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The Thing around Your Neck - Coggle Diagram
The Thing around Your Neck
epithet
the long windy road (to show unfriendly environment after she left her uncle)
inky-black hair (to show Juan's appearance)
parallel construction
You gave up a lot but you gained a lot, too (to show that America was a double-edged sword)
represented speech
You said okay, no problem (to show Akunna's thoughts)
detached construction
he sat on your bed—it was his house, after all—and smiled (to underline that it was her uncle's house so she had no rights there)
polisyndenton
He showed you... and he enrolled... and wore ... and self-tanner (to picture how mesmerised she was with college)
simile
The car your father rammed into was wide, foreign, and dark green, with golden headlights like the eyes of a leopard (to show how luzurious that car was)
metaphor
something would wrap itself around your neck (to outline the pressure she felt on her)
euphemism
you didn’t moan when he was inside you ( = sex)
anaphora
He said... He knew... He'd pay (to emphasize Juan's importance)
metonymy
The trick was to understand America (= American culture)
onomatopoeia
crisp (the dollar bills were crispy)
enumeration
perfumes and clothes
and handbags and shoes (to outline how many things her family expected to get from her)