Quote Analysis

Question 1

What is the technique within “‘twas nature and nature in her wildest mood.” (Epigraph)

Answer 1

Personification

Question 2

What is the effect of personification in “‘twas nature and nature in her wildest mood”? (Epigraph)

Answer 2

Positive and negative feelings can inhabit the same place. Paradox.

Question 3

What is the technique in “out past the shallows, past the sandy-bottomed bays, comes the dark water - black and cold and roaring.” (Prologue)

Answer 3

Negative tone
Positive connotation
Metaphor
Repetition

Question 4

What is the effect in “out past the shallows, past the sandy-bottomed bays, comes the dark water - black and cold and roaring.” (Prologue)

Answer 4

Examines the danger, fear and discomfort associated with growing up.
“Past the bay” symbolising moving forward, stepping out of comfort zone, etc.
Draws attention to the extremes of the human experience