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Stylistic devices: Apply your knowledge to Salman Rushdie's /In the South/
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1(Note: This is the first paragraph of Rushdie's short story. Just read it and enter a single dot (".") as answer.)
Salman Rushdie – In the South
The day that Junior fell down began like any other day: the explosion of heat rippling the air, the trumpeting sunlight, the traffic’s tidal surges, the prayer chants in the distance, the cheap film music rising from the floor below, the loud pelvic thrusts of an “item number” dancing across a neighbor’s TV, a child’s cry, a mother’s rebuke, unexplained laughter, scarlet expectorations, bicycles, the newly plaited hair of schoolgirls, the smell of strong sweet coffee, a green wing flashing in a tree. Senior and Junior, two very old men, opened their eyes in their bedrooms on the fourth floor of a sea-green building on a leafy lane, just out of sight of Elliot’s Beach, where, that evening, the young would congregate, as they always did, to perform the rites of youth, not far from the village of the fisherfolk, who had no time for such frivolity. The poor were puritans by night and day. As for the old, they had rites of their own and did not need to wait for evening. With the sun stabbing at them through their window blinds, the two old men struggled to their feet and lurched out onto their adjacent verandas, emerging at almost the same moment, like characters in an ancient tale, trapped in fateful coincidences, unable to escape the consequences of chance. […]
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2009/05/18/in-the-south
- A.
2the *explosion* of heat rippling the air
- Ametaphor
- Bpersonification
- Cidiom
- Dirony
3the explosion of heat *rippling* the air
- Ametaphor
- Bpersonification
- Cidiom
- Dirony
4the *trumpeting* sunlight
- Ametaphor
- Bexagegration
- Cidiom
- Ddiction/choice of words
5the traffic’s *tidal* surges
- Aidiom
- Bpars pro toto
- Cmetaphor
- Dpersonification
6the cheap film music *rising* from the floor below
- Aidiom
- Bpersonification
- Csimile
- Dmetaphor
7the *loud pelvic thrusts* of an “item number” dancing across a neighbor’s TV
- Apersonification
- Birony
- Csynecdoche/pars pro toto
- Dmetaphor
8the *newly plaited hair* of schoolgirls
- Apersonification
- Bsynecdoche/pars pro toto
- Cmetaphor
- Dsimile
9*a green wing* flashing in a tree
- Asynecdoche/pars pro toto
- Bmetaphor
- Csimile
- Dirony
10a green wing *flashing* in a tree
- Asynecdoche
- Bmetaphor
- Cdiction/choice of words
- Dsimile
11Senior and *Junior*, two very old men
- Asynecdoche
- Bdiction/choice of words
- Cirony
- Dmetaphor
12a sea-green building on a *leafy* lane
- Asynecdoche/pars pro toto
- Bmetaphor
- Cidiom
- Dsimile
13*a sea-green building on a leafy lane*
- Aimagery
- Bmetaphor
- Csimile
- Dsynecdoche
14the young would *congregate*
- Apars pro toto
- Bidiom
- Cmetaphor
- Dsimile
15who had no time for such *frivolity*
- Airony
- Bidiom
- Cdiction/choice of words
- Dmetaphor
16The poor were *puritans* by night and day.
- Asimile
- Bpersonification
- Cexaggeration
- Dirony
17As for the old, they had *rites of their own* and did not need to wait for evening.
- Airony
- Bmetaphor
- Csimile
- Dpars pro toto
18As for the old, they had rites of their own and *did not need to wait for evening*.
- Ametaphor
- Birony
- Cidiom
- Dpersonification
19With *the sun* stabbing at them
- Apersonification
- Bsynecdoche/pars pro toto
- Cidiom
- Dmetaphor
20With the sun *stabbing* at them
- Apersonification
- Bidiom
- Cirony
- Dmetaphor
21the two old men *struggled* to their feet and *lurched* out onto their adjacent verandas
- Ametaphor
- Bsimile
- Cdiction/ choice of words
- Dirony
22*emerging at almost the same moment*, like characters in an ancient tale
- Ametaphor
- Bsimile
- Csynecdoche
- Dirony
23emerging at almost the same moment, *like characters in an ancient tale*
- Ametaphor
- Bdescription
- Csimile
- Dirony
24*trapped* in *fateful* coincidences
- Adiction/choice of words
- Bmetaphor
- Cidiom
- Dunderstatement
25*unable to escape the consequences of chance*
- Ametaphor
- Bsimile
- Cidiom
- Dirony
26Which king of narrator does Rushie use?
- Afirst-person reliable narrator
- Bthird person omniscient narrator
- Cfirst-person unreliable narrator
- Dthird-person limited narrator
27Which sentence would be the best thesis statement for a paragraph in an analysis?
- A1. The author uses many metaphors and other stylistic devices.
- B2. The author uses many stylistic devices like metaphors, similies and irony.
- C3. The author uses the setting to create a dense, colourful atmosphere.
- D4. The author wants to confuse the reader by providing a deluge of details.
28Which sentence would be the best thesis statement for a paragraph in an analysis?
- AThe author creates a benevolent distance to the protagonists.
- BThe author intends to put the protagonists through a series of cruel events.
- CThe author dislikes his protagonist, especially their age.
- DThe author is completely neutral about his main characters.
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- Stylistic devices: Apply your knowledge to Salman Rushdie's /In the South/lite
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