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Everything Daniel Yoon Analysis

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There are many ways authors make a story their own, all authors have different styles in order to evoke different reactions in their readers. Looking at my independent reading book, “Everything, Everything” by Nicola Yoon, the author used figurative language such as imagery to explain to the reader how plain and simple Madeline’s room was with everything being only white. From white walls, white shelves, white desks it tells the readers that she has a very different and tough life than other teenagers because of her disease and that she needs to have everything that color in order to minimize the chances of her getting infected with any type of bacteria. Another way this author made it her story was by using metaphors. She said, “Boys are …show more content…

A story we used was called, “After Twenty Years” by O. Henry 1906. He used a hyperbole, “You couldn’t have dragged Jimmy out of New York; he thought it was the only place on earth.” He used this hyperbole to show the reader how shy and timid Jimmy was because he was never able to get out of his comfort zone in New York. While saying this he was comparing Jimmy and himself because Bob was an outgoing person, moved out to the West and became successful. Yet, Jimmy didn’t want to get out of New York so he decided to stay. The term, “he thought it was the only place on earth,” would be the exaggeration part of the quote. Another way O. Henry made the story his own was when he used dialogue. Bob was telling the officer that he was excited to see Jimmy, and even though they were friends, Bob would come out more successful because he had to compete with smart people and the West, “puts a razor-edge on him,” The author used dialogue to show how egotistical Bob was and to show his personality. Although the author also used Bob’s actions to show who he was, he used dialogue to further more his character. On top of that, O. Henry used similes in his writing. He said, “He and I were raised here in New York, just like two brothers, together.” The author used this to show the close bond and friendship between the two men. He could’ve just used the words friend but, it was such a close connections that they were considered brothers to each other growing up. It showed how important the two were to each other. In “After Twenty Years,” O. Henry used hyperboles, dialogue and similes to make the story his own. Another read aloud book we used was titled, “ Okay For Now.” The main character Doug, is a typical teenager with a troubled family, in my perspective I believe that the author used tone to enlighten the tension. Doug used a lot of sarcasm in his words so it makes the story a bit funny. The author

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