Figurative Language Padlet Pd 4 by Mike Bellini

Mr. Bellini

bellini_mike — 2025-02-14 15:29:18 UTC

At the very beginning of the story, the narrator says that "the oriole nest in the elm . . . rocked back and forth like an empty cradle" (Hurst 1). This simile evokes a feeling of emptiness and is used to enhance the sullen mood and foreshadow Doodle's death.

Emma McCullough

mcculloughemma — 2026-02-09 16:32:40 UTC

The narrator describes Doodle's real name by saying, "They named him William Armstrong, which was like tying a big tail on a small kite" (Hurst). This simile shows how everyone in the story thought Doodle would die, and how Doodle was so small and delicate.

Rylie Sillman

2026-02-09 16:32:40 UTC

When the Scarlet Ibis dies, the narrator explains that "it lay on the earth like a broken vase of red flowers..." (Hurst 7). This simile fabricates feelings of broken beauty and alludes to how the narrator will feel when he sees Doodle dead on the ground.

Maisy McDowell

2026-02-09 16:33:47 UTC

After showing his family how to walk, the narrator says, "pride, whose slave I was, spoke to me louder than all their voices..." (Hurst 5). This personification illustrates that the narrator only taught Doodle how to walk for selfish reasons that he can't overcome.

Leah Flowers

2026-02-09 16:34:10 UTC

In the second paragraph of page 8, the narrator says that "The drops stung my face like needles..." (Hurst 8). This is an example of a simile. It conveys a sense of pain and shows how harsh the rainstorm is. This shows how hard the rain was, which led to Doodle being lost.

Addison Mills

2026-02-09 16:34:18 UTC

Around the middle of the story, the narrator stated, " He collapsed onto the grass like a half-empty flour sack" (Hurst 4). The use of this simile creates imagery and allows readers to visualize how Doodle could not hold himself, making him come across as hopeless and helpless, while comparing him to a limp sack of flour.

Harper Cronican

2026-02-09 16:34:20 UTC

At the very end of the story, after Doodle's death the narrator says he was "...sheltering my fallen scarlet ibis from the heresy of rain." (Hurst 8) This metaphor uses a scarlet ibis to symbolizes Doodle.

Anastasia Myshakina

2026-02-09 16:34:42 UTC

After Doodle was taught to walk for the very first time, the narrator states that "He collapsed onto the grass like a half empty flour sack" (Hurst 4). The author uses a simile, comparing Doodle to a sack of flour, to provoke a sense of pity and understanding regarding his physical weakness. An emptied flour sack tends to slump over and lacks structural support, just as Doodle's body is unable to support the strain of walking.

Jack Waterstram

2026-02-09 16:34:50 UTC

After the narrator teaches Doodle to walk, he says, "our laughter pealing through the swamp like a ringing bell" (Hurst 4). This simile conveys a sense of victory. The bells signify that their endeavor was victorious, and they have succeeded in their mission to teach Doodle to walk.

Kassie Elkins

2026-02-09 16:35:13 UTC

In the middle of the story, while they are in Old Woman Swamp, it is stated that, "Promise hung about us like leaves, and wherever we looked, ferns unfurled and birds broke out into songs". (Page 5) This simile represents a mood of calmness and betrayal. It refers to the near end of the story, the narrator leaves Doodle behind, after making a promise that he will never leave him.

Amelia Girasek

2026-02-09 16:35:21 UTC

When hearing a strange noise, the narrator states that, " Doodle stopped eating, with a piece of bread poised ready for his mouth, his eyes popped round like two blue buttons" (Hurst 6). This simile intensifies the feeling of surprise and uncertainty, and relates to the feeling of surprise and uncertainty when Doodle is learning to do physical activity.

Justin Hughes

2026-02-09 16:36:51 UTC

In the short story "The Scarlet Ibis," figurative language is used to help the reader visualize what is happening in the story; this is found on page 6 when the author says, "Doodle stopped eating, with a piece of bread poised ready for his mouth, his eyes popped round like two blue buttons." (Hurst 6) This example of figurative language is a simile because it compares the size of doodles eyes to blue buttons. This is meaningful to the story because it describes the shock that Doodle is experiencing as he sees the scarlet ibis.

Camdyn Cekus

2026-02-09 16:37:25 UTC

While trying to get to the house quickly, the narrator begins to run, but stops dead in his tracks when, "like a bursting Roman candle, a gum tree ahead of us was shattered by a bolt of lightning" (Hurst 8). This simile creates a moment of fear and evokes the suspense of soon impending end to Doodle's life.

Charlotte Glisan

2026-02-09 16:37:36 UTC

When teaching his brother to walk and swim, the narrator says that they "decided to double our efforts, to make that last drive and reach our pot of gold" (Hurst 5). This metaphor makes the reader think that their goal for Doodle to walk and swim was just as important as anything else.

Raelyn Walker

2026-02-09 16:37:39 UTC

While brother and Doodle were practicing Doodle's new skills, they explained that they couldn't stop because "we had both wandered too far into a net of expectations and had left no crumbs behind" (Hurst 5). This metaphor compares their expectations of what Doodle should be able to do to a net, suggesting they're now trapped. It also shows how they have no way to back out because they left no "crumbs" to follow.

Addison Will

2026-02-09 16:37:43 UTC

Near the end of the story, the author states, "like a bursting Roman candle, a gum tree ahead of us was shattered by a bolt of lightning" (Hurst 8). This simile foreshadows the dark ending that the story will conclude in.

Nicole Aquino

2026-02-09 16:38:02 UTC

During the mid part of the story when the Scarlet Ibis dies, the narrator explains, "it lay on the earth like a broken vase of flowers" (Hurst 4). This simile describes the feeling of vulnerability and death. It alluded to the foreshadowing of Doodles death when he died near the tree.

Karina Coll

2026-02-09 16:38:33 UTC

The narrator describes the storm saying, "...like a bursting Roman Candle, a gum tree ahead of us was shattered by a bolt of lightning" (Hurst 8). This simile depicts the relentless severity of the storm and how they can't escape Doodle's death.

Carina Adams

2026-02-09 16:39:11 UTC

On page 4 of "The Scarlet Ibis", the narrator explained, "...it was spring and the sick-sweet smell of bay flowers hung everywhere like a mournful song" (Hurst 4). This simile alludes to the idea that they would soon be mourning the death of Doodle.

Dua Khalid

2026-02-09 16:39:18 UTC

In the story, the narrator says, "They named him William Armstrong, which was like tying a big tail on a small kite" (Hurst 1). This simile conveys a feeling that Doodle was small and weak but had a name for someone who is big and adultlike. It foreshadows that something big is expected from him but everyone thinks he is too small.

Adam Benrabia

2026-02-09 16:39:25 UTC

At the beginning of the second paragraph, the narrator says, ''pride, whose slave I was, spoke to me louder than all their voices'' (Hurst 5). This personification shows how the narrator really didn't help his brother out of his own heart; he did it for his own pride, as he wants to feel a certain satisfaction for helping his brother walk.

Mia Young

2026-02-09 16:39:28 UTC

The narrator describes his reason for helping Doodle to walk by saying, "...pride, whose slave I was, spoke to me louder than all their voices" (Hurst 5). This metaphor illustrates the fact that the narrator didn't care about Doodle's feelings and was instead just embarrassed that his brother couldn't walk. The narrator was too proud to tell his family that he was being selfish rather than selfless in helping Doodle.

Flynn Coleman

2026-02-09 16:40:21 UTC

As the narrator and Doodle were running from the storm, the narrator describes that "the drops stung like needles" (Hurst 8). This simile is used to emphasize just exactly how strong and heavy the rain was coming down, and uses your senses to create the illusion of the rain falling and stinging you.

Annabella Laffey

2026-02-09 16:40:32 UTC

Throughout the story, the narrator has an unspoken protectiveness over his brother Doodle, and as Doodle's abilities begin to progress it becomes known that "Promise hung about us [them] like leaves..." (Hurst 5). This simile puts into perspective and symbolizes the abundance of promises and overall progress in Doodle's physical abilities between the two brothers.

Addy Owen

2026-02-09 16:40:43 UTC

When describing the reason why Doodle was being taught how to walk, the narrator says that "pride is a wonderful, terrible thing, a seed that bears two vines, life and death" (Hurst 4). This metaphor explains how one's pride can cause one to overcome challenges to succeed, but it can also create more danger. In this story, the narrator feels remorseful for Doodle because he is unable to do many ordinary activities, causing him to help Doodle.

Molly McGrath

2026-02-09 16:41:09 UTC

Throughout the story, the author uses descriptive figurative language to better describe the plot of the story. To demonstrate how bad the storm was when the narrator left Doodle, the author relates it to a known object, saying that "The rain was coming, roaring through the pines, and then, like a bursting Roman candle..."(Hurst 6). The type of figurative language presented in this quote was a simile. It is a simile because it uses the word 'like' to compare the storm to roman candles. Roman candles explode, similar to lightning hitting trees.

Kaylee Tietz

2026-02-09 16:41:58 UTC

In the middle of the story, when they saw the bird, the narrator says, "Even death did not mar its grace, for it lay on the earth like a broken vase of red flowers, and we stood around it awed by its exotic beauty" (Hurst 7). This simile displays the brokenness of the Scarlet Ibis, and even when it is dead, you can see its beauty. It also foreshadows the death of Doodle.

Michael Koontz

2026-02-09 16:43:10 UTC

After the parents named their younger son "William," the older brother says, "They named him William Armstrong, which was like tying a big tail on a small kite" (Hurst 1). This simile indicates that William seems like a formal name for someone who can achieve greatness, even though he is years behind his classmates mentally and physically.