a passage to africa

a quote providing Vivid imagery - provokes disgust

"festering wound the size of my hand"

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A quote giving quantitive detail giving a sense of the magnitude of suffering, proving wider context for the reader

'a thousand'

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An example of assonance which lows down sentence and connotes loss of life?

"frictionless, motionless deliverance"

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A simile showing the immoral but satisfying addictive nature of journalists

"like a craving for a drug"

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what us the effect of saying 'but there was one face I will never forget'

intrigues the reader.

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what is the effect of direct speech

helps set the scene, making it appear like it is happening in the present, despite the text clearly being written in retrospect

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A quote giving quantitive detail giving a sense of the magnitude of suffering, proving wider context for the reader

'a thousand'

An example of assonance which lows down sentence and connotes loss of life?

A simile showing the immoral but satisfying addictive nature of journalists

what us the effect of saying 'but there was one face I will never forget'

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