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Literary Devices

Literary Devices

"Her breathe was as pale as her skin..." (Yolen 11)


"The house smelled overwhelmingly like spring..." (Yolen 22)


"She didn't understand why he made her feel so left-footed" (Yolen 51)


"Roosevelt made it a camp, and in August 1944, one thousand people were brought over..." (Yolen 56)


"'Then we will call you princess' Josef said 'Princess Briar Rose, after the story.' But he used the Polish word: Księźhiczka." (Yolen 211)

1) Simile: It's comparing her (Gemma) breath to her face. She is really sick.

2) Simile: It is comparing the smell of all the flowers to spring. The bouquets of flowers over powered the smell in the house.

3) Li: This guy makes her clumsy. She (Becca) can't think straight around him.

4) Setting: The setting takes place during the Holocaust and WWII. In the introduction it says how they take the 'original' sleeping beauty and place it during the Holocaust.

5) Allusion: It's making a reference to the story sleeping beauty. This book is also called Briar Rose.

Lauren