LAMB TO THE SLAUGHTER( LITERARY DEVICES )CHONG CHUEY MIING.HEMALATHATAN SU SHANLEE YEN YIN N.SHANTIE.ANGELINEROALD DAHLDefinition :something that happens which is the opposite of what is expectedExample : its Probably right under ourvery noses. page !"line #$% &his is an example of dramatic irony because we 'now that the weapon they(re loo'ing for is literally under their noses. LIFES IRONYREPETITIONDefinition : )epeat certain words" phrases and sentence when they want to emphasi*e a particular idea. Example : +it down" he said. ,ust for a minute" sit down.-t was not till then that she began toget frightened..o on" he said. +it down.page /"line #/0#1%IMAGERYDefinition : 2ivid picture the appeals to the sentences created through comparisons.Example : Her frst instinct was not to believe any of it, to reject it all. It occurred to her that erhas he hadn!t even so"en, that she herself had i#a$ined the whole thin$. Maybe, if she went about her business and acted as thou$h she hadn!t been listenin$, then later, when she sort of wo"e u a$ain, she #i$ht fnd none of it had ever haened. %a$e &, line &'()*+FORESHADOWING,efnition - A hint or an allusion to evens or afeelin$ of what will haen in the future. E.a#le - He did an unusual thin$. He lifted his $lass and drained it in one swallow althou$h there was still half of it, at least half of it left. /he wasn!t really watchin$ hi#, but she "new what he had done because she heard the ice cubes fallin$ bac" a$ainst the botto# of the e#ty $lass when he lowered his ar#00%a$e *,line &)(&1+BLACK HUMOUR ,efnition - 2he use of the $rotes3ue, #orbid or absurd for dar"ly co#ic uroses. E.a#le - when the olices eat the weaon%la#b+, in the other roo#, Mary Maloney be$an to $i$$le.SOUND IMAGES,efnition - An i#a$e of sound, co#e out fro# i#a$ination E.a#le - *. /he heard the tires on the $raveloutside, and the car doorsla##in$0..%a$e *,line '+ &./he could hear their footstes onthe $ravel outside00%a$e 4,line *+PERSONIFICATION ,efnition - Give so#ethin$ inani#ate hu#an 3ualities. E.a#le - *.5hen the cloc" said ten #inutesto fve, she be$an to listen00.% a$e *, line 6 +&.2here was a slow s#ilin$ airabout her, and about everythin$ she did.%a$e *,line 1+ FLASH BACK,efnition - 2hin"in$ bac" of an earlier incident. E.a#le - /he told her story a$ain, this ti#e ri$ht fro# the be$innin$, when 7atric" had co#e in, and she was sewin$, and he was tired, so tired he had not wanted to $o out for suer. /he told how she had ut the #eat in the oven.it!s there now, coo"in$ and how she did stoed out to the $rocer for ve$etables, and co#e bac" to fnd hi# lyin$ on the 8oor. % 7a$e 1,line *&(*1+REFERENCES,ahl, Roald. Lamb to the Slaughter. Harper's Magazine, *'1), htt-::www.classicshorts.co#:stories:la#b.ht#lI#a$e- ;e$ of ;a#b by Ad#in under arl ?an ?echten under 7ublic ,o#ainTHANK YOU