Quote and Quote

1. Personification
"Mack could almost feel her words rain down on his head"
(155)

2. Repetition
"if only, if only, if only"
(67)

3. Allusion
"He half expected Jesus to pull out a huge King James Bible"
(109)

4. Motif
"a couple of verses before the Bible somehow left his hand"
(117)

5. Alliteration
"Speaking of Sarayu, is she the Holy Spirit?"
(112)

6. Metaphor
"Trust is the fruit of a relationship in which you know you are loved"
(128)

7. Hyperbole
"Suddenly Mack wanted to ask a thousand questions, or say a thousand things"
(92)

8. Imagery
"Monsters and demons of the deepest dark with barbwire fingers and razor touches"
(55)

9. Simile
"which waves of nausea and guilt and regret rolled over him like some surreal tidal flood"
(27)

10. Epithet
"Although externally religious, his overly strict church-elder father was a closet drinker"
(9)