I met Sarah in a Uber and she was my driver to St.Petersburg. I felt really anxious talking to her after all she’s just another stranger. She has dark black hair, a smile that brightens the night. I asked her how long she has been an Uber for as a conversation starter. She then said:”I only started about a week ago. It’s been really tough lately for me and my roommate on campus.” I felt quite bad for her. She works two minimum wage jobs and on top of that she works as a Uber. As soon we arrived at my grandmas apartment I gave her a tip of $20. She thanked me and said that it’s going to help her tonight. Right when I was about to leave the car, I forgot something: her phone number. I ran back to the car and asked her. I woke up realizing it was all a dream. I took my medicine and went to the kitchen for breakfast. I turned on the tv and the news came on as usually at 7 in the morning. There was a hostage situation in a Uber at 6:30. The news paper came in.
The headline for today was:”After all this, I realized that I owed it all to her” those were the last words of a emotionally disturbed man after taking his life on camera.
Through careful diction and sentence structure.
He had nothing to loose but I'm not sure?? sorry if I am wrong
Answer: There are many literary and rhetorical devices used in the passage.
They are as follows:
Metaphor- A metaphor is a rhetorical device that makes an implicit comparison . It helps create a mental image of the effect of comparison.
The words- shadow, harbingers, horizon
Personification- This literary device contributes human traits to non human entities.
In the passage 'sun' is personified in the statement, ' it was going to Sainsbury at such an unlikely time of the year. '
'Umuofia which had dozed in the noon day haze'.
'they were the harbingers sent to survey the land.'
Simile - It is is a rhetorical device that makes an explicit comparison .
'slowly moving mass like a boundless sheet of black cloud '; tiny eyes of light like shining star dust.
Visual imagery- It is a literary device that helps create a visual image, a pen picture of a situation or landscape through words.
The concluding line of the passage completes the visual image-it was a tremendous sight, full of power and beauty.
Explanation: