Figurative Language

Figurative- representing by a figure or resemblance.

Figure of Speech- a form of expression used to convey meaning or heighten effect often by comparing or identifying one thing with another that has a meaning or connotation familiar to the reader or listener.

Imagery-the product of image makers.

Trope- the use of a word or expression in a figurative sense.

They all have something to do with using better descriptive words so that you can kind of get an image of what noun is.

As the old man approached my friends and me the wind all of a sudden picked up. We started to turn around and walk the other direction but all of a sudden we heard the old man say " Hey you kids." We came to sudden stop. When we turned around there stood a old man that was wearing a beat down blue shirt, some basketball shorts, and had no shoes. It was odd that he was barefoot one of the dirtiest streets in Childress. He asked what we were doing in the middle of the street, but before we had time to reply he said to get over there by the side walk. So as a respectful little boy i grabbed my bicycle and pushed it off to the side of the road.
So there we were standing about a block away from my house wondering what the old man had to say that was so important that he had to interrupt our play time. We were kind of nervous because we didn't know the old man. When everyone had made there way safely to the sidewalk. He approached us with a very disturbed look on his face. He had us line up shoulder to shoulder in a perfect straight line. He paced back and forth from end to end, he stared at us looking us up head to toe. Then all of a sudden he noticed that my friend Patrick had a back pack on. He told Patrick to give him the back pack, but before Patrick could ask why, the old man shouted "Now!".
Patrick took off the back pack and handed it to the old man. As soon as Pat handed him the bag we took off like a bullet shot out of a gun. Everyone made it except Patrick, because as he took off the old man had caught him by the arm and asked " Where do you think your going?". The rest of us had ran around the block and was hiding in the alley watching to see what he was going to do to Patrick. The old man starting going through the backpack like he had lost something in there. All that was in there was a flashlight, shorts, and some deodorant. The old man was acting gibberish. As soon as the old man turned around to set the back pack down Pat took off. He headed to his house, where we met him. We had to take the back way there because the old man was still there. We told Patrick's mom about what happened to us. So she called the police to take care of the problem. The Old Man was arrested, and from that day forward we knew not to ever talk to strangers.

10 nouns- desk, floor, ceiling, wall, board, counter, chair, poster, picture, shirt.
5 adjectives- blue, small, big, wide, white.
3 adverbs- still, quickly, slow.
2 conjunctions- and, but.
3 verbs- jump, run, look.
2 prepositions- above and below.
2 pronouns- he/she.

I was in Mrs. Jenkins class and i noticed that when you lean back in your seat they slide quickly across the white floor. When i'm in her class and i need to think i just look up at the big, white ceiling that's above me. If i don't get any ideas i look at the wide posters and pictures that are sitting still on the wall for help. If my thoughts are coming slow then i go outside run and jump around to get some blood flowing to my brain. As i'm jumping i didn't see these two rabbits, but luckily i didn't land on them. There was a boy rabbit, he was a white with red eyes, the girl looked pretty much the same, but she had purple eyes.

1) I want to graduate highschool.
2) I want to get all-state linebacker.
3) I want to get all-state point guard.
4) I want to play college football.
5) I want to play college basketball.
6) I want to meet George Lopez.
7) I want to meet Lil Wayne.
8) I want to go to a John Mayer concert.
9) I want to play in the NFL.
10) I want to play in the NBA.
11) I want to bench press 340 by my senior year.
12) I want to win state in football and basketball.
13) I want to buy a mansion.
14) I want to buy a Lamborghini.
15) I want to buy a Cadillac Escalade.
16) I want to be able to retire at a decent age.
17) I want to have to kids. ( a boy and a girl)
18) I want to learn how to play the acoustic guitar.
19) I want to win the heisman trophy.
20) I want to get M.V.P. in the NFL or NBA.
21) I want to go on a tour to Jamaica.
22) I want to go on a tour to Japan.
23) I want to go on a tour to Africa.
24) I want to go on a tour to Mexico.
25) I want to go on a tour to Brazil.
26) I want to be able to go and chill on the beach on my days off.
27) I want to go on a cruise.
28) I want to have my own shoes like Michael Jordan.
29) I want to own my own company.
30) I want to get some tattoos.
31) I want to get my tongue pierced.
32) I want to stay in touch with all my high school friends.
33) I want to save someones life.
34) I want to have a stadium or gym named after me.
35) I want to create something that is useful that no one would ever think of.
36) I want to be a barber.
37) I want to put my kids through school.
38) I want to see my grandchildren.
39) I want to watch a Anderson Silva Fight.
40) I want to have a holiday named after me.
41) I want to be a billionaire.
42) I want to be sarcastic all the time.
43) I want to play the guitar with John Mayer.
44) I want to be C.S.I. agent for a little while.
45) I want to shoot a a.k. 47.
46) I want to shoot a rocket launcher.
47) I want to be able to dunk the basketball.
48) I want to meet Ray Lewis.
49) I want to shoot around with Carmelo Anthony.

I was in acture last night at the football game. I was like the arch out there leading my troops to battle. When we stepped on that field we had the assurance that we were gonna win. As we cantled through the hawks, we conveyed the rest of the game.

[Thou art] a pipe for Fortune's finger to sound what stop she please.

I think it means to make a her happy you have to tell her what she wants to hear.

I was in the 2ND grade, in Mrs. Matteson's class. Its all everyone talked about for the next couple a weeks. I remember seeing families on television crushed because of their loss. It was one of the most devastating things in U.S. History. Twenty years from now i do think we will still remember 9/11, because it was historic. It wasn't as big as World War 1 or World War 2, but it was a big deal. I just think it won't be as big of deal as it is now, but it will always be remembered. The terrorists attacked the America because they know that we are one of the, if not the strongest country in the world, and they feel threatened by that kind of power. They wouldn't attack any other countries because they don't feel that threat that one day if we screw up than they might come over here and take over our country, and it's like that in everything, someone always wants to knock of the top dogs, and that's what America is, we are the top dogs. I don't know of anyone that was directly affected, but i do know it was sad for all the families who had losses from 9/11. If i were to write a story about 9/11 it would be from my point of view, and i would tell what it was like to be 7 year old boy in the United States when that happened.

Edifice
The Edifice was so tall that it overshadowed the entire town.