Onomatopoeia: "Up steps, three, six nine, twelve! Slap! Their palms hit the library door." (Pg. 13)
Definition: The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named.
Commentary: By using the onomatopoeia "Slap!", the reader can further understand that the boys were running and the slap of their hands against the door shows they had reached their destination.
Metaphor: "His skin was suddenly a lizard's skin." (Pg. 55)
Definition: A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
Commentary: When the author states this, the reader knows that the person's skin didn't really turn into lizard skin, therefor we realize the person in question is either cold or frightened due to the sudden formation of goose bumps.
Simile: "The sun rose yellow as a lemon." (Pg. 60)
Definition: A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid.
Commentary: By using this simile, the reader can visualize that the sun rose very bright and yellow, comparing to a lemon.
Allusion: "Something Wicked This Way Comes" (Title)
Definition: An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.
Commentary: This title was inspired by the line "By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes", from Shakespeare's MacBeth, although the 'wicked' thing symbolizes the carnival.
Personification: "A hungry knife all flashes and meteor shine, much desiring to cleave space." (Pg. 107)
Definition: The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.
Commentary: When the author gives the knife the human characteristic of being 'hungry', he is saying that the knife is eager or waiting to cut something.
Definition: The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named.
Commentary: By using the onomatopoeia "Slap!", the reader can further understand that the boys were running and the slap of their hands against the door shows they had reached their destination.
Metaphor: "His skin was suddenly a lizard's skin." (Pg. 55)
Definition: A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
Commentary: When the author states this, the reader knows that the person's skin didn't really turn into lizard skin, therefor we realize the person in question is either cold or frightened due to the sudden formation of goose bumps.
Simile: "The sun rose yellow as a lemon." (Pg. 60)
Definition: A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid.
Commentary: By using this simile, the reader can visualize that the sun rose very bright and yellow, comparing to a lemon.
Allusion: "Something Wicked This Way Comes" (Title)
Definition: An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.
Commentary: This title was inspired by the line "By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes", from Shakespeare's MacBeth, although the 'wicked' thing symbolizes the carnival.
Personification: "A hungry knife all flashes and meteor shine, much desiring to cleave space." (Pg. 107)
Definition: The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.
Commentary: When the author gives the knife the human characteristic of being 'hungry', he is saying that the knife is eager or waiting to cut something.