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Lesson1FacetoFacewithHurricaneCamille1.Wecanbattledownandrideitout.(metaphor)2.Windandrainnowwhippedthehouse.(metaphor)3.Camille,meanwhile,hadrakeditswaynorthwardacrossMississippi.(metaphor)4.andthegroupheardgun-likereportsasotherupstairswindowsdisintegrated.Waterroseabovetheirankles.(simile)5.Thechildrenwentfromadulttoadultlikebucketsinafirebrigade.(simile)6.Thewindsoundedliketheroarofatrainpassingafewyardsaway.(simile)7.Stripsofclothingfestoonedthestandingtrees,andblown-downpowerlinescoiledlikeblackspaghettiovertheroads.(simile)8.Amomentlater,thehurricane,inonemightyswipe,liftedtheentireroofoffthehouseandskimmedit40feetthroughtheair.(personification)9.RichelieuApartmentsthereheldahurricanepartytowatchthestormfromtheirspectacularvantagepoint.(transferredepithet)10.Everybodyoutthebackdoortothecars!Johnyelled.(elliptical)Lesson2Hiroshima—the“Liveliest”CityinJapan1.“Seldomhasacitygainedsuchworldrenown,andIamproudandhappytowelcomeyoutoHiroshima,atownknownthroughouttheworldforits-oysters”.(anticlimax)2.…asthefastesttrainintheworldslippedtoastop...(alliteration)3.…wherethousandsuponthousandsofpeoplehadbeenslaininonesecond,wherethousandsuponthousandsofothershadlingeredontodieinslowagony.(parallelism,transferredepithet)4.Atlastthisintermezzocametoanend…(metaphor)5.ThiswayIlookatthemandcongratulatemyselfofthegoodfortunethatmyillnesshasbroughtme.(irony)6.EachdaythatIescapedeath,eachdayofsufferingthathelpstofreemefromearthlycares,Imakeanewlittlepaperbird,andaddittotheothers.(euphemism)7.Hiroshima—the“liveliest”[pun]CityinJapan(irony)8.Ifeltsick,andeversincethentheyhavebeentestingandtreatingme.(alliteration)9.TheratherarrestingspectacleoflittleoldJapanadriftamidbeigeconcreteskyscrapersistheverysymboloftheincessantstrugglebetweenthekimonoandtheminiskirt(synecdoche,metonymy)10.Therewerefreshbows,andthefacesgrewmoreandmoreseriouseachtimethenameHiroshimawasrepeated.(synecdoche)11.WasInotatthesceneofthecrime?(rhetoricalquestion)12.BecauseIhadalumpinmythroat….(metaphor)13.Whosedoorpoppedopenattheverysightofatraveler.(onomatopoeia)14.Noonetalksaboutitanymore,andnoonewantsto,especiallythepeoplewhowerebornhereorwholivedthroughit.(climax)Lesson3Blackmail1.Asaresultthenervesofbothdukeandduchesswereexcessivelyfrayedwhenthemutedbuzzeroftheouterdooreventuallysounded.(metaphor)2.Hiswifeshothimaswift,warningglance.(metaphor)3.YoudrovethereinyourfancyJaguar,andyoutookaladyfriend.(euphemism)4.TheDuchessofCroydonkeptfirm,tightreinonherracingmind.(metaphor)5.Inwhatconceivablewaydoesourcarconcernyou?(rhetoricalquestion)6.Hervoicewasawhiplash.(metaphor)7.Theobesebodyshookinanappreciativechuckle.(transferredepithet)8.TwohighpointsofcolorappearedinthepalenessoftheDuchessofCroydon’scheeks.(transferredepithet)9.Thehousedetectivecluckedhistonguereprovingly.(onomatopoeia)10.Eyesboredintohim.(metaphor)Lesson4ATrialthatRockedtheWorld1)Thetrialthatrockedtheworld(hyperbole)2)Darrowhadwhisperedthrowingareassuringarmroundmyshoulder(transferredepithet)3)Thecasehaderuptedroundmyhead(synecdoche)4)Bryan,ageingandpaunchy,wasassisted(ridicule)5)anditisamightystrongcombination(sarcasm)6)untilwearemarchingbackwardstothegloriousageofthesixteenthcentury(irony)7)Thereissomedoubtaboutthat.(sarcasm)8)Noone,...thatmaycasewouldsnowballinto...(metaphor)9)Thestreetsaroundthethree-storeyredbricklawcourtsproutedwithricketystandssellinghot…(metaphor)10)Resolutelyhestrodetothestand,[carryingapalmfanlikeaswordtorepelhisenemies].(ridicule,simile)11)Bryanmoppedhisbalddomeinsilence.(ridicule)12)DudleyFieldMalenecalledmyconvictiona“victoriousdefeat”(oxymoron)13)...ourtown...hadtakenonacircusatmosphere.(metaphor)14)Hethunderedinhissonorousorgantones.(metaphor)15）...championhadnotscorchedtheinfidels...(metaphor)16）…afterthepreliminarysparringoverlegalities…(metaphor)17)NowDarrowspranghistrumpcardbycallingBryanasa…n.(metaphor)18)Thenthecourtbrokeintoastormofapplausethat…(metaphor)19）...sweptthearenalikeaprairiefire(simile)20)Theoratoricalstorm…blewupinthelittlecourtinDaytonsweptlikeafreshwind(simile)21)...tomorrowthemagazines,thebooks,thenewspapers...(Metonymy)22)TheChristianbelievesthatmancamefromabove.Theevolutionistbelievesthathemusthavecomefrombelow.(Metonymy)23)HisreputationasanauthorityonScriptureisrecognizedthroughouttheworld.(Hyperbole)24)TheChristianbelievesthatmancamefromabove.Theevolutionistbelievesthathemusthavecomefrombelow.(antithesis)25)whenbigotslightedfaggotstoburn...(Consonance)26)Thereisneveraduelwiththetruth,heroared.Thetruthalwayswins--andwearenotafraidofit.ThetruthdoesnotneedMr.Bryan.Thetruthiseternal.(Repetition)27)Darrowwalkedslowlyroundthebakingcourt.(transferredepithet)28)GonewasthefiercefervorofthedayswhenBryanhadsweptthepoliticalarenalikeaprairiefire.(Alliteration)29)DARWINISRIGHT—INSIDE(pun)Lesson5TheLibidofortheUgly1.HerewastheveryheartofindustrialAmerica,thecenterofitsmostlucrativeandcharacteristicactivity(metaphor,transferredepithet,antithesis)2.Herewaswealthbeyondcomputation,almostbeyondimagination--andherewerehumanhabitationssoabominablethattheyw