Question

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Mrs March is like a friend, sister and teacher to her daughters. Justify this​

Answer 1

Explanation:

Literary devices give words meaning or force beyond their literal meanings. Alcott uses many literary devices in Little Women.

One literary device she employs is malapropism, which is having a character use a wrong word that sounds like the correct word in order to create a comic effect. Amy, the youngest, often uses malapropisms to try to sound more grown up. In chapter one, she complains that the girls in her school "label," or say bad things, about her father. She means "libel." (Actually, the correct term would be slander, since the insults are spoken, not written, but that's not important.) Jo says,