...very distinctive way of speaking. Leah’s voice is very detailed and descriptive which shows us how she is very meticulous. She expresses this characteristic through diction, syntax, and figurative language. Leah’s diction is very advanced since her words choices are very sophisticated. She used words like “contemptuous,” as well as different synonyms when talking about the same thing. She also described things with a lot detail like when she described her father, while he was gardening: “a film of red dust on his hair and eyebrows and the tip of his strong chin gave him a fetish look true to his nature.” Her speech is so descriptive that it’s not hard to imagine in great detail whatever she describes. Leah’s diction is very wonderful and great and if she were to write a book it would be a pleasant experience for any reader. Her diction might be one thing, but structure or syntax of her writing is different. Since she is very descriptive some of her sentences are very long so Leah uses many commas and conjunctions. Sometimes her sentences can look long like when she tells us about Nathan’s travels: “He has already been to so many places, including another jungle overseas, in the Philippine islands, where he was a wounded hero in the second world war. “ Her sentences have also another trait in common, which is the use of many adjectives. In almost every sentence you can find some. “Weary neck… rumpled hair… flat naked soul… and wilted...
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...many young writers. The two authors vary significantly from one another. They both have unique style, content, and approach to writing. Whitman writes in a lengthy manner. “Song of Myself” spans many pages and contains long and descriptive lines. An example of his elongated style is, “I wish I could translate the hints about the dead young men and women/And the hints about old men and mothers, and the offspring taken soon/out of their laps” (Norton Anthology 1028). This thought is expressed over three lines of his poem. This style contributes to the descriptive and eloquent nature of Whitman’s poetry. The reader absorbs much from his writing. In contrast to Whitman, Dickinson writes in an incredibly choppy style. For example, she states, “Flow plain – and foreign /On my homesick eye -/Except that You than He/Shone closer by-…”(Norton Anthology 1210). This style is evident in all of her works. It evokes a haunted feeling from the reader....
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...piece work. He has captured the audience by appealing to a rather deep, profound and creative thinking mind. He draws the audience by projecting themselves into the reality of the story. For example the author immediately paints a picture in the readers mind with a vivid imagination of morning i.e. sunrise, by using small structured sentences in the opening, which gives us short burst of informative and the descriptive writing explaining each detail. Every noun having an adjective alongside it. The opening sentences sets a very dull and dark theme as the author describes the morning using the words ‘black’ and ‘brittle’. These words also climates the audience into reality of what his surroundings were and the how the writer manipulated the setting into making us pre think of who and what he is in those short structured sentences with effect. This automatically paints a gloomy image. As the character is introduced, he is referred by his surname, this shows lack of respect shown to the character. him ‘lying on an old coat he found’ also gives the impression along with the descriptive short and long sentences in regards to his surrounding i.e. a cottage in remote area away from civilisation portrays a stereotypical view of a scruffy scrawny man living is a desolate cottage. McGill seems like a shy hesitant reclusive character he hesitated in opening the door and replying to the little girl. This is a juxtaposition of the juvenile character which the writer has epitomised as young and...
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...activism, Alice Dunbar Nelson had many achievements within the African American community as well as in her literature. Her writings addressed women’s roles in society, intra-racial prejudice, and education, issues of identity, racism, love and sexuality. Also her popular yet chaotic marriage to Paul Laurence Dunbar was widely known and somewhat added to her writing career. Alice Dunbar Nelson experienced two additional failed marriages in her lifetime. Later in her life she wrote less as she became more active in political causes. Alice Dunbar Nelson died in 1935 at age sixty of heart failure. Many of her writings highlighted the life experiences and emotions of African American women in her time. Alice Dunbar Nelson’s first book Violets and Other Tales was one of her earliest works; a collection of short stories and poems. This book was published in 1895 in Boston when she was just twenty years old. Although the book has multiple writings, “Violets” will be the focus of this poem analysis. “Violets” within the collection is a poetic short story about a past love and heartbreak, and how violets serve as a reminder of the passion and purity of the love that a man and woman once shared. This poem is about the nostalgic effect violets and other flowers such as tube-roses and orange blossoms bring to a woman about the man she is passionately in love with. The descriptive language and diction, symbolism...
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...Name: Tutor: Course: Date: Rhetorical analysis writing Pleasant point of view Immediately I arrived at the appointment spot I stood gazing at the view she would approach. Everything was live and encouraging including the caressing breeze from the palm trees near the small artificial beach. Behind the narrow tunnel, two pretty twin girls played their trumpets in such lulling rhythms that stole away the boredom of the park. They seemed to draw the attention of the music lovers as they easily shifted from tune to tune. The parrot picked the words and helped to amplify the popular classical compositions that everybody associated with in Indiana. Even the gardener in the flower bed extension realized the vivacity in the park, unlike her early morning hour. The rose, lily, and hibiscus flowers intermarried like formally wed couples that cited the parents for the good parenthood they had attained. She adjusted her helmet and radiantly gazed at the tunnel point a time when an oak tree danced shaking off its bright red, blue and orange canopy of leaves. The leaves fell from above like the rare rain in the semi-desert covering everything that the tree’s shade touched. It sent a spring of motion among the other hidden creatures including the white and black -spotted wild cats who whimpered and rolled over the blanket that had formed in their place. The horse neighed in a rather merry mood as the queue of children anxiously anticipated to take a ride that quantified the time spent...
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...and into the reader's heart. One simple example to begin with. John is a good looking man who carries a gun. or John is never without a weapon, a specific pistol which he holds in such a way that it always manages to catch the light on its metal surfaces. An angelic face belies good genetics or simple luck which causes people to take pause and a second look every time he walks into a room. The first sentence says nothing about the character. The brief paragraph gives the reader a better idea of who John is, though motives, desires and so on remain unstated. To further flesh out a character, the following should be kept in mind. The Basics The apparent age, height, weight, body frame, coloration of skin, eyes and hair are all notes that any author should instinctively tackle. Scars, blemishes, tattoos and so on give the character even more life. Expanded Vision Judging the weather can mean more than calling up a website. You need to know to look at the clouds (where are they going, what do they look like, how many are there), the trees (how hard are the leaves blowing, from which direction), the sun (how bright, are its edges crisp) and the ocean (what kind of waves are we having, how quickly are they coming, how large are they) just to name a few. In penning a character's description, any author should try to follow this same instinct. Don't get so focused on the sky that you miss the ocean. John's kneecaps might be as...
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...Dallas Winston, or Dally, is described as "an elfish face, with high cheekbones and a pointed chin, small, sharp animal teeth, and ears like a lynx. His hair was almost white it was so blond, and he didn't like haircuts, or hair oil either, so it fell over his forehead in wisps and kicked out in the back in tufts and curled behind his ears and along the nape of his neck. His eyes were blue, blazing ice, cold with a hatred of the whole world." He really cares for Johnny which you don't realize how much he cares until the end of the...
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...An author’s style refers to the way a writer writes and the technique in which an individual author uses in his writing. It can also be described as a voice readers listen to when they read the work of a writer. Many authors choose different styles of writing when creating a novel. Some focus on feelings in order to draw the reader in emotionally. Some authors rush the pace of the book to emphasize some events over others. An author chooses a certain style to allow them get their point across effectively. In the novel, The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man, James Weldon Johnson uses character development, vague emotions and narration style to communicate his feelings and beliefs about the realities of race by creating a stronger relationship between the author, narrator, and reader. The narrator discloses his unclear sense of identity through how he expresses characters, specifically by not using any names. He uses nicknames that distinguish characteristics. For example, in the beginning of the book, he describes who “Red-Head” is, “He was a big awkward boy with a face full of freckles and a head full of very red hair” (5). The emphasis is on the actual character, instead of a name. By...
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...to the original writing by Shakespeare. Despite Mullen and Shakespeare’s pieces being written more than three decades apart, Mullen identifies the same slanted view of beauty that is present in Shakespeare’s original work, although Mullen presents his view in a contemporary fashion. The poem “Dim Lady” provides current readers with a lively satire that is concerned with flawed standards of beauty in a modern day format. Although “Dim Lady” and “my mistresses’ eyes are nothing like the sun” share many similarities in the areas of subject matter, style, and rhyme scheme, the two pieces also present many differences. Shakespeare’s sonnet “my mistresses’ eyes are nothing like the sun” exhibits a very traditional style and poetic structure. The poem includes a rhyme schemes that is used as the conclusion for the piece. Shakespeare uses a traditional form of sonnet in his work because this was the honored style during his period. Shakespeare’s sonnet includes many outdated and invalid stereotypes as well as some vocabulary that is not utilized in present day. For instance, in Shakespeare’s sonnets uses the noun “dun” which is defined as a dusty color, but the word is not common and is unfamiliar to the readers and modern day poetry. The word was used mostly between the seventeenth and nineteenth century. Shakespeare additionally uses stereotypes that were based on European standards, such as when he states that the breath of his mistress reeks. The descriptive line identifies the...
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...Narration paragraphs are most frequently used in fiction and personal statements. As such, they will contain all necessary components of action development: protagonist, setting, goal, obstacle, climax and resolution. Writing a narration paragraph requires, consequently, accounting for sequential order of events and chronology. There are many descriptive elements included in the body of a narration paragraph but, if composed correctly, the paragraph will prioritize action over description. Exposition Paragraph Often times, this kind of a paragraph is used as a component of other types of writing. It’s written in order to clarify or explain problems and phenomena. Writing exposition paragraphs requires strict focus on evidence and objective language. It can contain elements of comparison and contrast, or cause and effect writing as both facilitate accurate exposition of the subject-matter. Definition Paragraph Definition paragraphs are used in order to explain the meaning, origin and function of things. They are used both in academic writing and fiction. To write a definition paragraph, writers should concentrate on the role of its subject in the context of the essay and account for evidence as well as examples accordingly. Classification Paragraph Writing classification paragraphs requires a more varied approach. It should be concentrated on defining as well as making relevant comparisons. In other words, writers should classify the subject of the paragraph in a specific...
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...ABSTRACT SOCIAL CLASSES IN THE SELECTED SHORT STORIES OF F. SCOTT FITZGERALD , Bachelor of Arts in English, Central Mindanao University, Musuan, Bukidnon, March 2015. Research Method Instructor: Mayflor Prantilla-Aramabala, MELL This study is limited only to the study of five (5) selected short stories of Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald “F. Scott Fitzgerald” The Winter Dreams, The Diamond as Big as Ritz, Bernice Bobs Her Hair, The Jelly Bean, and The Offshore Pirates. The researcher used the descriptive study in which the short stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald. This study specifically focused on the discussion of interaction of characters from different short stories. Also, this study will identify and enumerate the different social classes, roles and status using the Marxist theory. The study uses descriptive design. It was found out that in the five short stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald the three types of social classes were present namely: the upper, middle and lower class. Thus, this study concluded that the most common social classes found in the short stories are the upper and middle class. The social roles and status are almost alike. The issues were identify and interpret the interaction of the characters in the short stories. Keyword: Roles, Conflict, Society, Conflict Theory, Marxist Criticism, Short Stories Chapter I INTRODUCTION Reading of short stories is one of the people’s way of spending their spare time. Some are obliged to read such because it is one of...
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...Authors that use complicated language or who drag things out, can often result in the reader not being able to understand what the author is trying to convey. With this book however, I was never lost or confused with the writing style and language used and thought that a positive factor. For instance, when describing Chavez himself, “Thin, five-foot six inches tall, with jet-black hair”. I believe this is nicely detailed, but also concise and to the point. Another case with Chavez is when the author says he is, “Chavez harbored strong passions to fight back at the people and conditions that had made his own life and that of his family, friends, and fellow workers so grinding”. This simply describes Chavez, his personality, and his convictions, and in a way humanizes him and stresses his beliefs and willingness to help...
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...Examples of Descriptive Writing The purpose of descriptive writing1 is to make our readers see, feel, and hear what we have seen, felt, and heard. Whether we're describing a person, a place, or a thing, our aim is to reveal a subject through vivid and carefully selected details2. Each of the four paragraphs below responds, in its own way, to the guidelines in How to Write a Descriptive Paragraph3. The writers have selected a belonging that holds special meaning to them, identified that belonging in a clear topic sentence4, and then described the subject in detail while explaining its personal significance. In the following paragraph, observe how the writer moves clearly from a description of the head of the clown (in sentences two, three, and four), to the body (sentences five, six, seven, and eight), to the unicycle underneath (sentence nine). Notice also how the concluding sentence helps to tie the paragraph together by emphasizing the personal value of this gift. 1) A Friendly Clown On one corner of my dresser sits a smiling toy clown on a tiny unicycle--a gift I received last Christmas from a close friend. The clown's short yellow hair, made of yarn, covers its ears but is parted above the eyes. The blue eyes are outlined in black with thin, dark lashes flowing from the brows. It has cherry-red cheeks, nose, and lips, and its broad grin disappears into the wide, white ruffle around its neck. The clown wears a fluffy, two-tone nylon costume. The left side of...
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...our involvement in how we communicate and deal with relationships. A person’s cultural background provides insight on how we shape our perceptions, acknowledgments, judgments, and ideas of ourselves and others. Cultures are more than just differences in a person’s language, dress, and food customs. Art is a creative outlet for a person to express their creativity by appealing to senses or emotions. Art can be in the form of paintings, crafts, and music. These are also an interpretation of how people’s beliefs, attitudes, and values were at the given time in history. Style is personal. Style is a series of events, ideas, impressions, feeling or perceptions. It is a descriptive word that helps describe types of items, clothing, and personality types. Some examples of types of style are hair style, writing style, clothing style, and furniture style. Genius is a person who is unique in nature in that they possess a greater knowledge in a specific...
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...Among the different rhetorical devices employed by J.D. Salinger , the color red is the symbolism most prevalent in this novel. Holden Caulfield highlights the fact that his brother Allie had red hair, and tells the reader how he wasn't like most red headed children. This all started with Holden writing a school paper for his roomate named Stradlater, he didn't have anything to write about but his brother. In that paper he mentions all the characteristics and traits that describe his brother Allie, and reveals many symbols that personify him. Of the many powerful symbols that J.D. Salinger uses, the color red is one of the most signifiant because it represents Holden's brother, who is his motives throughout the novel. Allie died in 1946 from leukemia; he was the most vital thing to Holden. The whole story about Holden’s brother started out because Stradlater, asked him to write his English composition while he was out on a date. Holden Caulfield states that, "The thing was, I couldn't think of a room or a house or anything to describe the way Stradlater said…I wrote about my brother Allie…it was a very descriptive subject" (Salinger 38). What Holden is talking about is that he was trying to write a paper that sounded sort of like Stradlater's words, but it was too hard to do that, witch lead him to the topic about his brother Allie. Stradlater is a very conceited person, the only things he cares about are his looks and girls, and Holden just sees him as a phony. In...
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