John Steinbeck uses a wide variety of rhetorical devices in his novella, Of Mice and Men. These devices include anaphora, alliteration, diction, hyperbole, sarcasm, and personification. Anaphora: Steinbeck utilizes anaphora on page 48 of this text. One sees this example with the repetition of the term "silence." For example, "It was silent outside. The silence came into the room. And the silence lasted." Explain why Steinbeck might have utilized anaphora here.

Alliteration

Diction

Hyperbole

Sarcasm

Personification