Guess the technique!! (1 Viewer)

[Emph]

Ok so what technique is used in this sentence...

"...to appease the hunger for her presence, the craving for her lips that had been devouring him through all the fever and pain..."

I know it has to be something because there are the words "hunger", "craving" and "devouring" which can all be linked and it cant just be a fluke they are in the same sentence... but WHAT is the technique?

I know it is emotive language, but is it also a metaphor, symbolism, allusion....

HELP

 

[P_Dilemma]

metaphor, symbolism, allusion? Whoa, whoa, whoa, let's go back to more basic stuff...

Hunger: It's a quality-word, so it's a noun...right? (A noun is a word that names a person, place, thing, animal or quality)

craving: crave is a "doing" word (a verb). For future reference, if you put a word after the word "to" and it can make sense, then it's a verb. (ie, if "to [x] makes sense, then x = verb.

In addition, the word ends with "-ing". Thus, it's an adverb

devouring: Refer to "craving" above.

My advice: stick with the emotive language, and/or else, find another more expicit technique.

PS: I'm not all that confident about my grammar skills myself, so i've i've HUGELY stuffed up, somebody stop me!

 

[Mountain.Dew]

imagery!

emotive language is also suitable, but as long as u say what those emotive language supports/magnifies/indicates, etc...<idea>

 

[Emph]

In addition, the word ends with "-ing". Thus, it's an adverb

mmm i think adverbs end in -ly

 

[ur_inner_child]

if it goes on like that, about the "need" (I was going to say about "food" but your can expand to needs), you can say the text uses a "sustained motif"

But if it's just that sentence, then I'm not so sure.

 

[AmenoKitarou]

I think its metaphoric imagery... cus the hunger and craving sounds animal-ish....and its pretty descriptive....so metaphor...