LiteraryDevice18&19

"And at last he came down from the loft, yawning and rosy, rubbing his curls, just as Mae was **__piling the plates__** with flapjacks." Alliteration, chapter 18, page 89.

"He grinned at Winnie and she lowered her eyes, **__her heart__** thumping." Alliteration, chapter 18, page 90.

"The ceiling swam" is a metaphor because a ceiling can't really swim with bright reflections. It means that there were little spots of light on the ceiling reflected off of the sun. It happens at my house because our chandelier will reflect off rainbows on sunny days. Alliteration, chapter 18, page 90.
 * __"The ceiling swam__** with bright reflections and **__sunlight streamed__** across the dusty, chip-strewn floor."

"She put her plate down carefully on the floor and stood up, **__straightening her skirts__**." Alliteration, chapter 18, page 90.

"He stood for a moment, looking around at them all, **__Mae and Miles__** and Jesse and Tuck, and Winnie, too." Alliteration, chapter 19, page 93.

"I've given **__you your__** chance," shrilled the man in the yellow suit, "and you've refused it." Alliteration, chapter 19, page 99.

__**"His eyes were like blind firepoints**__, his face was twisted." Simile, metaphor, chapter 19, page 99. "His eyes were like blind firepoints" is a simile because the stranger's eyes couldn't //really// be firepoints so it would be a metaphor except since it includes "like" then it is a simile. "His face was twisted" is a metaphor because his face wasn't really twisted. It was distorted and out of shape.

__**"Her strong arms swung the shotgun round her head, like a wheel."**__ Simile, chapter 19, page 100. This is a simile because her arms couldn't really form a wheel around her head. The author is trying to say that Mae was circling her arm over her head. That would be an interesting sight.

__**"And at that very moment, riding through the pine trees just in time to see it all, came the Treegap Constable."**__ Cliffhanger, chapter 19, page 100. This is a cliffhanger because this statement is at the very end of the chapter and it builds suspense because you are thinking- what is the constable going to do to the Tucks?