Rough Draft Words, when in the right order, can tell the mightiest of stories, tallest tales, and most complex stories. The process of constructing sentences, molding words with emotion is an art, a skill. This art is done a countless amount times between authors, in the form of figurative language. They use many forms of figurative language, like metaphors and extended metaphors repeatedly to create a definitive affect, like Charles Dickens’ “Great Expectations” and Harper Lee’s “To Kill A Mockingbird”. In these books, they repeatedly use extended metaphors to create a lasting effect on the reader. The use of a metaphor in a form a paragraph or elongated it is done a lot in many books, as a technique to convey something to the reader. For example, in the novel To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee uses metaphors and extended metaphors to give the reader almost a glimpse into their characters perspectives. This is evident when in chapter 6 Jem says “The back porch was bathed in moonlight, and the shadow, crisp as toast, moved across the porch toward Jem”. From this the author can create and effect on the reader as to their perspective of the scene. When they …show more content…
A prime example of this is in the book Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. IN his book he uses metaphors to create an emotion in the readers. For instance, in chapter 7 when Pip says “But in the funeral room, with that figure of the grave fallen back in the chair fixing its eyes upon her, Estella looked more bright and beautiful than before.” The figure of grave fallen stands for Mrs. Havisham vengeful side. This can give the reader an emotional effect on the book. In addition while describing Estella, Pip says "She really was a most charming girl, and might have passed for a captive fairy, whom that truculent Ogre, Old Barley, had pressed into his service." The reader now feels an emotional connection to Estella by describing