24 Sentence
: And as the sun lowered, Kino and Juana struggled wearily up the steep slope towards the cleft.
page 84, paragraph 2, sentence 5 Type
: Metaphor. Literal Meaning
: Toward evening. Meaning
: The sun sets.
25 Sentence
: The night seemed a little less dark when she looked out, and to the east there was a lightening in the sky.
page 91, paragraph 1, sentence 1 Type
: Metaphor. Literal Meaning
: Moonlight night. Meaning
: The moon radiates its light.
4.2.3 Simile
26 Sentence
: Her eyes is cold as the eyes of a lioness. page 8, paragraph 4, sentence 1
Type : Simile.
Literal Meaning : Her mind is blank.
Meaning : She likes imagine for something.
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27 Sentence
: A town is a thing like a colonial animal. page 22, paragraph 1, sentence 1
Type : Simile.
Literal Meaning : A town has the bad government.
Meaning : A town is a thing separate from all other towns.
28 Utterance
: “This pearl is like a sin It will destroy us,” and her
voice rose shrilly. page 41, paragraph 2, sentence 3
Type : Simile.
Literal Meaning : This pearl brings bad luck.
Meaning : This pearl must throw away.
29 Sentence
: He hissed at her like a snake. page 63, paragraph 1, sentence 2
Type : Simile.
Literal Meaning : He imitates snake’s voice.
Meaning : He wants to scare off at her.
30 Sentence
: She sat quiet as a stone. page 77, paragraph 3, sentence 1
Type : Simile.
Literal Meaning : She sat silent and motionless.
Meaning : She wants to be alone.
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31 Sentence
: They scuttled over the ground like animals. page 79, paragraph 1, sentence 6
Type : Simile.
Literal Meaning : They ran quickly.
Meaning : They are trying to avoid their enemy.
32 Sentence
: Kino edged like a slow lizard down the smooth rock shoulder.
page 91, paragraph 2, sentence 1 Type
: Simile. Literal Meaning
: Kino crawls on his hands and knees. Meaning
: He is trying to avoid his enemy.
4.2.4 Litotes
There is no case of litotes found in novel The Pearl by John Steinbeck. Litotes is a form of understatement, always deliberate and with the intention of subtle
emphasis.
John Steinbeck doesn’t want use this form because in litotes consists of negative expressions to express the meaning or has opposite meaning.
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4.2.5 Personification
33 Sentence
: The day had drawn only a pale wash of light. page 1, paragraph 1, sentence 2
Type : Personification.
Literal Meaning : It looks like rain. Meaning : Cloudy sky.
34 Sentence
: He heard again in his ears the lovely music of the undersea, the tone of the diffused green light of the
sea bottom. page 42, paragraph 2, sentence 6
Type : Personification.
. Literal Meaning
: He heard sound of waves and it makes a good feeling for him.
Meaning : He enjoyed a view of beautiful sea.
35 Utterance
: “The pearl is gone.”
page 65, paragraph 2, sentence 4 Type
: Personification. .
Literal Meaning : The pearl is lost.
Meaning : The pearl doesn’t exist already.
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36 Sentence
: The wind was at his back and the stars guided him. page 73, paragraph 3, sentence 3
Type : Personification.
. Literal Meaning
: He was surrounded by the wind and he follows the way of stars.
Meaning : He walks alone in the dark.
37 Sentence
: He let the sun play on it until it burned in his eyes. page 76, paragraph 5, sentence 2
Type : Personification.
. Literal Meaning
: He let the sun irradiates his face. Meaning
: He let the sun blinds his eyes.
38 Sentence
: The hot sun beat on the earth. page 77, paragraph 2, sentence 1
Type : Personification.
. Literal Meaning
: The earth drenched by the sun. Meaning
: The weather is really hot.
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39 Sentence
: The beach was cut and scarred and padded by the feet of animals that had come to drink and to hunt.
page 86, paragraph 1, sentence 4 Type
: Personification. .
Literal Meaning : The beach subsides.
Meaning : In the morning.
4.2.6 Irony
