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Iris Ninhi Élève - Copie de Gothic Short Story Tem
Iris Ninhi Élève - Copie de Gothic Short Story Tem
by Iris Ninhi
Literary devices:
- Metaphor: they couldn’t walk or talk, a sort of poisoned gift( the dad compares Alastor
to a poisoned gift) Her body smelled like rotting meat ( he compares the smell of his
wife’ body to the smell of rotting meat.)
- Personification: I heard her calm voice. She was talking to me, she still loves me. ( the
narrator thinks that his wife talks to him even though she’s dead.)
- Alliteration: Diabolical decrepit deviant,