Analyze: Use the basic features

Writers often use figures of speech based on comparison to enrich their descriptors. Comparisons make descriptions more evocative by associating characteristics from one thing with those of the thing to which it is being compared.

Write a paragraph or two analyzing Ruprecht’s use of figures of speech in “In Too Deep.” Then “submit” your response.

  • Reread Ruprecht’s story, looking for places in which he uses simile, metaphor, allusion, hyperbole, or another figure of speech.
  • Consider the role that figurative language plays in making the description in this selection vivid. What effect does it have on you as a reader? How appropriate is it given the target audience for this selection? (Remember that it was originally published in the New York Times.)

Question

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Write a paragraph or two analyzing Ruprecht’s use of figures of speech in “In Too Deep.”
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