Devices
Review
Used in The Short
Story, “The Bicycle”
by Jillian Horton
•“She had a grand
piano that was like a
magical animal; it was
big and intriguing.”
(simile)
•“By my thirteenth
• “When my fingers rushed over
its flat white keys, from one end
of the keyboard to the other,
the instrument laughed like I
was tickling it or cried like I was
hurting it.” (personification)
• “My friends passed me on their
way home from school, riding
as fast as cars, then dragging
• “I pulled the bicycle, with its
gleaming chrome handlebars
and polished metal frame, out of
the shed. My hands gripped it
firmly; I saw my knuckles go
white. It was such a strange
thing to want to do, and yet,
more than anything, I wanted to
do it…” (imagery)
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1. The
road was
Device!
a ribbon of
moonlight over
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2. Paula
wears
Device!
so much makeup she has to
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3. IDevice!
heard her
skirt swish as
she walked
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4. Device!
My love is
like a red, red
rose.
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5. Our family dinner
Device!
was a combination
of boisterous
conversation that
made the room hum
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6.Device!
The stars
danced
playfully in the
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7. Every
time I
Device!
tell a lie, I
expect my nose
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8. AnDevice!
old man turned
ninety-eight. He won
the lottery and died
the next day of
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9. The
Device!
deafening
silence was
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10. Device!
Emily didn't
like to spend
money. She was
no Scrooge, but
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11.
While
Device!
running drills in
gym class one
humid afternoon
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12. AsDevice!
I stumbled to
the breakfast table
in a sleepy haze, I
knew the only thing
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13. Because
I
could
Device!
not stop for Death,
He kindly stopped
for me;
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14.Device!
When she
tasted the sour
candy, Sarah’s
mouth suddenly
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15. ADevice!
breathtaking
flower quickly
withers and dies,
which represents
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16. The
goalie
was
Device!
a brick wall,
because when he
was in the net,
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17. The crimson
Device!
blood flowed
slowly down his
charred face, and I
could smell the
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18.Device!
Betty Botter
bought some
butter, but, she
said, the butter’s
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19.
Maureen,
Device!
tormented by envy
and jealousy, put
on the flowing
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20. Device!
The ending
of the game was
truly bitter