Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Literary Elements in “Amigo Brothers”: Figurative Language



Literary Elements in “Amigo Brothers”

p. 249, column 2, paragraph 1   , , , bobbing and weaving like mercury
p. 250, column 1, paragraph 4   Felix’s admirers bet on his dynamite-packed fists.
p. 250, column 1, paragraph 7   . . . Tompkins Square was a beehive of activity.
p. 250, column 2, paragraph 6       the crowd exploded
p. 250, column 2, paragraph 7  . . . even as the roar was in its first birth. . . .
p. 251,  column 2, paragraph 2   His left hand was like a piston. . .
 p. 251,  column 2, paragraph 3    Antonio knew the dynamite that was stored in his amigo brother’s fist.
p. 252,  column 1, paragraph 5   . . . hit him with a piston-like left
p. 252,  column 1, paragraph 6    Bedlam broke loose. . .  
p. 252,  column 1, paragraph  7    He knew Felix had the habit of playing possum when hurt. . .
p. 252, column 1, paragraph  7    . . . the powerful bombs he carried in each fist.
p. 253, column 1, paragraph  1   Thus far the two had fought with mucho Corazon (a lot of heart)
p. 253,  column 1, paragraph  2   claret-red blood