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The Pigman Figurative Language Analysis

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Authors all around write stories that make people visualize, without the use of a picture. Authors use figurative language and several other techniques to make everybody see the picture without seeing a picture. The story of “The Pigman” by Paul Zindel has a lot of figurative language to show that you don’t need pictures to help visualize the story. In the story, “The Pigman” the author used forms of figurative language to help visualize the setting and help describe people. The author described Lorraine by using a simile, and explained her saying. “She’s got very interesting green eyes that scan like nervous radar.” Lorraine could be portrayed as very nervous because it’s her first time at the new school and she’s scanning everything like

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