Which literary devices are heavily used throughout the book?

• A. Irony and metaphor.
• B. Wordplay, puns, and personification.
• C. Allegory only.
• D. Hyperbole only.

Answer: (B)

Wordplay and giving ideas a life are the main tools this book uses to tell its story. Throughout Milo’s journey, language isn’t just described—it’s turned into a tangible, playful world. The Market of Words treats words as actual goods you can trade, inventing humor through puns and clever twists that keep language central to the adventures. At the same time, ideas and abstractions become characters—Time, the Sound Keeper, the Whether Man—so readers experience concepts like time, sound, and decision as living forces. That combination of playful language and personified ideas drives the book’s voice and meaning far more than any single other device. There are certainly moments of allegory and occasional irony or metaphor, but they don’t shape the work as strongly as the constant wordplay and personification.