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The Book Thief: Literary Devices (Diction (("Her voice, though shaken…

- - - - The use of diction in this quote shows that Liesel was more than just angry, she was furious. Liesel was so upset about being fired that she began yelling at the Mayor's Wife, who, along with the reader, could feel the effects of her anger.Which is what the effect towards the reader is. It allows us to have a heart to heart moment with the character and relate to them in a way that the author wanted us to.
- - - - By comparing the trees to emaciated statues, the author is able to clearly convey just how extremely weak and thin the trees are. This could be due to the lack of nutrients and water the trees are receiving. But no matter the cause, the reader knows that the trees to not look big and full. The effect on the reader is that it allows us to see visually what is going on in the text through the eyes of the character or narrator without the imagery being over the top.
- - - - This sentence describes just how Rudy's appearance looked like by comparing his tie to an inanimate object like a clock. By saying that his tie is "long dead" it is implying that it is forever still. Instead of plainly saying that the tie was still, the author chose to describe it using a metaphor to make the description more "fun" or interesting to read. The effect it has on the reader is that it makes us visualize his tie a bit differently and doesn't bore us into oblivion.
- - - - The accordion is a symbol for many things in Liesel's life. First, it is symbolic of her relationship with Hans and the happiness it brings when he plays the accordion to her. The accordion also signifies hope and comfort to Liesel, especially during the bombing. By using symbolism, the effect on the reader is that we can see, maybe even relate, to the feeling that Liesel was going through in that moment. It helps the reader understand that feeling to another level.
- - - - Clouds, being non-living things, are incapable of "trying to get away." But, the author uses this idea in order to convey to the reader just how terrible something must have been for the clouds to want to get away. By using personification, it helps the reader understand a little bit of the story and relate it back to real world events and possibly understand the situation a little bit better.
- - - - The author uses the parallelism in the quote to show how that while new changes and events will begin happening in the summer, others will come to an end. The quote is explaining that summer will be a time of great change for Liesel and her community. This effects the reader by having us become confused before realizing how the opposites fit into the story perfectly, it allows to imagine things from a different light and relate it to real life things.
- - - - If a man is weightless, then is should be fairly easy for him to carry himself. However, by saying that he was "too heavy for his legs to carry," the author reveals to the reader how weak the man must have been. By doing this, the reader can be able to see the situation in a different kind of light and helps us imagine things in a different kind of light.
- - - - In this case, the juxtaposition is used to humor the reader. It conveys that the characters have this idea, which is really cool and will be a success, but they don´t have any idea of how to pull it off. The author used this to get the reader to relate to Liesel and to bring a smile onto the reader's faces. It allows us to laugh, enjoy this scene and uplift our spirits.
- - - - Liesel didn't literally wake up tasting the sound, But the quote shows how Liesel may have been overcome with the music. It took over her emotions and senses to the point where it felt like she could not only hear it, but taste it and feel it. By using this, the reader is able to think deeper about what the author is trying to convey and allows us to see more about the character that the eye can see.
- - - - The author's use of asyndeton in this quote shows how fast everything must have happened in Max's life. The lack of conjunctions results in one sentence occurring quickly after another. This is how the reader imagines these events happened for max. The happened so fast that there wasn't much time to think or process what was happening. The effect on the reader is that the asyndeton helps us feel the emotions the author is trying to convey one after another, without giving us a break, either it being a goof or bad feelings, just like what MLK did with his ¨I have a dream¨ speech.