Name _____________________________ date ________ period _____ Figurative Language Text Metaphor Imagery Simile A comparison of Words that create a A comparison of two Definition two unlike things vivid picture for a unlike things using reader or another “like,” “as,” comparative word Examples is a snow puddles, at man casts off his “Society “in “a company” twilight, under a years, as the snake his clouded sky” slough” Nature Nature p. 366 How would you define Emerson’s idea of egoism”? “mean Under what circumstances, according to Emerson, does egoism” “mean vanish? In nature, what emotion does Emerson believe replaces egoism”? “mean When does Emerson become a eyeball”? “transparent
Name _____________________________ date ________ period _____ Figurative Language Text Metaphor Imagery Simile Definition A comparison of two unlike things Words that create a vivid picture for a reader A comparison of two unlike things using “like,” “as,” or another comparative word Examples “Society is a company” “in snow puddles, at twilight, under a clouded sky” “a man casts off his years, as the snake his slough” Nature Nature p. 366 How would you define Emerson’s idea of “mean egoism”? Under what circumstances, according to Emerson, does “mean egoism” vanish? In nature, what emotion does Emerson believe replaces “mean egoism”? When does Emerson become a “transparent eyeball”?
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