... her pen like a brush and the colours of literary techniques to paint compelling vivid images in the mind of the reader. Literary techniques I intend to use are like the author's use of similes, suspense, alliteration . Examples of similes in the novel; 'snarling like a dog' flat despair dulled his voice like the note of a cracked bell' . Examples of alliteration; 'hope of heaven, fear of hell' and 'dusk deepened into the velvet summer darkness' Examples of suspense; 'Something's taking the sheep' 'you shall have Gold and Rubies' 'They are not working hands..they might belong to a prince' The novel is also sprinkled with animal imagery in association with the character Amara; 'wolf-girl' 'wolf-child' snarling like a dog' 'creature' 'poor monster' 'panting like a dog' 'the beast snarled' 'lapping like a dog' Interplaying religious and philosophical imagery is also apparent throughout the narrative to show the binding ...

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