Fault In Our Stars Essay 
Zachary Madison
Mrs. Rich
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11/21/14
Figurative Language in The Fault in our Stars
Authors use figurative language because it helps the reader describe the character or the place. Such as symbolism; this defines an item in a story. It could be a picture of something or it could be something. Metaphors are a figure of speech containing an implied comparison. John Green, author of The Fault In our Stars, uses figurative language; including metaphors and symbolism to define various aspects of Hazel and Augustus battling cancer. This allows the reader to connect more easily with the novel. Figurative language is used to express a meaning that is different from its literal meaning. “You’ll live forever in our hearts, big man” (Page 264). You may be gone but you will live forever in our memory. Figurative language is an informal speech. Authors use figurative language because without it the author couldn’t explain things easier to the reader. It also keeps the reader interested depending on the type of figurative language. It can compare two things to each other, or help describe things. "As blind as a bat" indicating that the person cannot see any better than a bat”. Many different types of literary devices help create word pictures for the reader
Metaphors state a fact; saying you are something. A metaphoric use is used by Augustus Waters to show that he is in control. Hazel gets frustrated at Augustus because he put a cigarette in his mouth, but she doesn’t realize that he doesn’t light it. “You put the killing thing right between your teeth, but you don’t give it the power to do its killing” (Page 20). Augustus has a pack of cigarettes in his pocket; it shows that he is in power over his body. John Green uses metaphors to describe people or any object. An example of how an author could use a metaphor could be, “It’s raining men” men do not literally pour from the sky. Symbolism is a main type of figurative language; it represents an item in the story. Hazel has
Mrs. Rich
G
11/21/14
Figurative Language in The Fault in our Stars
Authors use figurative language because it helps the reader describe the character or the place. Such as symbolism; this defines an item in a story. It could be a picture of something or it could be something. Metaphors are a figure of speech containing an implied comparison. John Green, author of The Fault In our Stars, uses figurative language; including metaphors and symbolism to define various aspects of Hazel and Augustus battling cancer. This allows the reader to connect more easily with the novel. Figurative language is used to express a meaning that is different from its literal meaning. “You’ll live forever in our hearts, big man” (Page 264). You may be gone but you will live forever in our memory. Figurative language is an informal speech. Authors use figurative language because without it the author couldn’t explain things easier to the reader. It also keeps the reader interested depending on the type of figurative language. It can compare two things to each other, or help describe things. "As blind as a bat" indicating that the person cannot see any better than a bat”. Many different types of literary devices help create word pictures for the reader
Metaphors state a fact; saying you are something. A metaphoric use is used by Augustus Waters to show that he is in control. Hazel gets frustrated at Augustus because he put a cigarette in his mouth, but she doesn’t realize that he doesn’t light it. “You put the killing thing right between your teeth, but you don’t give it the power to do its killing” (Page 20). Augustus has a pack of cigarettes in his pocket; it shows that he is in power over his body. John Green uses metaphors to describe people or any object. An example of how an author could use a metaphor could be, “It’s raining men” men do not literally pour from the sky. Symbolism is a main type of figurative language; it represents an item in the story. Hazel has