It was written by Madeleine L'Engle and published in 1962:
The novel is mainly about a young girl whose father has gone missing due to a mysterious project. Her and her little brother Charles Wallace and friend Calvin set out on an adventure to bring him back.
RL3 - RL6 FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE AND STYLE
Section 1/Chapter 1-2 pages 1-44
Figurative language in this section includes, personification, similes, and verbal irony.
Similies-"Why do you act like such a baby." (L'Engle,8) "Charles Wallace slid down from his chair and trotted over to the refrigerator, his pajamaed feet padding as soft as kittens." (L'Engle 15)
Personification- "Clouds scudded frantically across the sky." (L'Engle,7) "Trees tossing in the frenzied lashing of the wind." (L'Engle,7)
Verbal Irony- " 'They were saying at the post office this afternoon that the tramp stole all of mrs.Buncombe's sheets.` 'We'd better sit on pillow cases then,' Mrs. Murry said lightly"
Style: The style in this section has to do with figurative language. The author uses similies and personification. But she uses more similies. She uses figurative language to keep her writing interesting and engaging.
Section 2/ Chapter 3-4 pages 45-83
Figurative language in this section include,similes, personification.
Personification- "Her pencil flew over her paper." (L'Engle 49)
Simile- "I'm blind as a bat without them" (L'Engle 61)
Imagery- L'Engle uses imagery when describing one of Uriel's moon. "The silver light from the enormous moon poured over them, blending with the golden quality of the day, flowing over the children, over Mrs. Whatsit over the mountain peek."
Style- The style of this section is very descriptive and uses a lot of imagery to make mental picture and to keep the reader interested.
Section 3/Chapter 5-6 Pages 84-126
Figurative language in this section includes Allusions, Personification, and simile.
Simlie- "he was like the whit rabbit." (L'Engle 125)
Allusions- L'Engle refers to Alice in Wonderland. " But the glasses disappeared. it reminded meg of the Cheshire Cat." (L'Engle 89) "He was like the white rabbit." (L'Engle 125)
Personification- "But glasses without a face." (L'Engle 89) "Walls have ears" (L'Engle 105)
Imagery- L'Engle is describing the town on the planet. "Bellow then the town was laid out in harsh angular patterns. The houses in the outskirts were all exactly alike, small square boxes painted gray. Each had a small rectangular plot of lawn in front, with a straight line of dull-looking flower edging the path to the door. Meg had a feeling that she could count the flowers there would exactly the same number in front of each house." (L'Engle 115)
Style- The author in this section used a lot of imagery to describe the new place they are at.
Section 4/Chapters 7-8 Pages 127-158
I didn't find any figurative language.
Style- the author uses a lot of dialogue to move the story along. And will briefly describe what is happening and where they are located.
Section5/Chapter 9-10 Pages 159-193
Figurative Language in this section includes Imagery.
Imagery- L'Engle uses imagery to describe Mr.Murry when they found him on the planet Camazotz. "He had grown a beard, and silky brown was shot with gray. His hair, too, had not been cut. it wasn't just the overlong hair of the man in the snapshot at Cape Canaveral ; it was pushed back from his high forehead and fell softly almost to his shoulders, so that he looked like someone of another century."
Style- They style in this section is the same as the other sections. The author uses imagery to make mental pictures and to make the text more interesting.
Section 6/Chapters 11-12 Pages 194-232
Figurative language in this section includes imagery.
Imagery- L'Engle uses imagry to give you a picture of what happens when they return home. " Mr. Murry was running across the lawn, Mrs. Murry running toward him , and they were in each other's arms, and then there was a tremendous happy jumble of arms and legs hugging, the older Murrys and Meg and Charles Wallace and the twins, and calvin grinning by them untill meg reached out and pulled him and mrs. murry gave a special hug all of his own."
Style-This section was similar to the other sections. The author uses imagery to make a mental picture and to slow everything down meaning its the end of the story.