Device Definition Where is it? Why did I use it?

Colloquial The use of slang or “You ready eat soon, Iles uses dialects to
informalities in misteeer Tennant?” convey where people
speech or writing. are from in his
Colloquial novels, especially in
expressions in writing the novel I read. To
include local or express this, I used
regional dialects. Andrew Fielding’s
wife to show that she
is not from America,
but rather from
China.

Atmosphere The emotional mood All throughout the The atmosphere of

created by the mimic, I used very The Footprints of
entirety of a literary fast-paced comments God​ is very important
work, established and a very serious in the theme of the
partly by the setting mood that made the novel. Since the issue
and partly by the atmosphere mimic is very serious, Iles
author’s choice of what Iles used in ​The made sure to keep the
objects that are Footprints of God. atmosphere serious.
described. Regarding these facts,
I decided to do the
same, hoping to
capture the
atmosphere at the
very beginning of the
novel.

Stream of A literary style in Beginning with ​“As I I decided to use this

Consciousness which a character's look around” a​ nd rhetorical device
thoughts, feelings, ending with ​“but because it is so
and reactions are when will it begin.” prevalent in the
depicted in a novel. Since the main
continuous flow character has
uninterrupted by narcolepsy, there are
objective description multiple instances of
or conventional these text breaks.
dialogue.

Flashback Flashback is a literary Beginning with As well as stream of

device where the “​Sitting at the table” consciousness,
author depicts the and ending with ​“the flashbacks are
occurrence of specific love of his life.” extremely prevalent
events to the reader, in the novel. To
which have taken incorporate this into
place before the the “first chapter,” I
present time the used a flashback to
narration is show how Iles
following, or events integrates this
that have happened rhetorical device.
before the events that
are currently
unfolding in the
story.