Figurative language is one of the most important elements of any literary texts. It's like the spice and seasoning of a dish, it gives taste to it.
"A Tribute to a Dog" is a speech made by Senator George Graham Vest as his closing argument for his client's dog shot and killed by his neighbor. Some examples of the figurative language used in the text are the following: <span>
♣ </span>He will sleep on the cold ground, where the wintry winds blow and the snow drives fiercely, if only he may be near his master’s side. <span>(Personification)
♣ </span><span>The one absolutely unselfish friend that a man
can have in this selfish world, the one that never deserts him and the one that
never proves ungrateful or treacherous is his dog.</span><span> (Personification)
♣ </span>A man’s dog stands by him in prosperity and in poverty, in health and in sickness (Hyperbole)
♣ <span>He guards the sleep of his pauper master as if he were a prince. (Metaphor)
♣ H</span><span>e is as constant in his love as the sun in its journey to the heavens. (Simile)
These are just a few of the figurative languages used in the text, there' still more. But these ones give more impact to the whole text. It makes it more convincing and meaningful. For sure because of this speech, his side won the case. </span>
Answer:
- Jim: Subject.
- had: verb
- a: article
- party: noun
- To celebrate: verb
- the: article
- Winning season: noun.
Explanation:
The subject of the sentence is a term about which the main subject of the sentence is said. To find this term, just search for the person or object to which the verb (s) of the sentence is referring. Jim threw a party and wanted to celebrate, so Jim is the subject of the sentence.
The verb are the terms that represent an action, a state or a phenomenon of nature. In the sentence shown above, the word "had" represents a state and refers to the verb "to have", while the term "to celebrate" represents an action. Therefore, these two terms are the verbs of the sentence.
The article is the term that is positioned before the nouns, with the objective of classifying them in terms of number, genre or degree. The nouns in the sentence above can be represented by the terms "party" and "winning season", so the articles are "a" and "the".
Nouns are the terms that give names to beings, objects and any element in general. In the sentence above, they are represented by "winning season" and "party".
<span>t this point the loony finished his concert, walked among the tables and after collecting fifty piastres from this one, a lira from that and a "Get disappointed</span>
This makes no scene at all
