Man's Flaws and Failings

Question 1

Three quotes to show mans flaws and failings in Assisi

Answer 1

“The dwarf” - indefinite article/derogatory language

“like a half-filled sack” - simile

“a ruined temple” - metaphor

Question 2

Three quotes to show man’s flaws and failings in Visiting Hour

Answer 2

“My nostrils/as they go bobbing along” -synecdoche

“I will not feel, I will not/feel until/I have to” - repetition

“Books that will not be read and fruitless fruits” - positioning of idea at the end

Question 3

Three quotes to show mans flaws and failings in Memorial

Answer 3

“Everywhere she dies. Everywhere I go she dies.” - repetition

“No sunrise, no city square, no lurking beautiful mountain” - anaphora

“Carousel of langue” - Imagery

Question 4

Three quotes to show mans flaws and failings in Basking Shark

Answer 4

“To stub an oar on a rock where none should be” - monosyllabic language

“(one too often)…not too often - though enough” - repetition of ideas

“room sized monster with a matchbox brain” -imagery

Question 5

Three quotes to show mans flaws and failings in Aunt Julia

Answer 5

“Very loud and very fast” - repetition

“I could not…I could not” - repetition

“Stained with peat” - symbolism

Question 6

Three Quotes to show mans flaws and failings in Sounds of the Day

Answer 6

“pride” - word choice

“you feel” - short line

“bangle of ice” - imagery