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It draws the reader into the story and creates a sense of momentum to the plot. “Twenty feet below him the sea rumbled and hissed. Rainsford hesitated. He heard the hounds. Then he leaped far out into the sea. ...” (35). The dogs are running, he’s out of breath, running for his life, his only option left is to jump off a 20-foot cliff into the sea… and he does it. This leaves you with a sense of wanting and even anxiety over the outcome of Rainsford’s decision, making you want to read on. “The general made one of his deepest bows. "I see," he said. "Splendid! One of us is to furnish a repast for the hounds. The other will sleep in this very excellent bed. On guard, Rainsford." . . .” (36). Once again the author has a life and death scene that you are left to wonder about, it so so enthralling, not to mention this is the pinnacle of the story.

My book is Stung by Bethany Wiggins. The book is about a girl named Fiona who wakes up and has a mark on her wrist showing that she is different, but she’s even more special when she’s the first one who has ever had the cure and never been a beast. But she doesn’t know what is going on. So in the book she goes to figure out who she really is and what has happened in the world. The author uses many things to accomplish things in the story such as, symbols to show what are the major objects in the story that play a role in the story, another thing was flashbacks to give background knowledge to explain what the characters knows and to make them understand, and the last part was description. The description makes the writing more in depth making

A good story is always structured with details that are easy to follow while intriguing readers with reality and emotions. Edwidge Danticat’s memoir has proven her ability to use descriptions that allows the text and the readers to connect. Through her writing, she is able to get the reader involved in her situation, so that it is as if they are experiencing it too. Adding on, Danticat cleverly writes each type of description in a way that makes them distinct from each other. This connects the two which adds to her message. Descriptions bring life to her story and stresses the real events that happened to her and her family which displays her message effectively. That being said, without objective and subjective descriptions, any piece

For instance, the author’s use of characters: Sanger Rainsford, General Zaroff, Whitney, and Ivan, help to give the story meaning. Sanger Zaroff, a world-renowned big-game hunter, intelligent and experienced, Rainsford uses his wits and physical abilities to outwit General Zaroff: “I hope the jaguar guns have come from Purdey’s. We should have some good hunting up the Amazon.” Hiding from Zaroff, he recalls his days fighting in the trenches of World War I, where he witnessed unimaginable violence: “Rainsford had dug himself in France when a second’s delay meant death. That had been a placid pastime compared to his digging now.” At the same time, the three-day chase reverses his life of privilege and ease, forcing him to sacrifice comfort and luxury to survive. General

Throughout the book the author writes the story from Libby’s and Jack’s point of view. Niven writes the book as though Libby is writing in her diary and then in the next chapter Jack is writing in his diary. The author also uses flashbacks in the story. We get a deeper understanding of the story and why things are happening in it because we can see that in the past all of these events lead up to this event. Another way the the author uses craft is how she uses figurative language to also add deeper meaning to the story. The author uses craft to make the story much more interesting to read. If there was no figurative language in the books it would not have gotten the ratings it did or be the book that no one wants to put

This is where they are able to use descriptive writing that draws on realistic sensory details and figurative language to re-create an experience for a reader. It basically helps us visualize what they are trying to say while reading the essay. I believe imagery is one of the key figurative language examples you can never go wrong with. Being able to picture the story in your mind is important to most readers. For example, Staples says, “They seem to have set their faces on neutral, and with their purse straps strung across their chest bandolier-style, they forge ahead as though bracing themselves against being tackled (page 363)." If the imagery of any writing is weak, it's hard to get too into a book, you basically feel like an outsider, like you absolutely can't relate to it. On the other hand, strong imagery can transport a reader to the world of a story and make them feel like a part of it, because they can feel like they belong there and they get to know the characters personally. Cofer also uses imagery through out her essay. For instance, she says," Mixed cultural signals have perpetuated certain stereotypes- for example, that of the Hispanic woman as the 'Hot Tamale' or sexual firebrand.” (page 73) This example describes the style that most Latin women will commonly wear in their culture. She believes that when men see this, they see it as a turn-on. Therefore, we imagine all Latin women

Jackson does this by setting a pace for the story and keeping to it, as well as being highly detailed throughout the story. By setting a pace for the story, readers are able to follow along easily as the events flow from one to the next smoothly. While the pace does pick up towards the end, as it reaches the climax, this acceleration of pace is gradual and helps add to the smooth transitions of events. Jackson also adds to the structure of the story by keeping the consistent habit of thoroughly detailing the ongoing events of the story. Readers see this from the very beginning with the descriptions of the summer setting to the types of stones the children were gathering. Additionally, the narrator names the many characters of the story, which, while not delving into each characters development, it does help the reader connect and establish a sort of realism of the story. Overall, the smooth pace and consistent descriptions helps create a well-structured story that helps create connections for the

For example, the text says, “Mr. Summers was very good at all this; in his clean white shirt and blue jeans, with one hand resting on the black box, he seemed very proper and important as he talked interminably to Mr. Graves and the Martins” (pg. 2). This is very descriptive. It is easy to imagine a very proper guy in simple but nice clothing with his hand resting on the black box talking with other people from the village. The reader gets sense of what is happening without having to dig too deep. Also, the story says, “The children had stones already.

By capturing certain details to not only events that had happened but also descriptions of characters, readers are able to vividly picture the story better. For example, "In Baba's bus, I countedd the miles until I'd see her sitting barefoot, arranging cardboard boxes of yellowed encyclopedias, her heels white against the asphalt, silver bracelets jingling around her slender wrists. I'd think of the shadow her hair cast on the ground when it slid off her back and hung down like a velvet cutain. Soraya. Swap Meet Princess.

One example of this is Vince’s murder. You can see his brutal murder in your mind, and you can’t help feeling some sympathy for him. No one should suffer such a terrible fate as to be stabbed to death with a glass cutter. This event also makes you wonder and start to predict who the murderer is. Who is it, that is so cold-hearted and ruthless to kill someone so brutally. This makes you keep reading, to learn whether your prediction is correct or not. This is a good strategy that hooks the reader very well. Another instance where Rose uses good description, is at the beginning, when Crispy is shot. “By the time that Crispy noticed something hurtling toward him, it was too late. He hardly recognized the arrow before it thudded heavily into his chest.” There isn’t as much description in this murder as there is in Vince’s, but the vagueness actually helps. It really shows you how instantaneous his death was. How awful it must be, to be alive one moment, and dead the next. Crispy did not see it coming. He had no reason to believe that he would instantaneously lose his life. Malcolm Rose was able to both use much description and little description to paint a picture and make readers feel sympathy for the victims and start to predict who the murderer

By doing this you're giving each reader the ability to actually not only picture whats going on during the time but being able to feel how each one of them feels with their unique individual emotions and how everything plays out will make the book very interesting to read and pull the reader in just that much

The novel Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz uses description effectively. An example is, Alex hears a knock on the door, it was a butler named Mr.Grin, he told him to follow him and Mr.Grin begins to open a door.“There was a green glow as his fingerprints were read, and a moment later, the door slid soundlessly open. Everything was different on the other side of the door. From the art and elegance of the main house, Alex could have stepped in to the next century”(102) By using a lot of descriptions, is easier to picture what Alex is seeing and what is happening. Another example is, after alex got caught and punched by Mr.grin and alex waked up ‘His head was thumping and the side of his face was swollen where Mr. Grin had hit him. His arms were twisted behind him and the tendons in his shoulder were on fire.’(178) Especially in a book with action and some violence, being descriptive really helps because you are able to see and read what is happening and what they are feeling. Hence, the description used in Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz is effective. Description in a book can make very realistic, maybe too

For an example, when the book describes the moment when Eragon finds a beautiful stone. “Its flawless surface was dark blue, except for thin veins of white that spider-webbed across it.” (Paolini 7) It lets the reader have a perfect view of what the character is seeing. The author also uses great detail when Eragon wakes up. He describes how it looks and feels.

For instance, I enjoyed reading about the character development, plot lines, and description. I liked the character development because it helped the plot development as well. An example of character development is when Risa has just got to the graveyard and she is being assigned a task to be working on. “She’s immediately promoted from dishwasher to medic. Funny, but it’s indirectly Connor’s doing, since he’s the one who broke the kid’s nose in the first place.” (201, Shusterman) This quote is showing that Risa is very able to adapt to different structures of order and different environments throughout the story. An example of my liking of plot lines was when Connor heard the baby crying as they were approaching the bus stop. “ Between them, the baby still cries. It’s like a game of steal the bacon, but nobody wants the bacon. Finally, Risa bends down and lifts the baby from the welcome mat, holding it close to her. It still cries, but much more softly now.” (63, Shusterman) This was showing how Connor could not have that much common sense sometimes and yet Risa knew what to do. Finally, another example of when there was a good description of the story was when Connor is thinking about how he remembers how the Unwinds that attended his school just disappeared. “Unwinds didn’t go out with a bang- they didn’t even go out with a whimper. They went out with the silence of a candle flame pinched between two fingers.”

An example of this would be how detailed the author described the move Paige made from Ireland to New Zealand whereas in other parts of the story the author kinda gave me a picture, but it was not clear enough. I feel as if the author did this to get the reader to pay attention to the theme of the story and what it is all about. I feel like the reader she did this by actually putting the theme of the story in the title.