Literary Devices In Alice Munro's An Ounce Of Cure

“An Ounce of Cure” by Alice Munro describes the story of a teenager from a conservative village and what she did after her break up with her first love.

Theme is defined as the main idea or topic in a text. (Literary Devices, n.d.) Theme of this story is loss of innocence. The narrator was an innocent and naïve girl from a conservative family. Her father always drink outside and her mother did not drink. She was innocent because she did not know that she has to dilute the alcohol with water. She lost her innocence after she was dumped by Martin Collingwood. The narrator was morosely depressed. (Natashavera, 2015) She started to consume aspirins but stopped after consuming six pills of it. When she was babysitting in the Berrymans house, she decided to have a drink. She was a girl who did not know how to drink. She did not dilute the full glass of alcohol before she drank. Then, she was drunk. Her friends came to help to get her up. Mr Berryman came back and saw her friends were having party in his house. He

Firstly, simile is used to compare an expression of one thing with another. (Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary & Thesaurus, n.d.) Examples of simile are “marked for a special kind of ill luck, like the girl whose illegitimate baby turns out to be triplets.” Next, hyperbole is to make someone or something sound bigger, better, etc. by speaking or writing. (Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary & Thesaurus, n.d.) For example, uses of hyperbole are “hellbent preparation” and “recollection of kissing on the throat”. Moreover, foreshadowing is the use of description, mood and details that will show more meaning. (Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary & Thesaurus, n.d.) The title of the story was foreshadowing some tragedies that happen to the narrator which should be cured. Another example is “My parents didn’t drink.” This foreshadows the narrator will do something that is against the