Figurative Language In Charlotte's Web

As the plot flows, the setting does as well, wherever Wilbur goes the setting of the story changes. Wilbur is born as the runt on the Fern’s family’s farm, as Wilbur grows, Fern must sell him to her uncle. As the plot builds the main setting in between the barn yard on the Zuckerman’s farm, and at the state fair where Wilbur is praised and saved from death. The use of figurative language helps define the setting, the text conveys to the reader the universal feeling of being on the farm. Readers can almost smell the farm, when the author uses the metaphor, “and the wonderful sweet breath of patient cows”. Due to the language in the book, readers are put into Wilbur’s world, able to imagine the barn and the breeze on the farm. The free verses used help readers experience the story as Wilbur does. For children whom live in the city, this book is great at giving children the experiences they would otherwise not be able to experience.

There are many indicators of time in the story of Charlotte’s Web, the simile about the grass looking like a magic carpet indicates the time of year when dew develops. Another way the author conveys time is the

Simile’s are used to compare two things. Figurative language can convey details and characters’ feelings through the texts. “The grass looked like a magic carpet” is a simile used to describe the mildew in the spring and how everything was wet from it. Along with similes and personification, there are the use of metaphors. Many of the metaphors in Charlotte’s Web are to describe something about the location and surroundings. Such as describing the barn by comparing it with certain smells. Metaphors are used to compare things without using the words like or as. The majority of figurative language counterparts are examples of personification. In Charlotte’s Web, the use of personification is