Onaomatopoeia- When Pi blows the whistle at Richard Parker the sound is "TREEEEE!" pg. 165 Simile- "I was now as guilty as Cain."-Pi(pg 183). When Pi kills a fish, he compares himself to how Cain killed his brother, Able.
Simile "It was surging from below like a riotous crowd..." "It was as unbelievable as the moon catching fire." Page 103
Hyperbole "...the paperwork involved in trading a shrew weighs more than an elephant, the paperwork involved in trading an elephant weighs more than a whale, and that you must never try to trade a whale, never." Page 89
Synesthesia "...long, black hair..." "...lovely white teeth..." "Bright dark eyes..." Page 80
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"Spread over numberless acres.."
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"...were it not for the beef-eating pink boy.."
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"...with a neck like a tree trunk.."
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ReplyDeleteWhen Pi blows the whistle at Richard Parker the sound is "TREEEEE!" pg. 165
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"I was now as guilty as Cain."-Pi(pg 183). When Pi kills a fish, he compares himself to how Cain killed his brother, Able.
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"It was as unbelievable as the moon catching fire."
Page 103
Hyperbole
"...the paperwork involved in trading a shrew weighs more than an elephant, the paperwork involved in trading an elephant weighs more than a whale, and that you must never try to trade a whale, never."
Page 89
Synesthesia
"...long, black hair..."
"...lovely white teeth..."
"Bright dark eyes..."
Page 80
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ReplyDelete"Life on a lifeboat isn’t much of a life. It is like an end game in chess, a game with few pieces."
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"The lower you are, the higher your mind will want to soar."
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"Above me stood a shifting roof of green leaves that let in shafts of sunlight."
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"My tongue began to tremble as if it were a finger flipping through a dictionary, trying to find a long-forgotten word."
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"...his face rested next to the stern, paws right next to his head, looking as if were playing hide-and-seek..."
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"...soft green algae that clung to the lifejackets."
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