figurative language quarter 3 week 7

1. "At that moment," his memoirs say, "I thought my heart would break" (81). This quote is important to the story because it is referring to Germans cancelling their mobilization plans into Belgium, despite the fact that it was a critical area for the German offensive. This is figurative language because it is foreshadowing a part of the war.

2. "In France appreciation was keener than he knew" (83). This is figurative language because the book because it is a major foreshadow for the future plot.

3. "The event, pregnant with possible civil strife, stunned the Cabinet. Street barricades, riot, even revolt became a prospect on the threshold of war" (87). This quote was important to the book because it illustrates what a predictiment France was in right before it decided to mobilize for World War I.