Quote and Analysis: Her First Ball

Her First Ball
Q) List out all the phrases that bring out Leila’s excitement.
1) Perhaps her first real partner was the cab – Personification
2) The bolster on which her hand rested felt like the sleeve of a young man’s dress suit – Simile
3) Away they bowled, past waltzing lamp-posts and houses and fences and trees – personification
4) She tried not to smile too much; she tried not to care
5) Meg’s tuberoses, Jose’s long loop of amber, laura’s little dark head, pushing above her white fur like a flower through snow – imagery and simile
6) On the pavement gay couples seemed to float through the air – imagery
7) Little Satin shoes chased each other like birds – Simile
8) Somehow lifted pas the big golden lantern, carried along the passage, and pushed into the little room marked ladies – imagery
9) A great quivering jet of gas lighted the ladies room – personification
10) There came a burst of tuning from the drill hall, it leaped almost to the ceiling – personification
11) It gave her a pang to see her cousin Laurie throw away the wisps of tissue paper he pulled from the fastenings of his new gloves
12) How most extraordinary! I can’t see a single invisible hairpin – imagery
13) I’ve torn simply miles and miles of the frill – hyperbole
14) Leila’s fingers shook as she took one out of the basket
15) Pressed their way through the crush in the passage towards the big double doors of the drill hall
16) Am I meant to have one too?
17) Little quivering coloured flags strung across the ceiling were talking – personification
18) Changed to a rush of joy so sweet that is was hard to bear alone
19) The men came gliding over the parquet – imagery
20) Was a joyful flutter among the girls
21) Flew up to Meg – seized her programme
22) He was tossed away on a great wave of music that came flying over the gleaming floor – personification
23) Sending them spinning – imagery
24) Lift her arm and fly out of one of those dark windows that showed the stars –...