster Example #2"He sat up, bewildered,
stunned, like an orphan...he had suddenly decided to take inventory of his universe, where he was and how and why he was there."
The author uses a simile to help explain the change of mind occurring within his father. Elie compares his father to an orphan. He is showing that Shlomo has minimal understanding of what is occurring and that he is frightened at first.
Poster Example #2"My soul is ashes. It has been
invaded - and devoured - by a black flame."
The author uses a metaphor to compare Elie’s soul and ashes. He feels destroyed, like something ruined by a fire.