6. Bradbury uses two interesting similes when he described the children, Peter and Wendy. First, write down the two

similes he uses to describe the children's physical traits. Then, explain what's ironic about these simile choices.

A. cheeks like peppermint candy, eyes like bright blue agate marbles."

B. These similes are ironic because they create images of old-fashioned childhood innocence

Explanation:

We can define simile as a word use to compare two things using as and like. When Wendy and Peter arrive at home from the carnival they'd been visiting, the narrator says that they were "coming in the front door, cheeks like peppermint candy, eyes

Irony is the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning

In this story, the similes used to describe Peter and Wendy make them seem incredibly innocent and childlike. They don't even want dinner because they are full of strawberry ice cream and hot dogs: more signs of their innocence which they are not.

in   ¨and yet the books¨   by czelaw miloz the tone is positive since it tells us that when we touch a book, it starts to live and the perspective is in the third person and turns once into the first person. in "the rhinoceros" by eugene ionesco the tone is illogical and absurd   and the perspective is in the third person since it is a play.

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