Question

What narrative technique is used in the following quote? Before Mistress Hutchinson had arrived in America, in the fall of 1634, all was sweetness and light, he recalled. Now that she was here, all was chaos

literal language


Sharing people's inner thoughts


figurative language


vivid details

Answer 1

The correct answer would be sharing ones inner thoughts because this is the thought of Governor Winthrop.

B.) The Answer

Step-by-step explanation:

• Note the author’s sharing of the inner thoughts of the women of Cambridge, who were “enchanted” and “preferred” Anne Hutchinson’s analysis. This sharing of the inner thoughts of characters is another literary element, or narrative technique, used in fiction.

Answer 2

The correct answer is C. Figurative language.

Step-by-step explanation:

Figurative language is a literary device in which you use words with non-literal meaning in order to achieve a literary effect on the audience. There are several types of figurative language such as metaphor, personification, similes or hyperbole.

In this case, the author uses sweetness and light non-literally in order to express that before Mistress Hutchinson had arrived, he was happy and joyful. Mistress Hutchinson's arrival does not mean literally chaos, but it means that it brought changes to the narrator's life and he does not like it. Mistress Hutchinson becomes the personification of chaos for the narrator.