My Life As A Cat Language Analysis

Have you ever noticed similarities in stories you've read? That’s because they all use the same sort of techniques to portray their topic. For example, My Life as a Bat (Story One), by Margaret Atwood, Hope for Animals (Story Two), by Jane Goodall, and An Astronomers Poem (Story Three), by Walt Whitman; are put together in a specific way to make you understand their theme. All three stories are similar in how their text is structured and their tone, but differ in their use of language. They all are structured in a similar format, but approach it differently. In My Life as a Bat, and Hope for Animals they are both set up like essays, this is shown by their use of headings within their text. In Story Two, she starts with her introduction, and then she later labels a full section “Why We Need the Burying Beetle”. But in Story One, although it is more of a fictional essay format, they both still use the same technique, each large paragraph has a title, “1. Reincarnation” and “2. Nightmares”, The authors do this throughout the whole story, this is to separate and organize each section, this shows that it is introducing a new topic, or that it isn't …show more content…
In Story One and Two, they both use connotative language to produce feeling, such as “vivid ” and “glistening” and “. . .blasted with its glare…” (Story One) This adds emphasis, and texture to the writing, so again, we can understand and feel what the author wants us to feel. In Story Two, she uses scientific language, along with connotative. “. . .precipitous decline accross its historical range…” This particular wording, adds a dramatic tension, and highlights its importance. While in Story Three, the author uses words such as “tired and sick…” to describe how he's feeling. But then he describes the scenery as “mystical” and “perfect” to show how he feels about the nature around