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The Thing Around Your Neck - Coggle Diagram
The Thing Around Your Neck
ellipsis
Soon, a big house - to emphasise the next step of American dream
polysyndenton
your uncles and aunts and cousins thought so - to describe that it was common for Africans to think so
handbags and shoes and perfumes and clothes - to show that her family wanted minor things as they were poor
epiphet
America was give-and-take - to describe relationships between people in the USA
extra-virgin-olive-oil-colored eyes - to describe the boyfriend's beauty, the main character also loved olive oil
inky-black hair - to describe the manager's appearance
detached constuction
it was his house, after all - to justify the uncle's behavour
Shit - the character's attitude to the car accident with her father
simile
it was like home - to describe the familiar atmosphere in the uncle's house
examine you like an exotic trophy - to show that many Americans were stereotypical toward her
they portioned out love like a birthday cake - the boyfriend's family rarely expressed their love and weren't attentive to him
uttered represented speech
All of it stands up? How? Why? Do you use a comb? - questions American girls asked her - to describe their attitudes to the main character and their being surprised with her appearance
metaphor
they portioned out love - to show that the boyfriend's family wasn't very loving
the region deep in your chest felt clogged. - the main character felt jealous of her boyfriend
euphemism
he was inside you - the main characters were having sex
parallel construction
that even though you went to Chang’s so often together, even though you had kissed just before the menus came - to show that the main character still felt that people treated her unfairly
your aunts who hawked ...; your uncles who drank ...; your friends who had come out ...; your parents who often held hands ...; your father who brought back ..; your mother whose ... - to describe the African life and strengthen the emotional perception of readers
anaphora
You didn't want him to... - to show that the main character didn't like some of her boyfriend's actions
You wanted to write.. - the many things the main characted could tell about to her family
repetition
The traffic was heavy, the traffic was always heavy in Lagos - to show that the traffic was really heavy