Razzle Dazzle

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Alliteration: repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words.Example: "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers."

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78	" ...Kino and Juana struggled wearily up the steep slope toward the cleft."	This is a good example of Alliteration because they have the same repeating sound toward the beginning of the words , "steep slope."

Allusion: A reference to a specific person, place, or thing.Example: "She is as pretty as the Mona Lisa."

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19	" Kino lifted the flesh, and there it lay, the pearl, perfect as the moon."	This is a good example of an allusion because it is suggesting that the pearl was a perfect as the moon, which they are suggesting that they are very similar. Even though they aren't the same entirely.
67	"Go thou also with God."	It is a good example of an allusion because it refers to God who is a very known, specific person. So this is an Allusion.

Assonance: Repeated vowel sounds.
Example: "The cat sat on the mat."

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13	"The sea bottom was rich with crawling and swimming and growing things."	This is a good example of Assonance because in the sentence it says,'crawling and swimming and growing things'. This sentence has repeated vowel sounds.

Hyperbole: An extravagant exaggeration.
Example: "My backpack weighs a ton!"

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19	"It was as large as a sea-gull's egg."	This quote is a good example of a hyperbole because it is an over exaggeration of what size the pearl really is.
35	"It is a pearl such as one has never seen."	This quote is a good example because I'm pretty sure someone has seen a larger pearl than the one described in the book, so they exaggerated the size of the Pearl. But i imagine it was pretty large in comparison to other pearls that the other village people have found.
87	"But Kino had become as cold and deadly as steel."	This is a good example of an hyperbole because it contributes to the story and helps the reader know what Kino has become and how he feels and what is going on in the story. It allows you to understand what Kino is going through and helps paint a picture in the reader's mind.

Imagery: Creating pictures for the senses.
Example: "The pitter-patter of the rain against the window."

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82	"...He watched the blue shadow of the mountain move out across the brushy desert below until it reached the gulf,and the long twilight of the shadow was over the land."	It contributes to the book by helping the reader to better understand what is happening in the story and paints a picture in the readers mind and makes the book a more enjoyable read.
8	"... the city of harsh outer walls and inner cool gardens where a little water played and the bougainvillaea crusted the walls with purple and brick red and white."	This Is a good example because it paints a picture of what the city looks like and allows the reader to turn the image into a picture of their own, in what they believe the white city looks like in their mind.
52	"The hum of talk came to him dimly, his rage blood pounded in his ears, and he burst through and strode away."	I believe that this is a good example of imagery because by reading what the author is explaining to you, it is like you are actually in the scene with Kino and you can feel how angry Kino is and how, and why he is reacting in such a way.
60	" The pale moon dipped in and out of the strands of clouds so that Juana walked in darkness for a moment and in light the next."	This is a good example because it feels like you are on the beach with Juana and you can see the moon with her and feel the night sky above you.
19	"The flutes were shining black to brown, and only a few small barnacles adhered to the shell."	This shows good imagery because the author describes the oyster in such a good way to where you could actually see it.

Metaphor: A comparison when one becomes the other.
Example: "The book was a passport to adventure."

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23	"The poison sacs of the town to manufacture venom, and the town swelled and puffed with the pressure of it."	This a good example of a metaphor because it is talking about the town, and is describing it to something without using "like or as".
14	" ... so that sea and land had the sharp clarities and the vagueness of a dream."	This is also a good example of a metaphor because it compares the two without using "like or as" and describes the two as the same thing.

Onomatopoeia: Words whose sound suggests its meaning.
Example: "The bees buzzed."

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28	"He felt alone and unprotected, and scraping crickets and shrilling tree frogs and croaking toads seemed to be carrying the melody of evil."	This is a good example because the author is describing what noise each of the animals make.
18	"For these people did not sleep soundly at night."	This is a good example of an onomatopoeia because the quote says that they did not , "sleep soundly" which means that soundly describes the word sleep in some ways.

Personification: Giving human qualities to ideas and things.
Example: "Her stomach growled."

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10	"His eyes rested in puffy little hammocks of flesh and his mouth drooped with discontent."	This is a good example of a personification because it is suggesting that the eyes really can rest in hammocks, when really they can not because they are stuck in your head.
2	"Behind him Juana's fire leaped into flame and threw spears of light . . . "	This is a good example of personification because it is saying that fire is leaping and throwing items, when really fire can't leap or throw items in real life. It is very descriptive though and helps the reader to better understand what is happening in the story.
57	"His eyes were soft and warm on her then, his hand touched her cheek."	This is a good example of a personification because it says that eyes that eyes have the ability to become soft and warm, and are able to be removed and placed on someone else, when really that is not possible.
49	"Now the dealer's hand had become a personality."	The author shows personification by saying that the dealers hand had become a personality, which is giving the hand a human quality.
65	"The wind blew fierce and strong, and it pelted them with bits of sticks, sand, and little rocks."	This is a good example of a personification because it describes the wind as if it were a person and could actually pelt Kino and Juana with such items.
21	"...The nerves of the town were pulsing and vibrating with the news."	This is a good example of a personification because it's suggesting that a town has nerves and that they are pulsing and vibrating, when really that's not possible. :)

Simile: A comparison using "like" or "as."
Example: "She floated in like a cloud."

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7	"She looked up at him, her eyes as cold as the eyes of a lioness."	This is a good example of a simile because it compares the two items using "like or as"
84	" She peered like an owl from the hole in the mountain . . . "	I believe that thins is a good example of a simile because the passage is describing the two together while using the words "like or as" and describes the image well because it helps you to better understand what is happening in the story, and puts an image in your mind.
87	"But Kino had become as cold and deadly as steel."	This is a good example of a simile because it uses the words "like or as" and helps contribute to the story in a positive way because it helps the reader imagine and see it playing out in their mind.
84	"Kino edged like a slow lizard down the smooth rock shoulder."	This is a good example of a simile because the author is comparing Kino to a lizard. The sentence also is using the word like to describe Kino.
73	"The trackers whined a little, like excited dogs on a warming trail."	The author is comparing the trackers to wild dogs. This sentence is using like, so that the readers know how the author wanted to describe the trackers.
23	"The news stirred up something infinitely black and evil in the town; the black distillate was like the scorpion, or like the hunger in the smell of food, or like loneliness when love is withheld.	This is a good example of a simile because the quote is comparing the different types of things together, but they are using the words, " like or as" to compare them. And they use it several times in this sentence.

Symbol: Representation of somehting complex, general, or abstract.
Example: "The Statue of Liberty symbolizes the democratic ideal."

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21	" - Kino had found the pearl of the world."	This is a good example of symbol because even though it is just a pearl, it symbolizes the hope and longing for a new life, and all the options the pearl can open up for Kino and his family.