The last and most effective aspect of writing Larson uses is figurative language and devices; it is best to start with the basic use of a simile used to illustrate and aspect for the reader, as seen when he portrays the Worthington pumps, “Worthington pumps began stretching their shafts and pistons, like praying mantises shaking off the cold” (Larson 238). Its effect is providing an artistic interpretation of events so that the experience is not just reading facts that could cause the reader to become unamused. This is the same reasoning behind the use of personification in the passage. This can be exemplified when the verb soared is applied to the water from the fountain, “pumps exploded from the MacMonnies Fountain and soared a hundred feet into the sky, casting a sheet rainbow cross the sun” (Larson 238-239). The latter section of this sentence comments on the creation of a sheet rainbow and serves as an accent for the rest of the sentence. Another form of accent that Larson uses if foreshadowing, a small literary device that can achieve great power of meaning and is the reason he uses this technique. The passage ends in a dramatically unexpected dark note that reflects the overall main themes of the book, this ending being, “As the crowd thundered, a man eased up beside a thin, pale woman with a bent neck. In the next instant Jane Addams realized her purse was gone.” (Larson 239). The purpose of this is highlighting all of the …show more content…
This is achieved by different methods that can be classified into three main overall groups. These are diction and sentence structure, details and imagery, and figurative language. This can be best observed in the passage on pages 238-239 from his book. This passage is compelling because of its dramatic and awe inspiring affect generated by the techniques he
Thoreau uses figurative language to show how people stress about many problems in their lives and that it makes their lives difficult. For example, he states “Let us spend one day as deliberately as nature, and not be thrown off the track by every nutshell and mosquito’s wing that falls on the rails.” He compares nutshell and mosquito to irritating problems we have that we get thrown off by. He wants us to take all the junk that we don’t need out of us and focus more on living life without stress. In addition, he also mentions “In the midst of this chopping sea of civilized life, such are the clouds and storms and quicksands and thousand-and-one items to be allowed for that a man has to live.” In this text, Thoreau uses a huge metaphor to explain
Of the aforementioned techniques, the most obvious is repetition. The author uses the word “and” a total of thirty-three times. However, the simple usage of the word is not what is to be noticed. It is the placement of the word that is interesting. In sentences in which there is mention of the wolf, the word “and” is used twenty times. This amount is 150% higher than the amount of times the author chose to include the word “and” in sentences which did not mention the wolf. There are times in which it would be just as easy, if not easier, for the author to leave out the word “and”. For example, McCormac could have said: “he touched the cold, perfect teeth”. However, “and” was again squeezed in for the purpose...
“ The horizon was the color of milk. Cold and fresh. Poured out among the bodies” (Zusak 175). The device is used in the evidence of the quote by using descriptives words that create a mental image. The text gives the reader that opportunity to use their senses when reading the story. “Somehow, between the sadness and loss, Max Vandenburg, who was now a teenager with hard hands, blackened eyes, and a sore tooth, was also a little disappointed” (Zusak 188). This quote demonstrates how the author uses descriptive words to create a mental image which gives the text more of an appeal to the reader's sense such as vision. “She could see his face now, in the tired light. His mouth was open and his skin was the color of eggshells. Whisker coated his jaw and chin, and his ears were hard and flat. He had a small but misshapen nose” (Zusak 201). The quotes allows the reader to visualize what the characters facial features looked like through the use of descriptive words. Imagery helps bring the story to life and to make the text more exciting. The reader's senses can be used to determine the observations that the author is making about its characters. The literary device changes the text by letting the reader interact with the text by using their observation skills. The author is using imagery by creating images that engages the reader to know exactly what's going on in the story which allows them to
Tatiana de Rosnay used different literary tools to assist her writing in order to deepen the story, including figurative language, dramatic irony, and foreshadowing. The use of figurative language helps to clarify a description in order to place an image in the mind of the reader. Similes are the main type of figurative language used throughout Sarah’s Key, allowing the reader to see what is happening. Many images conjured up make comparisons as a child would make them, as much of the story concerns the innocence of a child, such as “[t]he oversized radiators were black with dirt, as scaly as a reptile” (Rosnay 10) and “[t]he bathtub has claws” (Rosnay 11). Other descriptions compare Sarah, and Zoe, to a puppy, a symbol of innocence, as children are known to be
Larsons’s use of similes from beginning to end of the novel authorizes the reader to see facts in the novel in a different light. During the trial Larson writes that “so many handkerchiefs appeared among the men and women in the gallery that the courtroom looked as if it had just experienced a sudden snowfall.” This simile molds the reader’s mind to take pity Mrs.Pitezel while she sits widowed at the stand. Snowfall can be heavy and incredibly benumbing, an abundantly harsh condition to be under. The reader is able to see how much damage Holmes manufactured with his cruel murders. The comparison with snowfall could also be describing how cold the courtroom itself felt.
Imagery, when a writer describes something in such great detail, the reader can imagine the writer's meaning. Ruta Sepetys writes great samples of imagery in her writing. One of the many things that make up imagery is diction, extended metaphors, and rhetorical devices. A good example of the following parts in "Between Shades of Gray" is in two paragraphs in Chapter eight. Which is when Lina is describing what she sees at the train station
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In the novel, “The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien, he describes parts of his war experiences through the stories told throughout the book. O’Brien discusses the gory detailed chaos of the Vietnam war and his fellow “soldiers.” As O’Brien gives detail of the his “fictional” experiences, he explains why he joined the war. He also describes a time where his “character” wanted to escape a draft to Canada.
One of the literary techniques most prominently featured throughout the passage would be that of imagery. The author takes great care to interweave sentences comparing the traits
Particularly tree, one of the main, elements used bu Thom Jones in his story "A white Horse" , Symbolism (designed to convey impressions by suggestion rather than by direct statement), Contrast (which is a distinction between two ideas, objects or co lours.
In what way do the techniques used in a prescribed text develop ideas and influence your response as a reader? The revenge tragedy, Hamlet, by William Shakespeare is a tale of murder, secrets and lies where a son is called upon by the ghost of his father to avenge his death. Shakespeare uses a range of techniques in order to influence the readers understanding of Hamlets main themes and ideas. The most effective techniques used within the play are the soliloquies that give depth of both character and story, the powerful displays of imagery used within the play, and the dual understanding that emphasizes the connection between king and country. Through these techniques Shakespeare is able to develop the play in such a way that influences the reader by communicating a deeper meaning and a more complex understanding.
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He uses allusions, onomatopoeia, repetition, and direct pronouns such as we, you, and I to convey and involve the
Overall, the types of themes used were consistent throughout both narratives. The topical themes of the subsequent clauses were not always related to the themes or rhemes of the preceding clauses, making it difficult to predict subsequent events. He was able to use conjunctions to link up events in a systematic order and use of reference to highlight characters, objects, and events. He was able to construct noun phrases, verb phrases, and prepositional phrases to make his narratives more elaborated. The extensive usage of adverbials demonstrate his ability to link sentences and explain how, when, where and why the actions took place. He was able to use topical words to express meaning. Although he possesses some knowledge about past tense verbs, he has yet to grasp the concept of irregular verbs.
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