HELP ME WITH THIS 50+ POINTS I'LL ALSO MAKE U THE BRAINLIEST Identify the literary device(s) at work in each quotation.
These are from the first chapter of the novel.
Note the effect that it has on developing the novel’s mood, tone, character(s), or theme.
This can be done in point-form.

1. “We are approaching the western edge of Lawrence Avenue bridge, a monster of reinforced concrete over two hundred yards in length”(Chariandry 5).
Personification
The author is explaining where the story takes place and he describes the Lawrence Avenue bridge as “a monster of reinforced concrete”, he is personifying the bridge.
2. “Bullets of slush smattering upon the bedroom window”(7).

3. “...the trowel-thick application of Brylcreem in his hair, as artificial as the black snap-on do of Lego Man”(10)

4. “There was tenderness in the dishes she prepared, love in a dish made perfect with the fruity bite of Scotch bonnet”(10).

5. “Her voice, schooled in the Queen’s English, now articulating threats mined from the deepest hells of history”(11).

6. “I will strap your backside red if I come back to find you or your brother hurt”(11).

7. “Francis and I each served out long sentences in classrooms beneath the chemical hum of white fluorescent lights, in part out of fear of our mother, who warned us, upon pain of something worse than death, not to squander ‘our only chance’”(14).

8. “Francis could read our mother”(17).

9. “A specific site in the bus loop at Kennedy Station when exhaustion closes in and the limbs feel like meat, and it takes every last strength from a mother to make two additional bus transfers home”(17).

10. “There was my hair, which, unlike his, was fundamentally indecisive, forever caught in that no man’s zone between Afro and hockey mullet”(21).

11. “Nature carrying on like the sort of thug you only hear about”(25).

12. “...the buildings I had known all my life were changed. The stucco of a low-rise looked like the sole of an unwashed child; the rust on the balcony railings and fire exits of an apartment tower looked ugly and contagious, a bubbling rash…”(31).

b

explanation:

1)a

2 b

3 d

4 d or b

explanation:

what: when quoting a source, use the author’s words verbatim, or word-for-word. this means you shouldn’t change any grammar, punctuation, spelling, etc. put quotations around the words to tell your reader where the quote begins and where it ends.

you also need to acknowledge the author. for example, if using mla format for your research paper, you should have in-text citations with the author’s name and page number listed at the end of each quote.

when: use quotations to provide concrete examples to support your claims. using direct quotations is a great way to build your credibility on the subject. it’s also a good idea to quote your source when the author states things in a powerful way. if you think he or she said it best, then use the exact words to share the ideas.

example: in the short story “a jury of her peers”, mrs. hale compares mrs. wright to her caged bird, saying “she—come to think of it, she was kind of like a bird herself. real sweet and pretty, but kind of timid and—fluttery. how—she—did—change” (glaspell).

paraphrasing

what: paraphrasing differs from quoting because you restate the passage in your own words. since you don’t use the author’s words, you don’t need to use quotation marks. however, you still need to acknowledge the author for his or her ideas.

when paraphrasing a text, you should communicate the full meaning of the text; don’t change the meaning. it can be a condensed version of the text, or it could end up being longer than the source it’s paraphrasing.

when: you use paraphrasing when you take notes, or explain a chart or diagram to someone. paraphrasing highlight the important parts of a larger text. it also allows you to simplify the ideas for your readers.

example:

original: “it was no ordinary thing that called her away–it was probably further from ordinary than anything that had ever happened in dickson county. but what her eye took in was that her kitchen was in no shape for leaving: her bread all ready for mixing, half the flour sifted and half unsifted” (glaspell).

paraphrase: as mrs. hales walks around mrs. wright’s home, she notices that the kitchen is in disarray as if she was in the middle of baking bread (glaspell).