detective3&4

**Ariane6**

"**... and our boat //tur//ned** **//tur//tle, spilling us and all we had into the drink**." Page 25 and 26. Alliteration and metaphor. "Turned turtle" is an alliteration because they both start with "tur", //and// they both are pronounced the same way at the beginning of the word. "Spilling us and all we had into the drink" is a metaphor because "the Devil's Belt" is not really a drink. This metaphor just indicates that the Devil's Belt is a body of water, like a glass of water.
 * __Chapter 3__**

"I've been **combing the beach** since dawn lookin' for him." Page 26. Metaphor. "Combing the beach" is a metaphor because Bracy Gwinnett didn't //really// take a comb and sift the entire beach with it. It implies that he searched very carefully, as if he had used a comb to go through the entire beach.

"**... and his ill-fitting clothes hung loose, as if some sickness had made him thin**." Page 26. Simile. "And his ill-fitting clothes hung loose, as if some sickness had made him thin" is a simile because if Bracy's clothes were baggy, then when you looked at him you would get the optical illusion of him being skinny, like an illness would have made him skinny. This simile states that his clothes hung //really// loose.

"**... to where six longboats bobbed in the water like a school of bluefish**." Page 28. Simile. "To where six longboats bobbed in the water like a school of bluefish" is a simile because the longboats bobbed. Schools of bluefish bob a whole lot as well so Betsy Haynes simply says that the longboats bobbed a whole lot, just like a school of bluefish.

__**Chapter 4**__ "**Suddenly** **the sun burst over the rolling hills,** **turning the bay into a pool of gold**." Page 34. Hyperbole and metaphor. "The sun burst over the rolling hills" is a hyperbole because the sun didn't really burst. It is an exaggeration that the sunlight shone over the hills with great speed. "Turning the bay into a pool of gold" is a metaphor because the sunlight didn't really make a pool made of liquid or solid gold. It means that the sunlight reflected off of the water, making the water golden in color.

"**Jonathan parted the curtain of leaves** and climbed slowly..." Page 41. Metaphor. "Jonathan parted the curtain of leaves" is a metaphor because he didn't really part a curtain that was made of leaves. What really happened was that there were lots of low-hanging leaves that sort of resembled a curtain. Jonathan Barlowe really just split the leaves apart so he wouldn't get scratched or something like that.