Prompt:
Sue Monk Kidd (the author of Secret Life of Bees) is a figurative
language master. She uses a variety of literary and figurative language
elements. These include:
* Simile
* Metaphor
* Personification
* Alliteration
* Allusion (biblical, historical, literary)
* Onomatopoeia
* Rhetorical Questions
* Foreshadowing
Response Requirement:
Find four examples of literary devices throughout your reading. Use your sticky notes to aid you in posting.
* Identify first THE ELEMENT, then the quote, the page number, and why you believe it is a specific element.
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ReplyDelete"...and flew circles around the rom, making that propeller sound, a high-pitched zzzzzz that hummed along my skin."
This is onamotapia on page 1.
In the text, the zzzzzz is in italics.
"I watched their wings shining like bits of chrome in the dark and felt the longing build in my chest."
This is a simile on page 1
Uses the word "like" while comparing the bees wings to bits of chrome.
"During the day, I heard them tunneling through the walls of my bedroom, sounding like a radio tuned to the static in the next room..."
This is a simile on page 1
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1.)Simile & Metaphor "She had a big round face and a body that sloped out from her neck like a pup tent, and she was so black that night seemed to seep from her skin." pg.2 I believe this is a simile because first she is comparing her body to a pup tent, using like or as. She then compared the color of her skin to night. This was a metaphor because it was a comparison not using like or as.
2.)Personification "Lightning came, not jagged but in soft, golden licks across the sky." pg.23 I believe this is personification because it is saying that the lightning is licking the sky. This is giving lightning a human ability.
3.)Personification "So quiet it amounted to nothing
Week 1 Option 4 Paint Me a Picture
ReplyDelete1.)Simile & Metaphor "She had a big round face and a body that sloped out from her neck like a pup tent, and she was so black that night seemed to seep from her skin." pg.2 I believe the first part of this is a simile becuase she is comparing Rosaleen's body to a pup tent, using like or as. The second part is a metaphor because she is comparing Rosaleen's skin to the night, not using like or as.
2.)Personification "Lightning came, not jagged but in soft, golden licks across the sky." pg.23 I beleive this is personification because it is saying that lightning is licking the sky. It is giving lightning a human ability.
3.)Personification "So quiet it amounted to nothing but a snap of air, and that was the strangeness of it, how a small sound like that could fall across the whole world." pg.33 I believe this is personification because it said that air was snapping and that sound fell. It gave air and sound human abilities.
4.)Simile "There was Rosaleen, grabbed and thrashing side to side, swinging the men like pocketbooks on her arms, and the men yelling for her to apologize and clean their shoes." pg.32 I believe this is a simile because it is comparing the way Rosaleen swung the men to swinging a pocketbook, using like or as.
1)Simile- "Water beaded across her shoulders, shining like drops of milk, and her breasts swayed in the currents." Pg. 55. This is a simile because it is comparing two things using "like"
ReplyDelete2)Personification- "When the darkness had pulled the moon to the top of the sky, i got out of bed, put on my shorts and sleeveless blouse, and glided past T.Ray's room in silence, sliding my arms and legs like a skater on ice." Pg. 22. Personification because the darkness is pulling the moon to the top of the sky (human quality).
3)Simile- "Her mouth opened when she saw us,and her tongue curled out like a misplaced comma." Pg. 48. Simile because it's comparing the woman's tongue to a comma using "like".
4)Rhetorical question- "Was i paranoid to think that when she'd said human beings,what she really meant was me?" Pg. 77. Doesn't really intend for the person to answer, but rather think about it and make an inference about the situation.
Simile. On page one. "I watched their wings shining like bits of chrome in the dark and felt the longing build in my chest." This is a simile because it compares the wings shining with bits of chrome in the dark using like.
ReplyDeleteSimile. On page one. "During the day, I heard them tunneling through the walls of my bedroom, sounding like a radio tuned to the static in the next room..." This is a simile because it compares the buzzing of the bees with a radio with static using like.
Simile & Metaphor. On page two. "She had a big round face and a body that sloped out from her neck like a pup tent, and she was so black that night seemed to seep from her skin." This is a simile because it compares her bid round face and body that slopes out from her neck with a pup tent using like. It is also a metaphor because it compares her dark skin with night without using like or as.
Simile. On page twenty-nine. “I swear the women looked exactly like her, with woolly braids, blue-black skin, narrow eyes, and most of her concentrated in her lower portion, like an eggplant.” This is a simile because it compares the extra weight in the lower portion of her body with an eggplant using like.
1) Alliteration “…clumps of Hereford cows, chewing…” pg. 59 I think that this is alliteration because the beginning of three words in the same sentence starts with “c”.
ReplyDelete2) Metaphor “Suddenly I felt ice cold, as if something dangerous had slipped into the room.” Pg. 39 I think this is a metaphor because as is used to compare something in a sentence.
3) Metaphor “…I took the pillows from underneath the bedspread and placed them around me like I was making an inner tube that might keep me afloat.” Pg. 40 I think this is a metaphor because as is used to compare something in a sentence.
4) Foreshadowing “On leaving the old nest, the swarm normally flies only a few miles and settles. Scout bees look for a suitable place to start the new colony. Eventually, one location wins favor and the whole swarm takes to the air. ” --Bees of the World pg. 34 I think this is foreshadowing because the quote about bees gives a hint about what is going to happen with the characters in the chapter.
"The Bees made propeller sounds around my head..."
ReplyDeleteThis is personification because bees aren't helicopters so they cant make propeller sounds.
"The grits felt like glass under my knees..."
This is a simile because is uses like or as in comparison to something.
"I heard them tunneling through the walls of my bedroom,sounding like a radio tuned to static..."
This is a simile because it uses like or as in comparison to something.
"I wanted to say they showed up like angels when the baby Gabriel was born."
This is a simile because it uses like or as in comparison to something.
1. Simile "Of course everybody jumped up like she was an unpinned grenade and tried to quiet her, but it was too late" pg. 89 It's a similie because it used "like"
ReplyDelete2. Personification "Pinewoods stretched beyond the honey house in every direction" pg. 79 it's a personification because the pinecones really aren't stretching, so the pinewoods are given a human characteristic
3. Onomatopoeia "How bees squeezed through the cracks of my bedroom wall and flew circles around the room, making a high- pitched zzzzzz that hummed along my skin" pg. 1 It's onomotopoeia because zzzzzz is a noise that's being made
4. Personification "My heart did flip-flops" pg. 54 it's a personification because the heart was given a human characteristic
==Personification==
ReplyDelete"I rose to my feet. 'That's not fair!' Anger sucked the air from my lungs."
On page 53, this example of personification uses anger, an emotion, and gives it a living ability, the ability to "suck".
"When I looked up, I saw a crop duster plunging his little plane over a field of growing things, behind him a cloud of pesticides parachuting out."
This quote on page 60 demonstrates the element of personification well; it takes pesticides, a chemical, and describes it as "parachuting", a human action.
"I watched the currents meander, the lazy ripples that once in a while broke the surface."
This example of personification on page 80 is concentrated on a river, and the ripples in particular. Sue Monk Kidd describes the ripples as "lazy", and lazy is a human quality.
==Metaphor==
"In one week my skinny arms and legs began to plump out and the frizz in my hair turned to silken waves."
On page 84, this example shows a metaphor when the frizz in Lily's hair turns to silken waves. It is comparing two things without like or as, so it is nto a simile, and Sue Monk Kidd is using waves as a comparison to Lily's newly smoothed hair.
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Language Arts, Period 7
March 18, 2011
Option 4, Week 1
Simile: “A barge of mist floated along the water, and dragonflies, iridescent blue ones, darted back and forth like they were stitching up the air.” pg.57. I believe this is a simile because it compares the dragonflies darting back and forth to stitching up the air. It is comparing two unlike things using the word “like”.
Personification: “When I looked up through the web of trees, the night fell over me, and for a minute I lost my boundaries, feeling like the sky was my own skin and the moon was my heart beating up there in the dark.” pg.23. I believe this is a personification because it makes the night seem human like by falling over Lily.
Rhetorical Question: “And who would ever think to look for us there?” pg.43. I believe this is a Rhetorical Question because she is not talking with anyone, she is just thinking to herself and no one is expected to answer her question.
Foreshadow: “I heard a voice say, Lily Melissa Owen, your jar is open.” pg.41. I believe this is a foreshadow because at that point you don’t know exactly what she is going to do, but you get a hint about what she might do. The quote “…your jar is open” foreshadows that Lily will leave T. Ray.
1. Allusion. "She was one of those figures that had leaned out from the front of the ship in olden times, so old she could have been on the Santa Maria with Columbus for all I knew." pg. 70 This is an example of allusion because they refer to Columbus aboard the Santa Maria.
ReplyDelete2. Metaphor and Simile. "She was black as could be, twisted like driftwood from being out in the weather, her face a map of all the storms and journeys she'd been through." pg. 70 I believe this is a metaphor because she said compared the face to a map without using like or as. This is also an example of a simile because it compared the statue being twisted to driftwood out in the weather. It was also compared using 'like'.
3. Personification. ""Lileeee!" he shouted, and I saw his shadow plunge towards me across the ground." pg 23. I believe this is a personification because it gave an abstract object an action of plunging towards Lily.
4. Personification. ""Lily! Li-leeeee!" I heard his voice sailing along the floorboards of the house." pg 42. I believe this is a personification because a non living object is given human qualities. IN this case, a voice sails along the floorboard.
“We stood on the porch in the pink light shining off the house. June bugs flickered all around, and music notes floated from inside, sounding like a violin, only a lot sadder.”
ReplyDeleteThis quote was found on page 68. The element is personification and a simile. I believe it is personification because it’s giving a human trait to a non living item. It says, and music notes floated from inside. “Sounding like a violin, only a lot sadder,” That is a simile because it’s comparing using like or as. It’s comparing the music notes to the violin.
“Twice she disappeared in the fogged billows, and then gradually reemerged like a dream rising up from the bottom of the night.” This quote was found at the bottom of page 67. This is a simile because it’s comparing using like or as. It’s comparing how she disappeared and then her reemerging like a dream.
“She walked on puddles like they were Persian carpets.” This was found on page 75. This is another simile because it’s comparing using like or as. It’s talking about how she walks on puddles and comparing it to Persian carpets.
“I stood on the screen porch that jutted off the back of the kitchen and watched the clouds bruise dark purple over the treetops and the wind whip the branches.” This was found on the bottom of page 74. This is personification because its giving human qualities to non living things. For example, the clouds bruise dark purple over the treetops and the wind can’t really whip the branches. It’s giving it more emphasis to show that it was windy instead of just saying it’s windy. As you can see, Sue Monk Kidd has a very creative mind and it all shows in her ways of figurative language. She is a great writer and makes this book super interesting.
1.) Personification: “ I undid the buttons on my shirt and opened it wide, just wanting the night to settle on my skin…” pg. 23. I think that this is personification because it is like the night is making her blanket. It is giving the night a human trait.
ReplyDelete2.) Simile: “I watched how they orbited the space in the jar, around and around like they’d missed the exit.” Pg. 26. I think this is a simile because it is comparing the bees, to the way they were flying in space.
3.) Simile: “I watched their wings shining like bits of chrome in the dark…” Pg.1. I think this is a simile because it is comparing the wings to the chrome, using “like.”
4.) Onomatopoeia: “… making that propeller sound, a high pitched zzzzz that hummed along my skin. Pg 1. This is onomatopoeia because the”zzzzzz” is the sound of the bees.
1. This is a simile. “During the day, I heard them tunneling through the walls of my bedroom, sounding like a radio tuned to the static in the next room, and I imagined them in there turning the walls into honey-combs, with honey seeping out for me to taste.” This quote is on page 1. Lilly is telling us how she hears the bees through the walls of her room. She compares the sounds of their humming to the sound of a radio using the word like.
ReplyDelete2. Also on page 1 there is a Onomatopoeia. “At night I would lie in bed and watch the show, how bees squeezed through the cracks of my bedroom wall and flew circles around the room, making that propeller sound, a high-pitched zzzzzzzzzzzz that hummed along my skin.” Lilly is explaining how bees come out of her walls and make humming noises. The author puts the “zzzzzzz” in italics so you know that is the sound the bees are making.
3. This is a metaphor. “My hair was constantly going off in eleven directions, and T. Ray, naturally, refused to buy me bristle rollers, so all year I’d had to roll it on Welch’s grape juice cans, which nearly turned me into a insomniac.” This quote was found on page 3. Lilly was comparing the Welch’s rollers in to make her a insomniac. She did this without using like or as which makes the quote a metaphor.
4. This is a simile. “I swear the women looked exactly like her, with woolly braids, blue-black skin, narrow eyes, and most of her concentrated in her lower portion, like an eggplant.” This quote is from page 29. I believe this is a simile because Lily is comparing the picture of Rosaleen’s mother to Rosaleen. Lily says they both have lower potions that look like egg plants. She used the word like which makes it a simile.
Simile, “For a moment everything got still and quiet, as if the wind had died and the birds had stopped flying.” Page 17. It is a simile because stillness and quietness is being compared to the sound of wind dieing and stopping of birds flying. Also it compares them using 'as'.
ReplyDeleteForeshadowing, “When April died, something in May died, too.” Page 97. This is foreshadowing because it foreshadows May's suicide, since April and May were twins and were spiritually connected.
Simile, “I didn't know what to think, but what I felt was magnetic and so big it ached like the moon had entered my chest and filled it up.” Page 70. It is a simile because it compares the aching she feels with a moon that entered her chest, while comparing the two with the word 'like'.
Alliteration, “I moved after her, sliding as she slid, sitting as she sat.” Page 33. The quote is alliteration because of the last 8 words of the quote, six of them start with a 's'. The two other words end in 's'.
1) Allusion-"...The president of the United States signed the Civil Rights Act into law in the East Room of the White House..." pg 20. I believe this is an allusion because the author references the Civil Rights Act.
ReplyDelete2) Simile-"During the day, I heard them tunneling through the walls of my bedroom, sounding like a radio tuned to static in the next room..." pg 1. I believe this is an example of a simile because the author is comparing the sound of the bees tunneling to the sound of a radio with static in the next room.
3) Onomatopoeia-"...making at propeller sound, a high-pitched zzzzzz that hummed along my skin" pg 1. I believe this is in onomatopoeia because the Zs are written out and it is a sound.
4) Personification-" Lightniing came, not jagged but in soft, golden licks across the sky" pg 23. I believe this is a example of personification because teh author is giving lightning a human ablilty.
"I wanted to lie down in the orchard and let it hold me"
ReplyDeletePersonification on page 22
It gives the orchard human qualities.
"But the bees remained there, like planes on a runway not knowing they've been cleared for takeoff."
A simile on page 28
It is comparing the bees and an airplane using "like".
"I swear the woman looked exactly like her, with wooly braids, blue-black skin, narrow eyes, and most of her concentration in her lower portion, like an eggplant."
A simile on page 29
It is comparing the woman to an eggplant using "like".
"The sound of his boots banging down the stairs drifted away, and I took the pillows from underneath the bedspread and placed them around me like i was making an inner tube that might keep me afloat."
A simile on pages 39 and 40
It is comparing the pillows to an inner tube using "like".
Sue Monk Kidd uses many figures of speech in The Secret Life of Bees. One example of allusion is “Next to Shakespeare I love Thoreau best. This allusion is found on page 57. It is an allusion because it is making a reference to authors. A simile used is “My knees had been tortured like this enough times in my life that i’d stopped thinking of it as out of the ordinary; it was just something you had to put up with from time to time, like the common cold.” This simile on page 50 is a simile because she is comparing the common cold to kneeling on grits, using lik
ReplyDelete1) This literary element is a simile on page one. “During the day I heard them tunneling through the walls of my bedroom, sounding like a radio tuned to static in the next room.” This is a simile because it compares the bee’s sounds to an un-tuned radio using like.
ReplyDelete2) This literary element is a metaphor on page two. “… and she was so black that night seemed to seep from her skin.” This is a metaphor because it compares Rosaleens skin to the night, without using like or as.
3) This literary element is an allusion on page two. “I want to say they showed up to like the angel Gabriel appearing to the Virgin Mary.” This is an allusion because it is comparing how the bees came to Lily like a gift, to how Angel Gabriel came to the Virgin Mary.
4) This literary element is a personification on page six. “ Her hair was black and generous…” This is a personification because it gives Lily’s mother’s hair the human trait of being generous.
Similie.
ReplyDelete"I watched their wings shining like bits of chrome in the dark and felt the longing build in my chest."
This is a simile on page 1
Uses the word "like" comparing the bees wings to bits of chrome.
Similie.
"During the day, I heard them tunneling through the walls of my bedroom, sounding like a radio tuned to the static in the next room..."
This is a simile on page 1
Uses the word "like" comparing the sound to a radio.
Metaphor.
"Virgin Mary is the mother of all women."
This is a metaphor on page 97.
Tyis is a metaphor because it is presuming that Virgin Mary is the mother to all women.
Similie.
"I found him inside hokding a honey drizzle like a microphone."
This is a similie because they are comparing the honey drizzle to a microphone.
Simile- “ August said it could make your fishing line float, your button thread stronger, your furniture shinier, your stuck window glide, and your irritated skin glow like a baby’s bottom.”
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It is a simile because skin is being compared to a baby’s bottom.
Metaphor – “I thought how nice it would be to grow smaller and smaller- until I was a dot of nothing.”
Pg. 111
It is a metaphor because she is comparing herself to a dot of nothing because she feels small.
Simile- “Drawing it back, I looked around me, and it was like seeing everything through a train’s thick window.”
Pg.111
It is a simile because she is comparing her vision to looking through a trains thick window.
Onomatopoeia- “At night I would lie in bed and watch the show, how bees squeezed through the cracks of my bedroom wall and flew circles around the room, making that propeller sound, a high-pitched zzzzzz that hummed along my skin.”
Pg. 1
It is onomatopoeia because it uses zzzzzz to describe the sound of bees.
Simile: ''I watched their wings shining like bits of chrome in the dark and felt the longing build in my chest." Pg. 1 it uses like to compare two things.
ReplyDeleteMetaphor: "She was so black that night seemed to seep from her skin." pg. 2I She is comparing Rosaleen's skin tone to the nights without using like or as.
Personification: "I don't remember what they said, only the fury of their words, how the air turned raw and full of welts." pg. 7 This is personification because it is giving an inanimate object human qualities. In this case it is the air.
Simile: "When she stepped in the room, her scent floated to out to me, dark and spicy like the snuff she packed inside her cheek." pg. 11 It is a simile because she is comparing Rosaleen's scent to the snuff without using like or as.