##burys Excerpt InDandelion Wind, By Ray Bradbury

Summer brings a sense of joy with its bright days. In Ray Bradburys excerpt from his novel Dandelion Wind. Bradbury utilizes rhetorical devices throughout the excerpt to provide a mysterious atmosphere to his novel. Throughout the beginning of the passage, the author uses an array of different rhetorical devices to give us a glimpse about Douglas Spauldings feelings towards the beginning of summer.Ray Bradbury utilizes personification in sentences 1 through 5. For example The town covered over with darkness...the wind had the proper touch, the breathing of the world was long and warm and slow. The author drives a clear picture of a mysterious atmosphere by the use of the word Darkness. By adding The wind had the proper touch.†¦show more content†¦He uses specific choice of words like Dark, Sorcerer and Visions to provide a sense of wonder and mystery as if it was an adventure. Which portrays the anticipation that Douglas feels towards all of the adventures that summer will b ring. The passage also consists of a simile in lines 48 through 50. The sentence reads The street lights, like candles on a black cake, went out. This particular lines connect to the first paragraph of the whole passage which mentioned the sun hasnt rised. The simile is a comparing lit street lights to that of candles which at first are lit but once you blow them out its light is gone. The lines are explaining that the street lights are off, now that they are not needed since the sun is out. Personification is found in lines 49 through 50. Which say the following As house lights winked slowly on. This sentence,personifies house lights as winking which represents house lights slowly turning on. Therefore, people are starting to wake up and the day is about to commence. Towards the end of the passage Douglas Spaulding is preparing to leave his home and enjoy his summer. A metaphor is illustrated in line 74 through 75. For example The town trolley would sail the rivering black streets . In the sentence, the streets are being compared to an ocean. Which portrays Douglas imagination and desire for his summer adventures to begin. Visual