What is the Literary Device?
"Lainie Burgess wanders through a gathering of black-and-white gowns...like wrought iron in long scrolling lines and curves." pg. 332
What is Simile?
“The towering are striped in white...circus trick.” pg. 3
What is Imagery? (paints a picture)
"Guests move in flocks of colour from the ballroom through the halls and the library..." pg. 304
Everyone is so colourful and is close together
"If the magic is still there in the daytime, he cannot feel it." pg. 64
Shows that the magic is there only at night - makes it scary/spooky for readers and Bailey (like there'll be a jump scare).
“A sea of shuffling feet...” pg. 5
What is Metaphor?
"Confections deliriously executed in chocolate and butterscotch, berries bursting with creams and liquers." pg. 71
What is Rhythm? (has a certain flow to it)
"Their advice is always taken with pleasure, though often the advisees are distracted by other tense before they locate the recommended ones." pg. 121
People love talking abut the tents and hearing recommendations. They usually get pulled into another one though.
"...there are three times the number of diagrams and plans...strewn and pinned around the study like maps to an unknown treasure." pg. 77
Foreshadowing - that their plans are coming together that will end up leading them to a winning idea.
"...the fabric of the tents quivering." pg. 131
What is Personification?
“The skin melds together...once more.” pg. 34
What is Tone? (represents the mood of the book)
"When he asks if she is hungry she gives a polite non-answer that betrays that she is famished." pg. 40
She is hungry but avoids the question to not cause too much work for Marco - like when someone offers you something to drink.
"Yet still they do not touch." pg. 298
Represents how Celia and Marco are drawn to each other, but cannot be together. Shows the current state of their relationship.
"...the stripes repeating in fractal patterns, over and over and over." pg. 212
What is Epizeuxis?
"Inside it a fire burns merrily, the flames bright and white..." pg. 389
What is Diction? (Positive words)
"Lainie remarks to her sister after the fact that she was certain there was music, though there is no sound at all save for the rustle of silk against skin and the crack from the fireplace." pg. 84
There's something magical about Tsukiko's act, something so graceful.
"They lie staring up at the chandelier, the light reflecting over the crystals turning it into the night sky without need of any illusion." pg. 287
"The intensity of his eyes and his touch rushes over Celia like a wave and she takes her hand from his before it pulls her under." pg. 342
Simile
His effect on her is enormous, almost too much to handle
Shows her love for him starting to grow - leads well to the next part of the chapter (showing their creations)
"And so the knife brushes by his sleeve, and comes to rest instead in the chest of the man he is speaking with." pg. 374
What is Euphemism?
"Thousands of miles away...Celia Bowen curls herself into a ball and cries."
What is Form? (how the book is written)
" 'If she were gone, I would be nothing,' Marco says. 'You should think better of yourself than to settle for that.' " pg. 446
That his entire existence revolves around Celia. If Celia died, Marco would only be a "shell" and Isobel should look for something more than that.
pg. 20: the lighting of the bonfire/shooting of the colourful arrows
Shows how majestic, gets audience's attention. Represents the shift of a normal circus to this unique one. Captivates the readers, imagery.
“The waiting crowd quiets as it watches this display of illumination. Someone near you gasps. A small child claps his hands with glee at the sight.” pg. 5
Imagery/Form/Diction
The circus is coming to life
Sets the setting, mood of something magical. Is a good introduction to the book - great hook.