Explain how figurative language helps develop meaning in The Color Purple. Use one specific example to support your answer.
Explain how a specific example of figurative language in The Color Purple helped reveal a character's emotions. Provide the example then explain its effect.
What literary device does the excerpt below show?
"You got to fight. You got to fight"
What literary device does the excerpt below show?
"Shug Avery was a woman. The most beautiful woman I ever saw. She more pretty then my mama. She bout ten thousand times more prettier then me. I see her there in furs. Her face rouge. Her hair like somethin tail."
How does this use of metaphor impact the tone of the passage?
"The air felt heavy around her"
The tone is...
How does this simile impact the tone of the passage/
"He beat me like he beat the children"