Acceleration has many uses of literary devices.
It uses metaphors in order to describe the
world duncan lives in.
"Spending eight hours a day in this dungeon."
It has imagery used
to give the book a realistic setting.
"Vin's flattening out a map of the city on the table, pushing the napkin dispenser
out of the way."
It uses humor the characters make in order to lighten
the mood in some parts of the book.
"A shrug. "Minimum wage, minimum effort.""
It
uses descriptions to really get a view of the nature of were the story is taking place.
"Air conditioners are as
rare as collage diplomas in the Jungle."
It uses similes in order
to show how hard he is working to hind roach.
"I've got to go back to the diary and study it like a Bible, find
where he slips up and gives himself away."
It uses foreshadowing in
order to make future happenings more realistic.
"I tell him how I saw Roach leave forty minuets ago. There's no
way to know how much time we have."
Links:
Amazon reviews:
http://www.amazon.com/review/product/0385731191/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt/103-7776859-0751059?%5Fencoding=UTF8&showViewpoints=1
Review
by Claire Rosser:
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0PBX/is_1_38/ai_112247037
Review
by Justin:
http://theopencritic.com/?p=188
