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Figurative Language In The Necklace

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Went to a fancy party? Had everyone look at you? Lost Something? Sound Familiar? Well it should. The necklace is just like Cinderella. Well maybe not exactly like Cinderella. Now in the following essay you will understand more about the authors use of imagery and other types of figurative language written in The Necklace. The necklace uses various examples of figurative language The author uses various examples of figurative language. The author gives us this description of how Mme.Loisel feels when she supposedly can’t go to the ball. “ He stopped, distracted, seeing that his was crying. Two great tears descended slowly from the corners of her mouth.” This quote is significant to me because the author uses imagery to express how she felt in this moment. This is just one example. Other examples of how he uses imagery is in the next quote. “ She danced madly, ecstatically, drunk with pleasure, with no thought for anything, in the triumph of her beauty…” The importance of this quote is that Mathilde is happy and she’s not really a happy person. So the author captures this moment.These quotes gave you a sense of the figurative language the author uses in “The Necklace.” …show more content…

Here are more examples. The following quote is an example of personification. “... of tapestry which peopled the walls with ancient personages…” This is a significant quote because he uses personification that llllllets you understand his description better. The next example of figurative language is a hyperbole. “What!-how!- Impossible!!” This quote is a very good example because it's not impossible to lose something. He was over exaggerating. He was really nervous that it was lost. These are just some examples of how the author uses figurative

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