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liza23628
liza23628
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High School - 9th Grade

What literary device does the author use to describe Johnny's mugging?

The answer to my question is on page 31-34 in my book?

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Posted by liza23628 on Monday October 15, 2007 at 5:36 PM and tagged with johnny mugging, the outsiders.

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  1. sullymonster Teacher
    Community / Jr. College

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    Hinton uses the device of flashback, which is when the narrator leaves the present time to tell about something that happened in the story's past.  During the description itself, Hinton uses imagery to describe the state the boys found Johnny in and the way the boys felt when they found him.

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    Posted by sullymonster on Monday October 15, 2007 at 8:34 PM

  2. wlgus95
    wlgus95 Student
    High School - 9th Grade

    The author had used flashback, backstory, and foreshadow. the author had flashbacked about the story of what had happen to Johnny, used backstory which added more detailes in the story, and foreshadowed that if anything like that happened again, he would kill that person. thoses three are the literary devices the author used to describe Johnny's mugging. You dig? :)

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    Posted by wlgus95 on Saturday February 9, 2008 at 9:49 PM