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The Joining of the Stone Study Guide

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by Shirley Rousseau Murphy
About 10 pages (3,122 words)

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Literary Qualities

Murphy employs a variety of literary techniques in this tale of adventure and fantasy. For example, figurative language is used throughout. Similes and metaphors are found on almost every page, and each chapter is filled with rich descriptions of characters and scenes. Murphy's artistic talent is evident as she paints with words a lavish tapestry of the forces of good and evil in her fantasy land of Ere, and readers.....

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The Joining of the Stone from Beacham's Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction and Beacham's Guide to Literature for Young Adults. ©2005-2006 Thomson Gale, a part of the Thomson Corporation. All rights reserved.

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