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Literary Devices
In the short stories "Stones" and "To Every Thing There is a Season" the authors Sandra Birdsell and Alistair MacLeod both use literary
devices in a similar manner in order to achieve their thematic objectives. This essay will compare the way the authors use three literary
devices such as imagery, metaphor and similes in their short stories to portray the thematic objective of loss of innocence. The first literary
device used by both of the authors in order to portray their thematic objective of loss of innocence is imagery. Imagery is the figurative
language used by the author to give the reader a visual description of the objects or situations in their literary work. In the short story
"Stones", Sandra Birdsell uses imagery to describe the physical appearances of one of the main character's named Mrs.Hallman. Mrs.
Hallman was described by the author as "tall and slim, her red toenails sticking the end of her white sandals and she smelled like sweet
William that grew in a patch beside the back patch" (pg173). As shown in the quotation the author uses descriptive words to enable the reader
to imagine the character of interest. As an example, the authors use of words gives the reader an image of how beautiful and fashionable of a
person Mrs.Hallman is and how sweet and strong the smell of her perfume is. On the other hand, in the short story "To Every Thing There Is a
Reason" Alistair MacLeod uses imagery to describe places and events that took place in the story. She
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Literary Devices

  • 1. Literary Devices In the short stories "Stones" and "To Every Thing There is a Season" the authors Sandra Birdsell and Alistair MacLeod both use literary devices in a similar manner in order to achieve their thematic objectives. This essay will compare the way the authors use three literary devices such as imagery, metaphor and similes in their short stories to portray the thematic objective of loss of innocence. The first literary device used by both of the authors in order to portray their thematic objective of loss of innocence is imagery. Imagery is the figurative language used by the author to give the reader a visual description of the objects or situations in their literary work. In the short story "Stones", Sandra Birdsell uses imagery to describe the physical appearances of one of the main character's named Mrs.Hallman. Mrs. Hallman was described by the author as "tall and slim, her red toenails sticking the end of her white sandals and she smelled like sweet William that grew in a patch beside the back patch" (pg173). As shown in the quotation the author uses descriptive words to enable the reader to imagine the character of interest. As an example, the authors use of words gives the reader an image of how beautiful and fashionable of a person Mrs.Hallman is and how sweet and strong the smell of her perfume is. On the other hand, in the short story "To Every Thing There Is a Reason" Alistair MacLeod uses imagery to describe places and events that took place in the story. She Get more content on HelpWriting.net