Rhetorical Devices In Dandelion Wine

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The imagination of Douglas defines the atmosphere of summer. In Ray Bradbury's novel Dandelion Wine, he uses a variety of rhetorical devices to characterize the imagination of Douglas. In lines 1-30 , the author uses personification and hyperbole to distinguish the first day of summer. In line 11 says "let summer idle him on it's early-morning stream". The author personifies to say that when summer idles him,therefore meaning to do nothing because school had ended and it's the start of Douglas' vacation. In line 23, "like the goddess Shiva , he saw his hand jump everywhere". The author uses simile to compare Douglas with a goddess who has many hands, therefore Douglas imagines himself with many hands picking out fruit. Furthermore,Bradbury

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