"The Sieve and the Sand" FIGURES OF SPEECH ! :)

In the second part of the book  FAHRENHEIT 451("The Sieve and the Sand") written by Ray Bradbury, many Literary Devices can be found all throughout the chapter.

                                                             

For example :

1. Personification

    

      

             “"And the smell of blue electricity blowing under the locked door“ Page 68

           

This is a personification because the author is telling that the electricity can blow and smell, which are human characteristics.

This makes me feel suspense and cold because of the words blue, blowing and under the locked door.

2. Oxymoron

                  “It was dead but it was alive. It could see but it couldn’t see“ Page 69

This is an oxymoron because the author is using two contradictory terms together in order to confuse the reader. (Dead-alive) (See-couldn’t see)

This makes me feel scared and curious because I basically don’t know anything about what or who is outside the house.


3. Hyperbole


                           “The subway fled past him“ Page 74

This is a hyperbole because since the train is going really fast, the author is exaggerating by saying it is flying.

This makes me feel suffocation and adrenaline, because I feel like the train is going so fast that I have to catch up with it.

4.Repetition

                                 “Cream-tile, Jet-black, Cream-tile, Jet-black“ Page 74

This is a repetition because the author is trying to make something clear to us so he repeats the same phrases.

This makes me feel clarified, because I understand and can see better what the author meant which I think is the color of the subway.

5.Alliteration

   “Denham’s Dentifrice, Denham’s Dandy Dental Detergent, Denham’s Dentifrice Dentifrice Dentifrice“ Page 75

This is alliteration because the beginning sound of these words is the same throughout the whole sentence.

This makes me feel confused and stressed because there is no sense in this sentence and it is also hard to read and write this without getting confused.

6. Simile

   “He’s a regular peppermint stick now, all sugar-crystal and saccharine“

This is a simile because the author is comparing a person with a peppermint stick in order to show the personality of this person.

This makes me feel good because I am being told that this person is nice so I kind of start liking him.

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