The short story "Eleven," by Sandra Cisneros, follows a young girl named Rachel through her thoughts on her eleventh birthday. Throughout the story the author uses syntax, diction, and imagery to bring Rachel's character to life and help the reader understand her.
When the story begins the author uses syntax to immediately Rachel's character. The first paragraph is "all over the place," beginning with Rachel going on and on with a very lengthy explanation about being eleven. Her character expresses that "when you're eleven, you're also ten, and nine, and eight, and seven, and six, and five, and four, and three, and two, and one. And when you wake up on your eleventh birthday you expect to feel eleven, but you don't." The repetition of "and"
When the story begins the author uses syntax to immediately Rachel's character. The first paragraph is "all over the place," beginning with Rachel going on and on with a very lengthy explanation about being eleven. Her character expresses that "when you're eleven, you're also ten, and nine, and eight, and seven, and six, and five, and four, and three, and two, and one. And when you wake up on your eleventh birthday you expect to feel eleven, but you don't." The repetition of "and"