Epithet

Epithet

1. Still watching the student nurses, Mc.Neil saw that two were deathly white, a third had gasped snd turned away; the other three were stoically watching.

A. Hailey

The author uses the above mentioned epithets to give better picture of the inner state of the characters. The word “pale” is rather neutral, while “deathly white” is emotionally coloured. It gives a vivid picture.

2. The golden strain of Polynesia betrayed itself in the sun-gilt of his skin and cast up golden sheens, and lights through the glimmering blue of his eyes.

J. London

The author uses reversed epithets in the above extract to touch the reader’s imagination. With the use of epithets, J. London makes emotionally coloured description of the character.

3. On the bottom of the huge and glassy lagoon was much pearl shell, and from the deck of the schooner, across the slender ring of the atoll, the divers could be seen at work.

J. London

The author uses simple epithet “glassy” to show that the water in this lagoon was pure.

4. The sun had disappeared, and a lead-coloured twilight settled down.

J. London Hyperbole

1. He steeled himself to keep above the suffocating languor that lapped like a rising tide through all the wells of his being.

J. London

The author uses hyperbole to show that the hero was unable to say a single word at that moment.

2. “You couldn’t win from me in a thousand years”, Danny assured him.

J. London

The author uses the above-mentioned expression to show that there were no chances to win from Danny. J. London makes us see, that the hero considers himself to be a very good player.

3. He saw the perambulating corpses, the ghastly death’s heads of men who laborated in the dye rooms.

J. London

Using expression “the perambulating corpses” the author points out that these men are exhausted with their hard and hazardous work.

Metaphor

1. Jim Cardegee awoke, choking, bewildered, starting down the twin wells of steel.

J. London

The author uses the above-mentioned metaphor to describe shot-guns. A word denoting one object is applied to another for the purpose of suggesting a likeness between them.