Question

Need help with correcting this-- What did I do wrong?

I understood that the world was nothing: a mechanical chaos of casual, brute enmity on which we stupidly impose our hopes and fears. I understood that, finally and absolutely, I alone exist. All the rest, I saw, is merely what pushes me, or what I push against, blindly—as blindly as all that is not myself pushes back. I create the whole universe, blink by blink.—An ugly god pitifully dying in a tree!
Select one example of figurative language that the author uses in this excerpt. Identify the type of figurative language used and then explain what the figurative language means and analyze what it tells the reader about the story’s narrator. Be sure to use specific details from the excerpt to support your ideas.'

My Answer:

"An ugly god pitifully dying in a tree" is an example of figurative language. This is figurative language because it is using a human characteristic to define something that isn't alive. This example is portraying the fact that this is a depressing or sad time. Obviously this is not an easy time for Grendel, he is coming to the conclusion that this “fantasy world” is just plain mindless and destructive. The use of figurative language in this excerpt specifically targets the idea of sorrow and unhappiness.

Answer 1

@Allison

Answer 2

I know that these are the difference types of figurative language:

Metaphor
Simile
Synecdoche
Hyperbole
Puns
Personification

Answer 3

Right. Did your teacher say it was wrong and you need to redo it or..?

Answer 4

is "An ugly god pitifully dying in a tree" a metaphor?

Answer 5

Yes, she said that I didn't explain what type of figurative language it is, and then said that if you are doing personification it is not a good example

Answer 6

Okay then we can cross out Personification.

Answer 7

Okay we can cross out simile because it does not use like or as

Answer 8

A metaphor doesn't use "like" and "as", that would be a Similie.

Answer 9

Wow x'D good thinking lol

Answer 10

Simile*

Answer 11

Hahaha =)

Answer 12

Yes it would be a metaphor.

Answer 13

Okay. And just give me a second to write a response and then you can check it for me ? If that is alright with you

Answer 14

"An ugly god pitifully dying in a tree" is an example of figurative language. The type of figurative language being used is metaphor. A metaphor is a figure of speech that refers to something as being the same as another thing for rhetorical effect. It may provide clarity or identify hidden similarities between two ideas. IN this case, as the audience, I feel as if there are hidden similarities in this statement with decreased clarity.

Answer 15

how's this

Answer 16

"An ugly god pitifully dying in a tree" is an example of figurative language. The type of figurative language being used is metaphor. A metaphor is a figure of speech that refers to something as being the same as another thing for rhetorical effect. It may provide clarity or identify hidden similarities between two ideas. In this case, as the audience, I feel as if there are hidden similarities in this statement with decreased clarity.

Answer 17

Make the capital "N" a small one and you're good to go. c:

Answer 18

Thank you, and are you sure its metaphor?

Answer 19

Lol I just don't want to hear my teacher saying anything else :P

Answer 20

Oh yeah, I asked a friend, too. ^-^

Answer 21

@Elsa213

Is "An ugly God pitifully dying in a tree" a metaphor?

Answer 22

I believe so. o:

Why would a God be ugly and die in a tree though? e.e

Answer 23

I dunno hun.

@zarkam21 there ya go c:

Answer 24

Thank you sugarplum :S