What Are The Rhetorical Devices Used In Lamb To The Slaughter

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Introduction:
Throughout English year 8 we have been reading various short story’s which I have enjoyed. These have included jewelled mirror, a daughter’s story and the key to success during the process of reading the story’s we had to find and highlight certain language devices used in the story’s such as metaphor, emotive language and personification and many more.
Question 1:
Irony the use of words to express something other than the meaning and especially opposite to the literal meaning. Using sarcasm to move your point across, to express yourself in a humorous, emphatic way. During the story “Lamb to the slaughter” Roald Dahl. It is a dark time with a dark environment, when an argument brakes out the women hits her husband on the back …show more content…

The story, “Jewelled mirror” uses personification and emotive language for example, the thunder clouds danced also hunger strangled. The language devices used in the story have a great impact on the reader they change the perspective and can turn a nice calm situation into a Dark, violent hostile environment. Emotive language also gives the reader an idea of what the situation sounds like in more detail or even a sound could be described with more detail.
The story “A daughter’s story” uses rhetorical questions constantly when it states, “Can you imagine what that is like”. When this technique is used it sets an image in the reader’s mind thinking of what it was like in that exact moment for example if it asks could you imagine that noise you picture an image in your mind about this sound. It also allows the reader to feel as if he was in this book and right there. The language devices are used to inform the reader on what is …show more content…

The story “Jewelled mirror” is written in 3rd person because it changes characters frequently and because it’s using nouns, pronouns (he, she). This is shown when it states “the day abra saw her older brother executed”. The story shows information about her whole family trying to seek refuge and make into a safe country such as Australia. From these paper boat stories and my knowledge, I feel that refugees should be able to come into our country and live normal lives without the risk of death. This story was helpful in notifying us about the harsh life that innocent people live in Afghanistan and how they strive to

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