Literary Devices

On page 62 of Every Day, "A" has just woken up in the body of a drug addict. Levithan uses parallel structure in describing "A's" hardships in trying to cope with the instant withdrawal he's feeling from the moment he wakes up, until he goes to bed.

I read the next sentence.

I lock the door.

I read the third sentence.

.....

I read another sentence.

I must not leave this room.

I must not let the body out of this room. (62-63)

As seen above, Levithan uses punctuation to end his sentences abruptly and forcefully as if he's trying to show "A's" persistence in abstaining from drugs throughout this withdrawal. With these sentences not even being one line, they make a quick transition into the next one which conveys the intensity symbolizing how fast the mind is moving, even though theres only one thing on its mind, the spastic craving for drugs. 

Another literary device used throughout this book is ethos. Levithan uses this at a strategy to convey his purpose in writing the book: to have more sympathy for people of all genders, sexual orientation, ethnicities, shapes and sizes. By siding with our protagonist, "A", we feel sympathy for him in certain situations that he finds himself. 

In the example below, "A" awakes to her older sister yelling at her in Spanish, as she realizes she is an underage, illegal maid, on her period.

"I am sweating in my uniform. The cramps will not go away. The medicine cabinets are full, but I know that I am here to clean, not to take. Nobody would miss two Midol, but it's not worth the risk..." "After two hours, we are done with the house. I think that will be it, but there are four more houses after that. By the end, I can barely move, and my sister, seeing this, does the bathrooms with me. We are a team, and that kinship gives the day the only memory with keeping." (180)