Throughout history humans and nature have gone hand in hand. In the stories “Called out”, “My life as a bat” and, “Carry” the author's use elements of voice to illustrate the connection between humans and nature. The authors express their illustrative elements through syntax, diction, detail, figurative language and, tone. Initially, the authors used diction to set the tone of the stories. In “My life as a bat” the author uses words like consider and, consensus to generate a serious tone; in lines 2-3 the author writes " If you find previous lives amusing or unlikely, you are not a serious person. " this tell the reader that she is serious about, what we the reader are about to read. In another example, the author that wrote the story
