In this passage of The Bean Trees, author Barbara Kingsolver uses the subtle nuances of literary diction, language, imagery and syntax to develop a familiar, colloquial tone. Her demotic English creates the conversational tone – everyday spoken language lends to a casual, relaxed effect. Additionally, Kingsolver creates a genial sense of writing by building warm imagery and a spirited sense of comfort.…
I can determine the author's style in the story ,In November. Cynthia Rylant, likes to use figurtive language in her story. The one that she likes to use the most is personification. An example she used was ,"The tree's spreaded there arms like dancers." This is personification because it is a tree pretending to be a dancer. In fact plants and animals can't do human things. Her style of writing is very funny and she used a lot of figurtive…
The author used complex language and effective similes to illustrate the various settings. For example, when Mirabel reached Shanghai she thought ‘The wind cut through Mirabel’s winter coat as she stood on the wharf, dazed and bewildered. It was like being in the center of a whirlpool’. Even though Wang used complex language it was a very easy book to read.…
Authors possess many different techniques when writing their novels. The Bean Trees and East of Eden are examples of two similar, but contrasting books. One focuses on find oneself through motherhood, while the other literary work is centered around good and evil. Both Kingsolver and Steinbeck’s novels acknowledge the battle between finding oneself, but include different writing techniques, tones, and diction. Both novels revolve around self-identity, use different tones, and control different techniques and writing styles.…
Imagery is the most often one she used. I found lots of descriptive words throughout the book; you can actually form a picture of what is happening. Here is an example on page105, where her hair was growing back but she didn’t take care of it. “I hated the way it got oily and lanky and bunched up in tangles behind my head from lying on it so long.” So, you can imagine how her hair was so messed up by reading the words “oily”, “lanky” and “bunched up in tangles”. There’s also allusion. For example on page 189, “Matisse’s painting seemed to be about how simple was to see the world in a beautiful way. Picasso’s were about how complex, how difficult, beauty was.” In that quote, she made a brief reference of the two famous artists. Other than imagery and allusion, she also used alliteration very often. For example, “swallow my own smaller heat and less substantial air.” The words “swallow”, “smaller” and “substantial” are all started with the letter “S”. By using poetic devices, she can prove her writing skills and also grab readers’ attention. Also, I noticed that this book has no pictures. Normally, a biography would have some photos of that person, so that readers can learn more about him. But this book has no pictures at all, except for the cover and the back of the book. For the cover, there is a girl covering her face and at the back there is a tiny picture of the author. I think the reason why she didn’t put any pictures in the book is because she doesn’t want to show her face, and she doesn’t want readers to focus on the pictures, she only wants us to focus on the quality of her…
In Into Thin Air by Jon Krakaeur, the author’s word choice of descriptive passages and vivid words help well understand his perspective. You see this whole story is written in perspective Jon Krakauer is a journalist by trade, and his motive for going on the Everest expedition is to write an article about the experience of climbing as part of a commercial expedition. The perspective is in the first person, but with a journalistic viewpoint. Krakauer often seems removed from the subject, describing events as objectively as possible, as one would expect in a journalistic article. For example, he is sometimes critical of his fellow climbers, even though elsewhere he describes…
The author will tend to use figurative writing to convey the mood and tone of what they are writing. They will use descriptive words and sentences. Thanks! By not having the main character's name given and him only speaking once in the story. ChaCha on! ChaCha On!…
His style is detailed and the use of poetic devices such as alliteration creates vivid imagery. Alliteration such as ‘blaring bull’, ‘a stallion splashed’ and as he describes the mongrel as ‘slowly slinking’ portray a certain movement which the reader then picture in their minds. The movement of the bird is also described in detail the use of verbs ‘twitch and toss’, ‘clip and sip’ showing sharp, quick movements as…
14. Vocab: Afghan= A woolen blanket or shawl. Typically knitted or crocheted into strips or squares. Pg.157…
She writes in a visually descriptive language. She describes the children, with their hands in their pockets, their smooth jaws and chins, their freckles, their shortness and she uses simile and connotations in her poetic language. She writes: "My son, [...] chest narrow as the balsa keel of a model boat [...] (765)," suggesting that while he pretends to have this tough adult exterior, he is still fragile underneath. She also compares the birthday cake to a weapon of war, a turret, maybe on top of a tank, like it is on top of the table.…
4. Tone of the author's prose is strong and solid, and almost it makes to clear that he was not use literature to ridicule. Although it is only a metaphor with something on essay.…
1. What is the subject of this text? What is it about? What sections of the text in particular helped you come to this conclusion? And, what is the theme of the text? What central message is the writer trying to convey?…
In this excerpt, from A White Heron, by Sarah Orne Jewett, a number of literary techniques were used. All of them contributing to the excerpt's excellent flow. This essay will focus on three literary techniques Jewett used "" imagery, tone, and symbolism.…
This is a brief section of the book that really goes into the detail of what the landscape looks like. It is an intense description of how desolate the landscape really is. It talks about charcoal trees as if they had been sketched across the land. This excerpt from the book is a great example of imagery and how it lets the mind depict how the landscape looks.…
Throughout chapter six there are many themes and language features which help to convey the narrative in order to enhance the readers understanding.…