The document provides an analysis of the literary devices used in a prose passage and a poem, along with a comparative exploration of these devices in terms of their function and meaning. In the prose passage, the identified devices include simile, personification, metaphor, alliteration, and image...
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Identify 5 literary devices from the above prose text and discuss how they function /
work within the passage. (500 words)
Literary devices in the prose passage:
Simile: The passage contains several similes, such as "like revolving wheels," "like
cobwebs," and "like sequins." These similes create vivid and imaginative
descriptions, allowing the reader to visualize the scenes more clearly.
Personification: The stream is personified as it is described as "crawling over the
small stones" and "blinking and twinkling like sequins." Personification gives human
qualities to the stream, making it more relatable and engaging for the reader.
Metaphor: The farmhouse is described as "grim" and "grey," with the imagery of it
squatting and frowning. This metaphorical language creates a negative and
foreboding atmosphere, reflecting Samantha's feelings and setting the tone for her
experience at her aunt's house
, LOLA JACOBS ASSIGNMENTS 0618151315
ENG 2614 - Assignment 03 Unique Assignment No: 780527
Due Date: 17 July 2023
Question 1.
Read the prose passage (text 1) and poem (text 2) supplied below carefully, and
answer the questions that follow.
Text 1 - Prose
The curlews circled down, down, down like revolving wheels. Crying and calling to
their young hiding in the grass, which peeped softly in return. The stream that
passed near the nesting area splashed and swished as it crawled over the small
stones that lined its bed. A breeze lightly touched the field and the reeds along the
stream bowed and bobbed as if paying their respects. Samantha watched this scene
contemplatively as she sat on the fence at the bottom of the field slowly swinging her
legs. She had come to stay with her aunt who live in the grim, grey farmhouse which
seemed to squat and frown behind her. At twelve years old, Samantha was slim with
large soulful, sad eyes. Her hair, lion tawny, made her hazel eyes appear amber.
Strands of her hair drifted on the breeze touching her like cobwebs. She stared at the
stream which blinked and twinkled like sequin, like those on her mother’s frivolous
evening gown. Samantha had been unceremoniously left at her aunt’s whilst her
parents went away on holiday. She could still hear the ghastly gaiety of her mother’s
laugh as the two of them drove away. Her aunt had always made Samantha uneasy.
She had beady, bright eyes like a magpie, was twig thin, with long taloned hands
with which she, scratch, scratch, scratched at herself. At night
Samantha was convinced it was her aunt’s talons that squealed and scraped down
the bedroom windowpane, a threat which frightened her. It made sleep difficult. An
early riser, Samantha could escape through the kitchen door and head for the
comfort of the field. Sitting in today’s soft sunlight provided Samantha with a sense of
peace and turning her head she could see the trees on the far end of the field that
lay outside of the fence. These trees were looking at her, of this Samantha was
convinced, like protective parents.
ENG 2614 - Assignment 03 Unique Assignment No: 780527
Due Date: 17 July 2023
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