Using the language features, hyperbole and alliteration, the text, You’re 100% wrong about… seafood, helps the readers understand the writers attitude towards seafood and why he is so repulsed by it.
Throughout the text, the language feature hyperbole, to help us understand the writer’s utter disgust towards seafood. A hyperbole is used when the writer wants to exaggerate the effects a certain thing has on them or something else, in this case, the hatred of seafood. ” much of it jammed with fishy critters.” Jammed is an exaggeration or hyperbole. The sea is not literally jammed with fish in the waters but this is what the author says to get their point across and to catch the reader attention. By using this language feature we learn their attitude towards seafood as the word jammed has a very negative connotation. This makes you think of being tightly squeezed amongst in others making you feel closed in. By exaggerating and using hyperbole the author has targeted the readers own senses, compelling us to agree with him more and show us how much he truly hates seafood. Another example in the text is when said: “recoil like Dracula drenched in holy water and gasping for breath.” This sentence is the whole hyperbole, rather than focusing on a particular word. This hyperbole allows the reader to create an image in their mind and focus on the image of the writer being absolutely disgusted when coming in contact with the fish or seafood. we are able to get a sense of dread and horror that the author must feel when it comes to seafood as they have exaggerated words in order to describe their attitude.
Not only has the author used hyperbole throughout the text to discuss their distaste in seafood, they also used alliteration to further emphasis their disgust for seafood. Alliteration is putting two or more words with the same starting consonant side-by-side to emphasis the point you’re trying to prove. This is done numerous times in the text to show us the authors disgust. the author comments the reason for their hatred set on the fact that they cant ” stomach seafood.” by using alliteration we are able to see how much the author despise it. it puts a strong accent of the words so that the readers pay attention to their point. there is also alliteration in the sentence ” sneaky salmon.” this pulls the reader’s attention to the type of fish that the wife was caught eating and how his wife still eats it when he’s not there. By saying she eats it when he’s not there and emphasising this shows us that his family knows how much he hates it.