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Alliteration In Divergent

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Divergent
Author: Veronica Roth
By: Brooke Schwartz
Date 7/14/17
1. Alliteration – the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

Example from the book – One example of alliteration from the book is in chapter 2 when it says “He is plaster-pale. He pushes his pains along his legs like I do when I wipe off sweat…”

2. Allusion – an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly

Example from the book – One example of an allusion from the book is when they talk about dauntless and that dauntless values courage “Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.” …show more content…

Example from the book – Tris and Al had the one major conflict, when Al tried to fit in, and Tris doesn’t accept that, which leads to his death. This conflict was a very major point, when you realized the harshness that Tris had used.

a.) Internal vs. external – Internal – is the mental struggle arising from opposing demands or impulses. External – that is a conflict between the character and someone else or the character and a conflict between the characters self.

Example from the book – an example of internal conflict from the book divergent is that she has trouble fitting in with the Dauntless in the beginning. An example of an external conflict from the book divergent is when the war that started on Abnegation. She needed to protect her family and her friends from the soldiers under the simulation shooting everyone. This is a huge problem for Tris and many other people.
b.) Man vs. man – this is a conflict between the character and someone else.

Example from the book – an example from the book is when tris has to beat out other members of Dauntless to advance to the next stage.

c.) Man vs. self - this is a conflict between the character and its self.

Example from the book – an example from the book is when it’s after the aptitude test, Tris struggles with her decision on which faction to enter.

d.) man vs. nature – this is a conflict that is when a character has a conflict with the outside world and nature Example from the

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