LiteraryDevices8&9

Rahil9 "...and swung like a monkey from the branches of trees..." pg.44, similee, It means he swang wildly like a monkey. "... **__and at last wheeled westward before the journey was done__**." pg.46, metaphor, it means the sun came down, it wasn't really wheeled down. "... **__but the shade from its brim was so welcome that Winnie put vanity aside and dozed gratefully in Miles's strong arms__**,..." pg.46, metaphor, It means that since the hat was so helpful she decided to not care that she didn't even want it. "... **__and crickets leapt before them as if each step released a spring and flung them up like pebbles__**." pgs.46-47, similee, It means each step they took made the crickets jump like crazy. "... **__dry as a biscuit__**,..." pg.47 similee, It means it was really dry. "... **__and Queen Anne's lace lay dusty on the surface of the meadows like foam on a painted sea__**." pg.47, similee, It means the flower the Queen Anne's lace was spread so far far out it actually looked like the foam on the sea. "... **__and everything was silent and untouched, the ground muffled with moss and sliding needles, the graceful arms of the pines stretched out protectively in every direction__**." pg.47, two metaphors, It means the area was peaceful and quiet, and the moss and sliding needles muffled all footsteps, and the branches of the pine tree stretched out very far. "... **__the last of the sun flashing on the wrinkled surface of a tiny lake__**." pg.48, metaphor, It means the last of the sun's reflection was flashing on the top of lake. "... **__his eyes went soft, and the gentlest smile in the world displaced the melancholy creases of his cheeks__**." pg.48, metaphor, It means as soon as Tuck saw the child he became happier and nicer. "... **__saw an expression there that made her feel like an unexpected present,__**..." pg.49, similee, It means that Tuck was so happy she was like a surprise present.
 * __"Closing the gate on her oldest fears as she had closed the gate on her own fenced yard, she discovered the wings she'd always wished she had__**." pgs.44-45, metaphor, It means when she walked out of her gate, she forgot all her fears and started to be more courageous and explore the outside world.
 * __"The sweet earth opened out its wide four corners to her like the petals of a flower ready to be picked__**,..." pg.45, similee, It means that the earth was now open for her to explore because she is not locked up in her house.
 * __"Nor did they notice that he was following now, beside the road far behind, his mouth above the thin, graybeard, turned ever so slightly toward a smile__**." pg.45, cliffhanger, It is a good cliffhanger because it tells you that the yellow suited man is following them and knows the story but it doesn't tell you what is going to happen next.
 * __"A wide stand of dark pines rose up, loomed nearer__**,..." pg.47, metaphor, It means the pine tree got nearer and nearer.
 * __"The horse followed, turning onto a rutted path lumpy with roots, and it was as if they had slipped in under a giant colander__**." pg.47, similee, it means it was as if the horse had slipped under a colander which is a bowl used to drain liquids in cooking or as if they dissapeared.