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what language techniques are in this quote from the handmaids tale “I used to think of my body as an instrument, of pleasure, or a means of transportation, or an implement for the accomplishment of my will … Now the flesh arranges itself differently. I'm a cloud, congealed around a central object, the shape of a pear, which is hard and more real than I am and glows red within its translucent wrapping.”

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In The Handmaid 's Tale, language is the most important means of communication in the novel. She uses language as a form of power.The style of The Handmaid's Tale is introspective and nonlinear, weaving together narratives from Offred's past and present.

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