Literary+Devices+10&11

Chapter 10 " The Foster women made a fortress of duty" In this Metaphor, the author is saying that the Fosters were making chores huge.p. 50

"An ancient green-plush sofa lolled alone in the center, **__like yet another another mossy fallen log__**." In this simile, the author is saying that the sofa looks like a mossy log. p. 51

"The table with the jar that housed the mouse was pushed off, also alone, into a far corner __**and three armchairs and an //elderly rocker// stood about aimlessly like strangers at a party, ignoring each other**__**.**" In this simile, the author is saying that the room is empty and that there is not much in it, and in this personification it is saying that the rocker is elderly but it can't be elderly because that's a human trait!" p.51

" A bag of cotton batting with wisps of its contents __**like snow drifting into cracks and corners.**__" In this simile, the author is saying that the cotton looks like snow. p. 51

Chapter 11 " In fact he **__seemed supremely__** nice to her now." That is an alliteration.

" I never thought we'd come to the place **__where we'd__** scare children." That is an alliteration. -Pranav

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