Descriptive Adjectives In The Treasure Of Lemon Brown And The Pig Man

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“In writing, don't use adjectives which merely tell us how you want us to feel about the thing you are describing. I mean, instead of telling us a thing was "terrible," describe it so that we'll be terrified. Don't say it was "delightful"; make us say "delightful" when we've read the description,” -C.S. Lewis. Adjectives describe what the setting is like, the character of a person and help the reader visualize the book. In the stories “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” by Walter Dean Myers and The Pigman by Paul Zindel the authors use descriptive adjectives to develop the characters and scenes.
The first example of this is the author Walter Dean Myers uses adjectives in his story “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” to develop the new character Greg

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