Literary Devices Used In Katharine Brush's Short Story

The true state of a relationship is difficult to detect based solely on a couple’s appearance. In her short story, Katharine Brush is brief yet clear in illustrating this. Through the incorporation of imagery and diction, Brush is able to invoke both emotions and thought in the reader which help him/her to become fully submerged in the issue at hand in the story. This in turn aids the reader to become better aware and to fully understand what is going on, thus allowing the author to achieve her purpose of revealing the truth to the reader.

One of the most noticeable literary devices used in the story is imagery. Brush commences by describing the location and surroundings, followed by a description of the couple; these things combined create