Winning comes in many forms. Whether it is winning a sporting event, a contest, or an award, different strategies are used to secure the win that are effective for that event. Professional football players want to win the Super Bowl just as a writer wants to win a Pulitzer Prize. The Pulitzer Prize is an award that recognizes achievement in magazines, newspapers, literature, etc. Football players use different techniques and strategies to win the Super Bowl and the same goes for authors. Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings won a Pulitzer Prize for her novel The Yearling in 1939 because of her uses of figurative language, sensory details, and syntax for effect.
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One sensory detail can be found on page 224, paragraph 11, when the author states, ¨The pines whistled.¨ This simple, yet effective, example of a sensory detail added to the writers writing by creating a more descriptive understanding of the wind and how powerful the wind was. Another example of a sensory detail can be found on page 224, paragraph eight, it states, ¨The fawn came to Jody's bed and poked its muzzle against his face.” The boy could feel the nose of the deer against his face as he lie in bed and instead of just stating that, the author uses sensory details to indirectly say it. This sensory detail illustrates instead of telling. The last example of sensory details was used not for a person for an animal. On page six, paragraph two, we read, ¨Unless leaves ell, or squirrels cut sweet bay twigs to drop and block the fragile wheel, the flutter-mill might turn forever.¨ The author mixed things up by describing the taste of a bay twig in regards to a squirrel. Expanding her uses of sensory details to animals demonstrates how talented of a writer Rawlings is and it makes her writing that much stronger. Sensory details are influential and compelling and persuasive. Sensory details are one reason why Rawlings won the Pulitzer …show more content…
Rawlings effectively mixed up her sentence structure to keep her writing interesting. On page six, paragraph three, she writes ¨He slept.¨ What is so unique about this sentence is that the sentences prior were longer and more descriptive. She described the boy before he was sleeping in greater detail and then once he began to sleep the details stopped and it was right to the point. This was done on purpose for the effect of when the boy was in action so were the sentences. When the boy was asleep, the sentences were simple. She illustrated were her sentences what was happening in the story. Another time we see syntax for effect was on page 225, paragraph 12, where the author gives off rapid fire sentences. The author stated, ¨Jody stood gasping. He wiped the water from his eyes. The fawn blinked.¨ These rapid fire sentences represent what is happening in the story. Everything is happening quickly so, therefore, the sentences are quick. The last example of syntax for effect was a long sentence to a quick sentence. On page seven, paragraph five, the author states, ¨He stopped short.¨ If the author wrote a long sentence about how he stopped short it would have less effect than the sentence chosen. Choosing sentence length that demonstrates what is going on in the story was a phenomenal way to describe the way he stopped. Demonstrating her ability to use syntax for effect was a beneficial
One way Rawlings won the Pulitzer Prize was because she skillfully demonstrated the appropriate …show more content…
One sensory detail can be found on page 224, paragraph 11, when the author states, ¨The pines whistled.¨ This simple, yet effective, example of a sensory detail added to the writers writing by creating a more descriptive understanding of the wind and how powerful the wind was. Another example of a sensory detail can be found on page 224, paragraph eight, it states, ¨The fawn came to Jody's bed and poked its muzzle against his face.” The boy could feel the nose of the deer against his face as he lie in bed and instead of just stating that, the author uses sensory details to indirectly say it. This sensory detail illustrates instead of telling. The last example of sensory details was used not for a person for an animal. On page six, paragraph two, we read, ¨Unless leaves ell, or squirrels cut sweet bay twigs to drop and block the fragile wheel, the flutter-mill might turn forever.¨ The author mixed things up by describing the taste of a bay twig in regards to a squirrel. Expanding her uses of sensory details to animals demonstrates how talented of a writer Rawlings is and it makes her writing that much stronger. Sensory details are influential and compelling and persuasive. Sensory details are one reason why Rawlings won the Pulitzer …show more content…
Rawlings effectively mixed up her sentence structure to keep her writing interesting. On page six, paragraph three, she writes ¨He slept.¨ What is so unique about this sentence is that the sentences prior were longer and more descriptive. She described the boy before he was sleeping in greater detail and then once he began to sleep the details stopped and it was right to the point. This was done on purpose for the effect of when the boy was in action so were the sentences. When the boy was asleep, the sentences were simple. She illustrated were her sentences what was happening in the story. Another time we see syntax for effect was on page 225, paragraph 12, where the author gives off rapid fire sentences. The author stated, ¨Jody stood gasping. He wiped the water from his eyes. The fawn blinked.¨ These rapid fire sentences represent what is happening in the story. Everything is happening quickly so, therefore, the sentences are quick. The last example of syntax for effect was a long sentence to a quick sentence. On page seven, paragraph five, the author states, ¨He stopped short.¨ If the author wrote a long sentence about how he stopped short it would have less effect than the sentence chosen. Choosing sentence length that demonstrates what is going on in the story was a phenomenal way to describe the way he stopped. Demonstrating her ability to use syntax for effect was a beneficial