Summary Of Charmed Life By Diana Wynne Jones

As the passage continues, Bradbury uses diction and imagery to emphasize the aura of this excerpt. Bradbury uses diction in the semantic field

Laurie Halse Anderson used literary devices very well in the book Chains. One literary device commonly used is the simile. A simile is an abstract comparison where you say something, is like (as) something else. Laurie Halse Anderson uses a simile creatively to describe a woman “Her chin was narrow and pointed like a shovel.”

In the book Count of Monte Cristo there are multiple figurative language devices. At one multiple points the book is caught using multiple examples of hyperboles. “...allowed a single drop of it to fall between the child’s lips. Although still pale, the boy opened his eyes immediately.” (Dumas 207).

’ Indirect characterization directs the reader to inferring that the father is an aggrandizer, and is also proud of what he has. Zee uses figurative language to intensify the vibe of scenes like, “my heart drummed in my chest.” The syntax and diction used in the story help progress the story along, as do the stock characters LeRoy, and Charles/Red. using vocabulary the reader is not familiar with also keeps the reader attracted to the story.

Authors may make their stories appealing and relatable for readers by giving non-human beings human traits. We will look at a phrase that personifies sunshine and grass and gives them human characteristics in this essay. The author uses this technique to bring out our emotions, activate our imagination, and improve our understanding of the details given in the text. Personification is the process through which writers give non-human things characteristics that are human in order to make them seem human. It gives the text energy and

In this paragraph I will be talking about how the story and photograph have a similar technique. A technique that is similar and used throughout the story is figurative language. This is shown in the caption of the photograph when it says, “As the only window to the future”. This is an example of a figurative language because there aren’t windows that lead to your future.

In the novel Darl uses a poetic language. His description of the burning barn, imbued with similes, evokes an artefact of mutually complementary images. For an instant longer he [Jewel] runs silver in the moonlight, then he springs out like a flat figure cut leanly from tin against an abrupt and soundless explosion as the whole loft of the bam takes fire at once, as though it had been stuffed with powder. The front, the conical facade with the square orifice of doorway broken only by the square squat shape of the coffin on the sawhorses like a cubistic bug, comes into relief. (218-19) Dissimilar metaphors, similes permit an object maintain its character while another image is overlapped on it.

I like how Mary O’Hara used descriptive language to describe what Ken and Flicka were going through. After Flicka has her accident and Ken chooses Flicka as his horse Mary O’Hara uses tons of different descriptive language to describe they way they feel and rely on each other. Mary O’Hara like to use her five senses (Smell, Taste, Sight, Feel, and Hear) in her writing. “‘The smell of bright green grass was drowned out as I looked at Flickas heaving side.’ Something about the weariness of her body , prone on the grass, the utter stillness of it, wrenched at his heart.”

Context of a Dead Man’s Pocket The three strongest topics in this story “Context of a Dead Man's Pocket” is the details, Imagery, and the Language that is so expertly done by Jack Finney with the tone of the story capturing the fear and the intensity of the actions of Tom Benneck throughout the story and then his sense of relief, understanding, and realization that Tom has at the end of the story. “Context of a Dead Man’s Pockets” is made such a great story because of the Details, Language and imagery shown in this story. Some of the images used in this story make up a strong vivid description of the character's appearance and the state of mind with a great sense of realism in the story with all the great descriptive words used that paint

Kelley’s diction adds a tone to the piece and allows her to get her message across with helping the reader understand more deeply . Kelley’s use of imagery, appeal to logic,

1) Imagery: • “His arms worked the bellows, giving the instrument the air it needed to breathe.” (pg. 355) • “To your left, perhaps your right, perhaps even straight ahead you find a small black room. In it sits a Jew.” (pg. 138)

In addition, Kevin Young uses a heavy dose of similes. These similes provoke images that are intended to describe the setting, mood, or tone. Lastly, Young has adopted a couplet or triplet style of writing. All these ways has given Kevin Young a unique modus operandi that’s highly relatable and enjoyable to read.

His descriptive words play with the reader’s senses and transport them to his dramatic setting, the African Veldt. “And here were the lions now, fifteen feet away, so real, so feverishly and startlingly real that you could feel the prickling fur on your hand, and your mouth was stuffed with the dusty upholstery smell of their heated pelts” (Bradbury 2). This example of imagery engages the reader’s senses, which makes them more open to the events that will come later in the plot. The author also incorporates tone into his text. For example, a deathly tone is used to detail the feeling of the automated “Happylife” house when it was shut off.

Another literary technique that can be seen in this extract is the use of similes. This is most evident in the line “L’épouse de Ling était frêle comme un roseau, enfantine comme du lait, douce comme la salive, salée comme les larmes.” This line gives a descriptive description of Ling’s wife. It helps us understand what Ling’s wife is like by comparing her to different things such as “un roseau” or “du lait”. The author chose these words because they are something that we are familiar with so that we are able to grasp them quickly.

(“Poem at Thirthy-Nine” Lines 27-33) She uses her words to paint a picture and uses similies as the paint. Walker describes her characters soul and escense all the while putting her own into her