Literary techniques/ Rhetorical Devices

"Pain had never been a friend to me before, but now it kept me still. It forced reality on me and kept me sane" (113) is an example of

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

Books, Reading and writing are mentioned frequently throughout the book Kindred. Both central characters, Dana and Kevin, are writers. Dana teaches reading and writing, tries to read books when stuck in the past, and also writes for herself. Writing and reading are liberating acts: they are subtle and not-so-subtle ways to gain and assert power within a society that marginalizes people based on race and/or gender. This type of repetition is called

• motif

• symbolism

• anaphora

"He accepted the book, looked at it as though it were his enemy" (88) is an example of

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

The references made to James Madison, when California joins the U.S.A. and to Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, etc. are examples of

• motif

• history

• analogy

• allusion

"Why do you go around looking like a zombie all the time?" (53) is an example of

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

"I didn't want this place to touch him except through me" (59) is an example of which technique?

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

Used as a means to control, to diminish, to frighten, and to establish a sense of self through eradicating that of another, Violence is carried out with whips, fists, words, gestures, and psychological terror. Reoccurring violence is considered an example of

• motif

• symbol

• drama

Using diction and imagery to contrast the act of writing with working at a temporary agency is an example of which technique?

• paradox

• allusion

• juxtaposition

• parallelism

Character descriptions that show just how opposite the characters are is a type of juxtaposition known as

• Foil

• paradox

• oxymoron

• parallelism

Intentionally using words that have either a positive or negative association in order to communicate tone or emotionally manipulate the audience

• denotative diction

• connotative diction

• imagery

• allusion