There are many passages in Inkheart, written by Cornelia Funke, that the author helps me feel as if I am actually in the book, experiencing what the characters are. One way the author does this is by including figurative language. Funke uses figurative language that help the reader visualize and compare how something might look like given the examples. Similies can give a comparison that will help the reader see the scene that is going on. On page 31 it states, “On the right of the road a densely wooded slope fell steeply to the bank of a wide lake. The hills on the other side rose from the lake like giants emerging from the depths. The water was almost black, and pale twilight, darkly reflected in the waves, was already spreading across the sky. The first lights were
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Additionally, another way is sensory details. Sensory details are words that appeal to your senses. For instance, on page 281 it says, “Elinor’s hand flew to her mouth. The rooster’s head was hanging down, its red comb flopped over its staring eyes. Its plumage was still glossy, as if all the life in it had fled there, into the fine russet breast feathers, the darkly patterned wings, and the long deep-green tail feathers that shimmered like silk.” The author is using words that appeal to the sense sight. A few words on this page give us a better image in our head, like the word shimmered made me imagine feathers that looked as if it was twinkling. Finally, the last way is by explaining the scene and describing the feeling of the characters’. Page 39 uses many descriptive words, such as sky-blue, freshly sawn wood, narrow, wonderful, and so on. These words add more to my imagination of how Elinor’s library looks
Additionally, another way is sensory details. Sensory details are words that appeal to your senses. For instance, on page 281 it says, “Elinor’s hand flew to her mouth. The rooster’s head was hanging down, its red comb flopped over its staring eyes. Its plumage was still glossy, as if all the life in it had fled there, into the fine russet breast feathers, the darkly patterned wings, and the long deep-green tail feathers that shimmered like silk.” The author is using words that appeal to the sense sight. A few words on this page give us a better image in our head, like the word shimmered made me imagine feathers that looked as if it was twinkling. Finally, the last way is by explaining the scene and describing the feeling of the characters’. Page 39 uses many descriptive words, such as sky-blue, freshly sawn wood, narrow, wonderful, and so on. These words add more to my imagination of how Elinor’s library looks