Language

The language of “True Love” by Isaac Asimov is extremely simple and easy to follow. The author does not embellish the story with figurative speech and the choice of words is related to technology, data, and match-making. 

Imagery is used very little in the text, such as when Joe describes Milton’s meeting with the first girl on the list: “Milton's face turned red when he saw her. He spoke as though it were hard to do so.” (ll. 58-59)

The story is conveyed using both narration and dialogue. The narrative passages express t…

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Rhetorical questions

Rhetorical questions are used by both Joe and Milton and they usually express a need for approval of an obvious conclusion such as in the following two examples:  “ ‘We will find someone who won't care how you look either, or how anyo…

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Repetitions

To convey Milton’s growing obsession with true love and the fact that Joe does not understand the concept, the phrase is repeated several times:

‘I'm going to have true love and you're going to help me. I'm tired of improving you in order to solve the problems of the world. Solve my problem. Find me true love.’
I said, ‘What is true love?’ (ll. 15-18)

The verb “eliminate” is used six times in the text to ma…