In the book ‘Go to sleep Jessie’, Gleeson uses details to set the mood and allow the reader to create conclusions about the narrative. The story is told in the first person, and uses mainly dialogue and action to provide the reader with information on how the narrator feels. Tunnell (2008) explains that all good writers use the right words to provide detailed information for the reader to create conclusions. Tunnell (2008) states that “speech reveals characters”, that when a person speaks it displays their emotions, motives and personality. Gleeson uses dialogue to display the anger and frustration of the narrator without actually stating them. When the girl tells her sister ‘Be quiet’, ‘Go to sleep’, the reader can tell she’s annoyed. When
There are four main modes of discourse: expository, narrative, descriptive, and persuasive. In Mary Rowlandson’s A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson, it is apparent in the title that it is a narrative. Like Mrs. Rowlandson’s literature, Olaudah Equiano’s From Africa to America is a narrative. A narrative form of literature is a story, account of events, or experiences, whether it is true or fictitious. In this case their stories were their real experiences and they gave the reader actual facts and information, also making it expository. "The closeness of the place and the heat of the climate, added to the number in the ship, which was so crowded that each had scarcely room to turn himself, almost suffocated us." (73) This is a perfect example showing that Olaudah Equiano’s narrative is also descriptive, giving the reader vivid images in his mind, whereas Rowlandson’s narrative rarely has descriptive content. These works of literature may also be portrayed as persuasive by the quote of, "..Overwhelmed with the thoughts of my condition.." (7) Mary Rowlandson was overwhelmed with her emotions. This quote may persuade the reader ...
Authors often use details that evoke a response in readers to produce an effective description. Their aim is not simply to tell readers what something looks like but to show them. Katherine Anne Porter’s “The Grave” and E.B. White’s “Once More to the Lake” are essays that use subjective language to illustrate the principles of effective description. Porter’s “The Grave” describes a childish afternoon of rabbit hunting that brings death close enough to be seen and understood, while White’s “Once More tot he Lake” is a classic essay of persona; reminiscence in which he recreates the lakeside camp he visited with his son.
In contrast, syntax provides a new perspective to the narrator s behavior as sentence structure draws attention to her erratic behavior. By her last entry, the narrator s sentences have become short and simple. Paragraphs 227 through 238 contain few adjectives resulting in limited descriptions yet her short sentences emphasize her actions providing plenty of imagery. The syntax quickly pulls the reader through the end as the narrator reaches an end to her madness.
One rhetorical strategy developed from the opening passage and carried on throughout the novel is the detachment of the narrator. By not including any mention of who is telling the story, the novel maintains a journalistic nature and allows for the audience to make their own judgments. Moreover, the city of Holcomb becomes just an average place that neither the narrator or audience has any relation to due to the repeated inclusion of understatements, allowing the plot of the novel to pervade deeper into the senses
...ew paragraph every time someone new speaks. He uses phrases and words such as “Heavy Boots,” “Extremely,” and “I’m OK.” Oskar’s grandfather, one of the main characters, the renter, accounts often start with the title “Letters to my unborn son,” which allow you to see his deep sense of regret. He writes to express himself. Often he uses phrases such as, “Do you know what time it is?” and “I’m sorry I don’t speak.” He also uses big paragraphs, that show’s he has a lot he has not been able to say for years, and once he starts speaking it is very hard to stop him. Oskar’s grandmother’s chapters are titled,” My Feelings.” She loves puns, and phrases. Often she will speak in short sentences, and paragraphs. One gets the feeling that she is not used to sharing large details about her life, despite her self-consciousness she tries to tell her story and create her character.
In Maggie Stiefvater’s novel, The Scorpio Races, she plays with narrative focalization using two alternating narrations from the point of view of two separate characters. The two main characters of the novel, Puck Connelly and Sean Kendrick, interact with the inhabitants of their island home, Thisby, during the same timeframe. Stiefvater provides an alternating narration so that over other chapter is narrated by the same individual. However, as the plot draws these two characters closer together, the reader is able to glimpse the characters through the eyes of the other. In having the narration from both points of view, the reader is privy to experiences and feelings that neither character is aware of in the other. These two narrators, with different speaking tones and narrative styles, enable the reader to experience what Kuzmičová terms the verbal presence, or words, of a text. This verbal presence exists as the words of the text are voiced in the mind of the reader as spoken by the narrator of the story (Kuzmičová 110). In having two separate narrators, Stiefvater has the reader encounter the verbal presence of different characters, providing the reader with more information than would be otherwise available. However, this also ramps up the tension within the novel, as the reader is privy to the
2. The author creates tone, which changes from peaceful and calm to horror. Words in the story like humorlessly and awkwardly help the reader feel the tension in the town. In the story, “She held her breath while her husband went forward” proved that the characters was dealing with ...
In John Irving's novel titled, A Prayer for Owen Meany, suspenseful events are of abundance, and there are multiple ways the author creates this suspense. Among these methods of creating suspense, four that stand out are the use of setting, the pace of the story, the involvement of mysteries to be solved, and the ability of the reader to easily identify and sympathize with the protagonist. By placing a character in a gloomy or solitary place, uncomfortable feelings are created, which append to the suspense. Pace and structure of the story also play into the foundation of suspense, as shorter sentences and stronger, more cutting verbs and adjectives are often used to keep the reader highly interested and reading at a rapid speed. Of course, suspense could not be considered what it is if there were no mystery involved. The element of not knowing what is in store for the future and having the urge to find out is the essence of suspense. Also, if the reader cannot easily relate to and sympathize with the character in the suspenseful situation, a loss of interest can arise, and therefore spoil the spirit of the tension. Uncomfortable settings, pace and structure, use of mysteries, and capability to relate to the main character are four techniques that John Irving uses to create suspense.
Dialogue gives the audience a clear view of what is happening in the story, but the
the reader clues so they can make their own mind up from a narrator in
takes away from the mood of the story. Another reason speech is so important is
Having Christopher narrating the book in first person is important because it is easier for the reader to understand his written account of the murder of Mr. and Mrs. Sheers dog (Wellington); A step by step investigation is projected and shown to the reader when narrated in first person.
The language used portrays the characters thoughts and emotions for example she goes into great detail about her surroundings (her life) and the events which had taken place there .She talks about her environment as if she is closely connected with the associations to which she describes.
previous details, and stimulates the reader’s imagination to deduce the complete story. In the article
A typical story is littered with details, explaining the history of the world the story takes place in, who the characters in the story are, all the while remaining correlated to the plot and subplots that drive the story forward. The story The Lottery by Shirley Jackson however does not follow these conditions, as the reader is left to interpret a majority of the story on their own as it progresses. Jackson is not the only writer to incorporate a style of selective exposition in their work; Raymond Carver is widely recognized for his rejection of explanation and the use of characters that do not always communicate with one another, both of which are elements which Jackson incorporates into her own story. Initially, a lack of exposition may seem detrimental to the story, but instead it plays to the “mysterious nature of story” according to Charles E. May in his essay ‘Do You See What I’m Saying?’: The Inadequacy of Explanation and the uses of Story in the Short Fiction of Raymond Carver. Therefore, by refusing to expound upon setting, characters, and plot allows the author to create mystery, and the reader to form their own interpretations of the story.