firestorm
English essay
Firestorm!
“The way that a narrative text is composed is a sign of significance to its success as the subject matter of the story”
Firestorm was an outstanding book which readers believe is an easy and interesting read. This book is believed to be a touching narrative about a family in a small town, wrecked by a firestorm. What makes this book original is the fact that not once does the author use the word ‘firestorm’. The author, Roger Vaughan Carr, uses many different techniques to make this book a creative and an excellent short story to sit back, relax and indulge yourself in.
Throughout this book, Carr uses many different techniques in language and writing. These techniques are foreshadowing, hyperbole, parallelism, repetition, and metaphoric language. Foreshadowing is when the author (Carr) makes it clear on what is about to happen further on in the narrative. In this case, Carr makes it clear that there is a great devastation about to happen in this small town. “... then he remembered the total fire ban... by the time they got back to the boat the day was hot...” Hyperbole is when a simple fact is emphasized and exaggerated to make it sound more interesting. “... Ben looked up into the canopy of leaves above ...” metaphoric language or a metaphor, is when something/ an object is called something it’s not but has a feature that relates to the substance or object it has been compared to. This chapter also has a clever technique that consists of throughout the book. This is the usage of action verbs. For example- “... no birds have moved in yet...” The dramatic irony... which makes the reader aware of something important. In this book an example for the dramatic irony is “... for a moment her eyes were wet...”
The usage of short sentences in this book is magnificent. Short sentences are a great way to express yourself in writing, especially in a
Firestorm!
“The way that a narrative text is composed is a sign of significance to its success as the subject matter of the story”
Firestorm was an outstanding book which readers believe is an easy and interesting read. This book is believed to be a touching narrative about a family in a small town, wrecked by a firestorm. What makes this book original is the fact that not once does the author use the word ‘firestorm’. The author, Roger Vaughan Carr, uses many different techniques to make this book a creative and an excellent short story to sit back, relax and indulge yourself in.
Throughout this book, Carr uses many different techniques in language and writing. These techniques are foreshadowing, hyperbole, parallelism, repetition, and metaphoric language. Foreshadowing is when the author (Carr) makes it clear on what is about to happen further on in the narrative. In this case, Carr makes it clear that there is a great devastation about to happen in this small town. “... then he remembered the total fire ban... by the time they got back to the boat the day was hot...” Hyperbole is when a simple fact is emphasized and exaggerated to make it sound more interesting. “... Ben looked up into the canopy of leaves above ...” metaphoric language or a metaphor, is when something/ an object is called something it’s not but has a feature that relates to the substance or object it has been compared to. This chapter also has a clever technique that consists of throughout the book. This is the usage of action verbs. For example- “... no birds have moved in yet...” The dramatic irony... which makes the reader aware of something important. In this book an example for the dramatic irony is “... for a moment her eyes were wet...”
The usage of short sentences in this book is magnificent. Short sentences are a great way to express yourself in writing, especially in a