The Adjective

Authors use a variety of adjectives because they want to express the emotions or description of a character in a strong way. Selznick used adjectives to show the setting and how the characters felt. He used them throughout the novel such as when Hugo cautiously slipped around to the front of the theatre it said in the book “The manager of the theatre, whose thin

In the book A Writers Reference, authors Diana Hacker and Nancy Sommers, experts in English

The diction and tone that the author used in the novel helped to support the dialogue and thoughts of Anna. Diction and tone helped display Anna's emotions.

Within Walter Dean Myers story, The Treasure of Lemon Brown, descriptive adjectives and verbs help display mood, provide a visualization for the reader, and shape the setting.

“Description begins in the writer’s imagination, but should finish in the reader’s.” -Stephen King. Descriptive language helps to create a picture in the reader’s mind. Authors can create descriptive language through narration or dialogue. In the novel The Contender, by Robert Lipsyte, the author uses descriptive language and dialogue to develop the characters and the setting.

Her choice of words paints vivid pictures and instills strong feelings appropriate to the situation written at hand. The diction reveals what the characters look like as well as their personality, or clues to their personality. It moves the story forward by showing how the events transition with her choice of words and in the way she reveals characters or happenings. Brooke Hauser's choice of figurative language conveys how dire a situation may be, how joyful it may be, and how the features of the characters appear to be in comparison to objects. Her use of figurative language makes it easier to picture the characters as well as obtain an idea of how the characters may feel at the time. The figurative language reveals, in detail, the appearance of the characters as well as their personality. An example would be on page forty-seven, which says, "...the farmer's face, its broad planes darkened in shadows like a field under a passing cloud." Brooke's use of figurative language moves the story forward by revealing new characters, the feelings of characters, and/or new locations. The author's use of sensory detail contributes greatly to the struggles and emotions of the students. In the way she uses it, she shows how horrific an event may be, how disheartening something may be, and/or how cheerful and jovial something may be. She uses sensory details to reveal the, typically physical, features of characters.

By choosing strong and well-thought out words, it allows the readers to better pay attention to detail and recollect more material. Influential diction causes the readers to become reeled in and intrigued in the novel. The narrator writes, “You’d fine the high school phenoms running circles around the overweight has-beens, guys who’d effortlessly played above-the-rim years ago now trying to catch their breath and salvage what was left of their once-stylish games” (Moore 44). Using words like ‘phenoms’ and ‘has-beens’ causes the author and the reader to relate. The narrator creates a connection between himself and his audience by using words his readers can understand and empathize with. Wes says, “You’d find the drug dealers there...smelling like a fresh haircut and with gear on that was too fine for sweating in” (Moore 44). Moore uses imagery and tugs at our senses to allow his audience to better picture the situation he is explaining and describing. Imagery, along with strong diction, generates a more engaging novel. The storyteller’s sentence structure varies from short to long. This allows the reader to stay interested and keeps the author’s sentences flowing easily. Wes Moore, the narrator, is guilty of inspiring and influential diction and

“Writing is the painting of the voice.” said Voltaire. By using descriptive adjectives and dialogue, the author makes the reader feel like he or she is in the story themselves. In the story The Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allen Poe, the author uses descriptive adjectives and dialogue to develop the characters, mood and setting.

like ‘null’ and ‘void’ clearly deliver her opinion successfully and shows how illogical it is to

On the whole, the writer creates an immense contrast between both of these characters. The use of immaculate description, as well as short, sharp phrases assists the reader in gaining a vivid image of how these

Effectively, his deliberate use of syntax creates a structure in his essay which immerses the reader into the passage and allows his message to be conveyed. Often in the essay, he adopts compound-complex sentence structures to maximize his level of description and to fully establish the imagery he intends to create. Moreover, when he establishes depictions of action, motion, and speed, he creates considerably longer compound-complex sentences; using five or more clauses and at least one dash to thoroughly depict action, to eliminate any sense of pause, and to fully intrigue his readers. Such a usage of syntax is also parallel to when he writes that “...it was filled with motion, speed.” His lack of “and” but rather the word “speed” preceding a comma further represents the elimination of a sense of pause and his use of syntax in order to create a sense of speed and intensity. In the last paragraph, he continues his extensive use of compound-complex sentences and he suddenly slows down and ends his final part on shorter complex sentences.

appeals, as well as creating a deep connection between the characters and the reader. Steinbeck

However, in “On Denoting” the phrase is analyzed by extracting the subject “an Athenian” and generating a propositional function from the predicate of the sentence.

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One example of a character being dissatisfied is when Newson fakes his death because he knows Susan is not satisfied and wants to go back to Michael Henchard. Susan found out that she didn’t have to stay with Newson, so she wanted to go back to Henchard. Susan became unpleasant to be around, and Newson knew she wanted to go back to Henchard. On page 288, in The Mayor of Casterbridge, Newson says “ Since I’m here, here I’ll bide, I thought to myself; twill be most kindness to her, now she’s taken against me, to let her believe me lost; for, I thought while she supposes us both alive she’ll be miserable; but if she thinks me dead she’ll go back to him, and the child will have a home.” Newson faked his death to satisfy Susan and bring happiness in her life.