I have been working on this English project all day. The project involves a looooong list of literary devices. I have to find a quote in the book, "Their Eyes Were Watching God", by Zora Neale Hurston, that is an example of each device. I'm almost done with the project, but I'm having trouble finding two quotes from the book that are examples of Onomatopoeia and Irony.
I have looked, and looked, and looked, and re-read and re-read. I can not find any use of onomatopoeia or irony in the book, specifically in the first ten chapters.
As a final resort, I come here to ask. Can anyone help me? Or could you simply point me in the right direction. I just need help with onomatopoeia and irony, but it has to come within the first ten chapters of the book. Any help is appreciated. Thanks!
2007-02-17 07:35:55 · 4 answers · asked by Blue 4 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
In chapter 2, there is an example of onomatopoeia. Nanny says, "Den, one night Ah heard de big guns boomin' lak thunder." The word "Boomin'" is the onomatopoeia.
An example of irony is also in chapter 2, a few paragraphs after the above example of onomatopoeia. Nanny describes how she puts her daughter in school so she could be a teacher, but the school teacher hides her daughter in the woods and rapes her.
2007-02-17 08:01:48 · answer #1 · answered by Preston S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The use of irony is also evident in Chapter 6. Near the end of the chapter, Joe treats Mrs. Tony with sympathy and kindness, even though he cannot be compassionate to his own wife. Perhaps Joe treats Mrs. Tony with compassion because the townspeople are present to witness his act of kindness. With Janie, Joe has no audience, and so he feels no need to pretend.
http://www.cliffsnotes.com/WileyCDA/LitNote/id-132,pageNum-25.html
2007-02-17 08:01:16 · answer #2 · answered by ????? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont know the book at all, perhaps you look too hard for examples. take a break then see if you can find these...Onomatopoeia (occasionally spelled omomatopœia) is a word, or occasionally, a grouping of words, that imitates the sound it is describing, and thus suggests its source object, such as “bang” or “click”, or animal such as “moo”, “oink”, “quack” or “meow”.
2007-02-17 08:04:41 · answer #3 · answered by kenjinuk 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it depends
2016-08-23 18:22:15 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋