Lit 10 vocab.

1. simile- A comparison between two different things using works like, like, as, resembles, or than.



2. metaphor- A comparison between two unlike things where one thing becomes something else without using the words like or as.



3. personification- A type of metaphor a nonhuman thing is talked about as if it were human.



4. allusion- Reference to a statement, a person, a place, or an event from literature, history, religion, myth, politics, sports, science, or pop culture.



5. hyperbole- An exaggeration.



6. irony- Contrast between what is really meant and what is expected.

The Damned Thing

The Dammed Thing. By Ambrose Bierce



The story starts off with a room full of guys setting around this table with a dead guy on it. They are waiting on the witness of the death to come in and tell them what happened. The coroner is reading some book. Then the witness come in and starts describing what happened.

The witness' name is William Harker. He begins by telling what was going on when the victim ,Hugh Morgan, died. Harker says that him and Hugh are going out to hunt quail. While they are hunting they hear a noise in the brush. Hugh gets his double barrel shot gun loaded and walks towards the noise. They then see the grass moving but there is nothing there. Hugh seems to be almost mesmerised by this. He starts shooting. They then hear a very odd noise. Almost like an animal dieing. Then Hugh is attacked by what ever is there. Harker says he tries to help but cant see what is attacking he friend. Hugh then dies.

Harker then gets the book the coroner was reading. It was Hugh's daily diary. He reads that something has been tormenting Hugh for the last few weeks. In the book it also says Hugh is never able to see what it is that is messing with him. He then concludes that he can see it because the human eyes cant see the color of the animal.

Harker seems to me like a normal down to earth guy who gets caught up it this weird event.
Hugh on the other hand seem a little skitsofrantic and crazy. ." I am not mad; there are colours that we cannot see. 'And, God help me! the Damned Thing is of such a colour!"