Charlotte Doyle literary devices

...masts and spars thick as the bristles on a brush.

At last I slept – only to have the ship’s dreams become my own.

Captain Jaggery was a brilliant sun and I, a Juno moon, basked in reflected glory.

The ship, festering in her own malodorous breath, moaned and groaned.

a humorous scene placed between serious scenes to lighten tone and heighten seriousness

A reference to a famous historical, mythological, Biblical, or literary person or event

That bird’s from the Caribbean. One thousand miles off. ... Blood bird, they call them.

a comparison between two unlike objects is suggested or implied

...if he doesn’t get it right? Two pounds of shot in a one pound cannon

The giving of lifelike qualities to non-human objects

A statement of mystery or suspense that appears at the end of a chapter

The clues an author provides to suggest what may happen later in the novel.

A ship, Miss Doyle . . . is a nation of its own

I shrieked. The next moment the candle when out and I was plunged into utter darkness.

a comparison between two unlike objects is stated directly using the words “like” or “as”

Something that represents an idea or a set of ideas