Brooklyn cop

Question 1

built like a gorilla but less timid

Answer 1

simile suggests he is a violent and aggressive man

Question 2

with two hieroglyphs in his face that mean trouble

Answer 2

metaphor for his eyes that are hard to read. suggests he’s quite a stoic character

Question 3

he walks the sidewalk and the thin tissue over violence

Answer 3

metaphor/alliteration- refers to how the danger and violence is always there and can happen easily.

Question 4

“see you babe”

Answer 4

colloquialism- shows his softer side how he is speaking to his wife

Question 5

should the tissue tear, should he plunge through into violence

Answer 5

metaphor / alliteration / synecdoche / repetition of the imagery for the physical nature of violence and the human loss/suffering

onomatopoeia - showing how quickly the violence can start

Question 6

who would be him, gorilla with a night stick

Answer 6

rhetorical question asking the reader if they would be able to obtain the job he does. metaphor/ repetition of gorilla

Question 7

and who would be who have to be his victims

Answer 7

rhetorical question- talks about the violence he causes, enhanced by the word choice of victims. phrase ‘have to be’ suggests this cycle of violence will always exist and he’s not acctualy contributing to a solution