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The Redemption of Galen Pike - Coggle Diagram
The Redemption of Galen Pike
enumertation
a front office with a table, a chair and a broom; a hook on the wall (to describe the prison)
anaphora
He’d said no to the new roof for the school, no to Piet Larson’s road, no to the library, no to the hospital and a few days from now, they would find out if he was going to say no to the hostel too (to emphasize how many things Mayor had rejected)
simile
It’s like a greedy child with a handful of sticky candies (about Mayor's behaviour)
epithet
her features small and unremarkable (to describe Patience's appearance)
vicious ravenous-looking face (to picture Pike's face)
polysyndenton
Or they could talk about other things, or if he liked she would read to him, or they might sit in silence if he preferred (to show the options)
onomatopoeia
creaking, rustle, tapping, tooting
detached construction
if he desired it—a psalm or a prayer or a few selected verses she thought might be helpful to someone in his situation but that was all (to emphasize the possible options)
—how bleak and frightening and uncomfortable— (to outline how awful it was to stay in Pike's cell)
capitalization
“QUIT SNOOPING!” yelled Pike all of a sudden into the silence (to convey the loudness of his voice)
anadiplosis
Galen Pike discovered that he missed her.
He missed the gentle tapping of her knitting needles (to show the intensity of Pike's feelings)
chiasmus
Where he was, was dark and swampy and bad. (to stress his bad position)
represented speech
Would she shave him, in the morning? And cut his hair? Would she bring him a clean shirt so he wouldn’t look so dirty and overgrown when they came for him in the morning? (to show that Pike was nervous)