In the book The Blood of Olympus by Rick Riordan, the author uses similes and a hyperbole. These are all on the same page, where the author describes Afales Bay in Greece. The first simile the author uses is “its ninety oars like toothpicks” (5). The author was describing the protagonists’ ship called Argo II. He was simply comparing the oars to toothpicks, which makes me assume that the characters are far away from their ship, making the massive ship look small. Another simile the author uses was “The air was as steamy as a Roman bathhouse” (5). The author was describing how high the temperature was at the Bay, and how the air was steamy, just like a Roman bathhouse, which would make me think that it’s usually hot in a Roman bathhouse. The hyperbole the author used was “the water was so blue it might’ve been dyed with food coloring” (5). This shows that the water is really blue. I actually went ahead and looked online to see how the Bay looked like and it is really blue. The picture to the left is what Afales Bay looks like.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. Archives
December 2016
Categories |