Use Of Descriptive Language In The Wednesday Wars By Gary D. Schmidt

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In your lifetime, there are countless times where you get depressed and shocked and think your life is over. In the book The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt, the author uses various techniques to help develop the story. The author uses metaphors, symbolism and descriptive language to show emotions and thinking of the characters.
The author uses descriptive language to helps develop the emotion of the characters. The description “They both turned their little black eyes towards me - bulging with demonic delight-and clawed hysterically at the bars that were hardly holding them from escape.” (42). This shows the suspense and shock the character, Holling was going through. The two rats, Caliban and Sycorax in their cage staring at Holling ready

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