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Quiz 21st
Quiz 21st
Quiz 21st
The symbols being used in this story are as follows:
• BURST- which is big lady getting Rica from her Father.
• PARISIENNE WINTER HAT- in which the mother gave to his daughter Rica and wanted h
er to go to the Paris.
• “Shes licking a spoon for any trace of saltiness” - means the tears of Rica.
• “Rica was not philosophical at all” - this means Rica was gullible.
• Pots, plates, cups and glasses- heart/ container of feelings
• LETTERS- decrease of attention
• PICTURE- mother’s new life
METAPHORS
The metaphors of this story are as follows:
-“To Rica, it always tastes salty, like tears, even her fathers funny look each time she as
ks him to read her again the letters from Paris.
- “Like tonight, when she hoped her father would come home early, as he promised agai
n.
- “She likes sadness, its food.
GENRE
The type of genre that the author used in the story is in a narrative form. In which, th
e sadness collector is a type of short story.
Figurative Speech Being Used
Apostrophe- some absent or nonexistent person or thing is addressed as if
present and capable of understanding.
-“Big Lady”
Hyperbole- wherein the author uses specific words and phrases that exaggerate and o
veremphasize the basic crux of the statement in order to produce a grander, more notic
eable effect.
-“So Big Lady can’t get to them. So she can be saved from bursting.”
Metonymy- the use of a term connected with an object to represent the whole.
-”She only comes to eat your sadness.”
Simile- the practice of drawing parallels or comparisons between two unrelated and dis
similar things, people, beings, places and concepts.
-“No, that sound is not the scurrying of mice – she’s actually checking the plates now, lifti
ng the lid off the rice pot, peeking into cups for sadness, both overt and unspoken.”
-”Mouth curved downward, she’s sad like her meals.”