Rhetorical Devices

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Rhetorical Devices

The tone shifts to a bleak and sorrowful tone in Chapter 7 when Victor is informed of Williams murder and Justine being accused of committing the crime.

How:Mary impliments ttone into the chapter instead of the overall story with the tone taking turns left and right

Why:Tone is used to tell the reader how the story is going like is it happy is it sorrowful is it angry

What:Tone is the overall mood of the story to the reader and audience in general

'His yellow skin scarcely covered the work of muscles and arteries beneath; his hair was of a lustrous black, and flowing; his teeth of a pearly whiteness; but these luxuriances only formed a more horrid contrast'

How:It is used to describe the monsters height and skin texture as well as the condition of victors fever and many more

Why:Frankenstein is a book with extreme depth and a lot of look description so imagery fits right into the novel very well and Mary executes it very well

What:Imagery is used to describe facial features or bodily features in EXTREME detail and depth

Hyperbole:“A fiendish rage animated him as he said this; his face was wrinkled into contortions too horrible for human eyes to behold; but presently he calmed himself and proceeded…”

'How: The author goes in depth with the use of hyperbole to new levels even noting the fact of nostril flares or the feeling of skin such as sweat or heat to the reader

Why: During the novel hyperbole adds a sense of realism and as if you the reader were there in the situation the character is in.

What: In the novel Mary Shelley uses hyperbole as kind of a brace in like fights or in the situation when someone is in the forest or emotions need to be shown

'Great God'.

How:Mary Shelley uses it in phrases such as Great God or several strange facts

Why:When alliteration is used it gives the reader a better interpretation of things such as events and it saves on word usage

What: Alliteration in the novel is used mostly to describe events happening