The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Study Guide

Rhetorical devices:
Repetition
Parallel Structure
Irony
Absurdity
Word play
diminishing language
jargon
naming
listing
allusion
syntax
logical fallacy
hyperbole (Zaphod)
understatement
Paradox
Antithesis
juxtaposition
Contrast
Compare
Intertextuality
Animism
Black humor


Imagery
Sensiory
5 senses
Figurative
Metaphoric – simile, metaphor, personification
Symbol – Motif

Themes:
1) Mostly Harmless
2) The Probability of the Improbable
3) The Population of the universe is zero
4) 42
5) Aliens rule
6) The “importance” of humanity
7) Past and Present

Motifs:
1) Zaphod (hyperbolic speech)
2) Don’t panic
3) Improbability Drive
4) Earth
5) Encyclopedia Galactica
6) Bable fish
7) Cup of tea
8) Marvin