Descriptive Adjectives

Her choice of words paints vivid pictures and instills strong feelings appropriate to the situation written at hand. The diction reveals what the characters look like as well as their personality, or clues to their personality. It moves the story forward by showing how the events transition with her choice of words and in the way she reveals characters or happenings. Brooke Hauser's choice of figurative language conveys how dire a situation may be, how joyful it may be, and how the features of the characters appear to be in comparison to objects. Her use of figurative language makes it easier to picture the characters as well as obtain an idea of how the characters may feel at the time. The figurative language reveals, in detail, the appearance of the characters as well as their personality. An example would be on page forty-seven, which says, "...the farmer's face, its broad planes darkened in shadows like a field under a passing cloud." Brooke's use of figurative language moves the story forward by revealing new characters, the feelings of characters, and/or new locations. The author's use of sensory detail contributes greatly to the struggles and emotions of the students. In the way she uses it, she shows how horrific an event may be, how disheartening something may be, and/or how cheerful and jovial something may be. She uses sensory details to reveal the, typically physical, features of characters.

“Description begins in the writer's imagination, but should finish in the reader's” Stephen King once said. By an author using descriptive language a picture can be envisioned by a reader to help understand the meaning of the story, setting, mood, theme and much more. In the story “Treasure of Lemon Brown” by Walter dean Myers, the author uses figurative language and descriptive adjectives to develop the mood and setting.

Within Walter Dean Myers story, The Treasure of Lemon Brown, descriptive adjectives and verbs help display mood, provide a visualization for the reader, and shape the setting.

“Description begins in the writer’s imagination but should end in the reader’s.” “Writing good dialogue is art as well as craft.” Descriptive adjectives really help the readers see what it’s like to be in the story and imagine what the characters look like and feel like at that moment. Dialogue helps the reader see the story from their point of view and shows us what they think of something else. In the story The Pigman by Paul Zindel, the author uses descriptive adjectives and dialogue to develop the story.

Ellen Hunnicutt once said “. . . figurative language adds pizzazz. It raise work above the plain, the dull, the ordinary.” This quote explains how using figurative language helps create a more interesting and useful way of expressing a tone of a character or event.Figurative language is a uses of words, phrases, and sentences to help to make the characters and story line come more to live in the reader’s mind. Some examples of Figurative languages are similes, metaphors, hyperbole, personification, onomatopoeia, and many more. Figurative language help the reader see tone and mood in each of the example of figurative language because the reader can see or image the event or character in their mind. In a story, poem, or any form of writing, figurative language is extremely important to a reader because if a sentence didn’t have figurative language the reader may not find the story or poem interesting or even find it confusing and difficult to understand.In addition the use of figurative language is crucial when an author is writing. In the stories “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” by Walter Dean Myers and The Pigman, By Paul Zindel, the authors used Figurative language to develop the tone of their stories so that that the reader can visualize it in their mind.

“Figurative language can give shape to the difficult and the painful. It can make visible and ‘felt’ that which is invisible and ‘unfeelable’.” - Mary Oliver. Figurative language is used in stories, articles, and writing to help set the story. Using metaphors, similes, hyperbole, or other examples of figurative language can help a reader grasp onto depressing or difficult ideas. In the stories The Pigman by Paul Zindel and “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” by Walter Dean Myers, the authors use figurative language to develop the mood, setting, and characters.

In the story “The Treasure of Lemon Brown”, the author uses figurative language to relate to the mood and the setting. In the story, the author described the setting by using personification by saying “Gusts of

“As authors, most - most authors, our art is portraying the human condition. Trying to show you what it's like to be somebody else, trying to make you feel for somebody else.” -Patrick Rothfuss. In The Devil In The White City Erik Larson inserts the reader in the shoes of two very antonymous characters. Larson’s diction enables him to create vivid pictures and descriptions, so the reader can immerse him/herself in the plot. With John Root, he uses phrases that give background to his past and his positions, but with H.H. Holmes, he allows the representation of a maniacal individual by giving the reader insight into the his sadistic ways. Erik Larson utilizes diction to instill fear, while also adding thought provoking scenarios that leave the reader mystified and pondering the different approaches they would take if put in these deep situational instances.

In the stories “Canyons” written by Gary Paulsen and “Treasure of Lemon Brown” written by Walter Dean Myers the authors use figurative language to develop the scene and characters in a creative way and more interesting way for the reader. In both of these stories the authors uses purposeful, descriptive writing techniques in the stories which help paint a perfect picture to the readers. Even though these stories are made up they quickly become real to the readers because of the high levels of detail given by the

Using these descriptive words, Shteyngart effectively communicates the emotion, the excitement, and the desire that was running through his mind in that moment. Another example of description in this essay is when he writes, “I wanted all of it—the palm trees, the yachts bobbing beside the hard-currency mansions, the concrete-and-glass condominiums preening at their own reflections in

The Treasure of Lemon Brown uses figurative language in many different ways. For example “The dark sky, filled with angry, swirling clouds, reflected Greg Ridley’s

“Figurative language can give shape to the difficult and the painful. It can make visible and ‘felt’ that which is visible and ‘unfeelable’.” - Mary Oliver. Figurative language is used in stories to add emphasis to ideas. In the story “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” the author, Walter Dean Myers, uses descriptive adjectives and figurative language to develop the setting, characters, and mood.

“The grass he walked through was new and a sweet smell clung to his clothes. There was blue dye on his hands from the wild irises... that the color of the sky was a shade that could never be replicated in any photograph, just as Heaven could never be seen from the confines of Earth.” Descriptive adjectives help a reader picture the setting in their mind and also understand the mood in the story. In the stories “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” by Walter Dean Myers and “Stop the Sun” by Gary Paulsen, the authors use descriptive adjectives to develop the setting and mood.

Nancy Farmer's writing style is whimsical and descriptive. The descriptive language and good transitions in the story the house of the scorpion by Nancy Farmer, develops the mood by using similes, descriptive language, and figurative language. This say that the mood of the story is futuristic and has a tiny hint of horror.

Through someone’s aspect, it could be considered as the most efficient communicating tool of human being. On the other hand, some people may treat it as an irreplaceable expression of their emotion. Objectively speaking, “words” could definitely be concluded in both ways above, but in my opinion, using words is a privilege and honor. I use words to gain knowledge and words give me all kinds of possibilities of understanding new stuff when I intend to enhance my personal abilities.