4. Poetic Devices in Narrative Texts

                                Poetic Devices in Narrative Texts

               

               In my book The Absolutely True Diary Of A Part Time Indian the poetic device that was used was a simile. When Arnold was playing basketball against Roger the book says Arnold "Didn't even dribble, just ran like a fullback" (Alexie Sherman, The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian 141). The simile in that sentence is "ran like a fullback", this is a simile because it compares Arnold running to a fullback and uses like to do so. The purpose of using a simile is it helps you picture how hard and fast Arnold was running. It helps the scene because it makes you feel the game between Arnold and Roger was very emotional and intense for Arnold to be running that hard. If the author chose to just say Arnold ran it wouldn't of been as meaningful. 

Alexie, Sherman, and Ellen Forney. The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian. New York: Little, Brown, 2007. Print.