The Reader

emotional responses in the reader by using the right words to vividly show the reader the experiences of Cartwheel and allow the reader to connect her character (Tunnell, 2015, pp.18-19). The author achieves this by using precise vocabulary, figurative language, effective dialogue, music in language, understatement, unexpected insights and avoiding weak writing in the text (Tunnell, 2015, p.19). Precise vocab Precise vocabulary is used throughout the text to ensure the reader experiences…

how it is wrong, he draws the reader in. They want to know what Hamblin has to say and how they can relate it to their life, they are desperate for answers. Hamblin is not worried about connecting with readers who are already happy but the readers who are putting their happiness in the wrong things, causing them to be lost and searching, unaware of their false happiness. By pointing out the flaws in their attempts, he is successful in getting these types of readers to understand what they need…

In “The Fish”, Elizabeth Bishop described the fish that was being caught and through the imagery readers can decipher the age of the fish. In lines 9-11 of the “The Fish”, it describes that the fishes’ “brown skin hung in strips like an ancient wallpaper”, the readers can use this information and guess that the fish must be at an old age. It would be different if Bishop said that the fish was old because then you couldn’t see why the fish was considered old. Bishop described that the fish has…

lifestyle, the author uses characterization to help the readers follow the story. Characterization is the most important literary element in “The Metamorphosis” because it allows the reader to discover the characters individuality,…

out of the perspective of the named characters. The anonymous narrator also prevents the readers from forming any sort of connection with him, and therefore leads the readers focus to Brooksmith 's story instead. The narrator also acts unbiased, and therefore leaving it up to the reader…

his work by taking an artistic approach to deliver his information. He specifically uses two literary devices that guide the reader to a better understanding of the scenario; a continuous change in tense paired with intense descriptions that offer critical value to the overall piece. Each time Paterniti bolds the beginning of a new paragraph, the author is taking the reader either back in time to discuss François Mitterrand, or to Paterniti’s own present-day visit to France. This skillful style…

open to stimulate thought in the reader. The author will give a situation and then leave that dispute unanswered. Even though in an open ending story, each reader has their own way of how they want the story to end, you never actually find out. In “Recitatif”, “Song of Solomon”, and “God Help the Child” by Toni Morrison, she does a successful job with leaving all these stories with open endings. Morrison leaves these books with open endings because she wants the reader to paint their own…

camps and are denied of citizenship, while also deprived of jobs, education, adequate food, and health care. These facts allow the reader to understand how different the outside world is from his/her ethics, culture, and beliefs. Kristof elaborates on how gruesome the living…

Readers can figure out the figurative meaning by examining sound devices and literary techniques of the poem. One of the sound devices being used in “Snow Angel,” is personification. A literary technique that is being used is imagery. Being able to pick up on certain sound devices and literary techniques allows readers to get a better understanding of what they are reading. If readers do not have a true understanding of the poem being read, it is most likely due to not understanding some…

Usually, when one thinks of the future, they think of flying cars and robots, but what most people don’t think of is a damaged earth with the constant threat of losing all it’s life. Cormac McCarthy’s The Road is a thrilling tale that takes readers on a journey of adventure, suspense and survival. The novel, taking place in a post-apocalyptic setting of a deathly winter, includes a father and his son journeying across the United States with the incentive of finding food and shelter to escape…