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Summary Of Figurative Language By Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
The word choice, sentence structure, figurative language, and sentence arrangement the author {Kimberly Brubaker Bradley} uses, makes the text journalistic or informal like. When the characters talk, they don't speak formally or with really bad grammar. They talk like normal people would do. Kimberly writes with little figurative language. When she does though, it is relatable to the text, and easy for younger readers to understand. Everything relating to style in this book, is very laid back. The author her also writes in a style that makes it easy for the age of readers she's writing for to read. Something the author did that I enjoyed in this book was, she wrote a detailed author's note in the back of the book. It offered information on

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