Imagery: “On the epicene white-and-gold desk there’s a radio the size and shape of half a loaf of bread. He turns it on: a Mexican trio, the voices like liquid rope, hard, soft, intertwining.”
Figurative/rhetorical language: Metaphor: “He’s tired of their red talons, their viperish eyes.” Imagery/simile: “The smell of coal dust, a piercing underground smell, like the damp stones of a cave.”
One sentence reaction: The story is catching speed and getting more exciting.
Imagery:
“On the epicene white-and-gold desk there’s a radio the size and shape of half a loaf of bread. He turns it on: a Mexican trio, the voices like liquid rope, hard, soft, intertwining.”
New Words:
Flagrant: blatant, obvious
Sinuous: lithe, supple
Callous: heartless, cold-hearted
Figurative/rhetorical language:
Metaphor: “He’s tired of their red talons, their viperish eyes.”
Imagery/simile: “The smell of coal dust, a piercing underground smell, like the damp stones of a cave.”
One sentence reaction:
The story is catching speed and getting more exciting.