Relaxing in
a tree, one early spring morning, she decided to write a childhood story of
days spent playing with her father in the field of Oaks behind her family’s home.
She wanted
to use connotations which are feelings that words invoke in addition
to their literal meaning. A connote (of
a word) implies or suggests (an idea or feeling) in addition to the literal or
primary meaning.
She added interest
to her story by including figurative
language; words or expressions with meanings different from their literal
meaning. Figure means to be a significant and noticeable part of something.
She remembered fun conversations they had
about philosophy using analogies. Analogies compare two things, typically on the basis of their structure, for the purpose of
explanation. She could still hear his
voice saying the sweetest analogy she had ever heard, “eyes are the windows to
the soul and you my dear have beautiful eyes.”
She wrote
about her father being a tall lanky man with a child-like soul who always encouraged
her charismatic zest for life and freedom from vanity. He admired her fearless courage and described
it with a simile of it being “as fearless
as a lion’s.” Similes, compare one
thing with another thing of a different kind using “like” or “as”, to make the
description more vivid. It compares
things that are similar.
His heart filled with joy and laughter when she began negotiating
for one of her favorite things on the planet; a big sweet lollipop! He admired her developing wit, so he began using a metaphor to describe how
he loved her sweet nature as much as she loved a big sweet lollipop. Metaphors omit the words “like” and “as” instead
applying a word to an object or
action that is not literally applicable. Meta means “of a creative work” referring to
the conventions of its genre.
A Fathers Daughter
