Mercer Mayer: "Little Criter" Short Stories and the Crucial Life Lessons They Portray

2. What writing strategy does the author use that you think is effective, and why? For example, does he use examples, or does he make

There are also many differences between the books. One difference is that in Uglies things

While novels in literature can have different plots, there are handfuls of devices that are used in the same manner. Upon reading a chapter each from White Noise by Don Delilo and Lolita by Vladmir Nabokov, plenty of noticeable similarities are found, whether it be diction or syntax.

Rosemary Wells is a writer and illustrator of children’s books. She was born in New York City, and raised on the New Jersey Shore. Her home life involved lots of books, classical music, and being around a lot of animals as she grew up around farm life. Interesting enough, you will notice later in some of her books described all have illustrations of animals. She is now 74 years old and continues with her writing and illustrating of children’s books. Wells is known for her series of books that she wrote and illustrated called, Max & Ruby. As I will be discussing Well’s personal art style in my paper, I will also be discussing two books she illustrated called, My Kindergarten and Noisy Nora.

Along with a great deal of information, Springer uses different types of figurative language to keep the reader interested. For example, Springer uses restatement in the first

In the book A Writers Reference, authors Diana Hacker and Nancy Sommers, experts in English

Every author has a different writing style in comparison. They convey their messages in multiple ways; using different tones to evoke certain moods on their readers. Some authors use a few different ways to catch their audiences attention; persuading them using logic, ethics and emotion.

1. Describe the author’s diction/word choice. (simple/flowery, modern/old-fashioned, general/specific, formal/informal, plain/fancy, colloquial/poetic) Does the author repeat any words/phrases? Underline /circle words that stand out. Also list the words below. Try to categorize them.

Based on these quotes, we can see that her diction/syntax is simplistic, shortened, and condensed not only for enjoyment, but to get the point across without any “fluff”. This writing style is perfect for this book, because it juxtaposes the complexity of the character with the simplistic words she chooses to write

A lot of authors have common writing styles. In other words “Sinners in the Hand of an Angry God” and “Speech

His big break as a children’s book writer came as a result of his wife. She was a producer of a television show and invited one of the show’s guests home for dinner on night. After dinner she and Chris Van Allsburg showed him some of his illustrations as part of a casual after-dinner conversation. He was immediately impressed and gave the number of Walter Lorraine, an editor with Houghton Mifflin Company, to him and asked him to call him. When he finally contacted Mr. Lorraine, the man was so impressed with his drawings that he convinced Chris Van Allsburg that he should venture into children’s book writing.

The book had a lot of differences and similarities, but based on the differences there were a lot. For instance, in the book Johnny was in the hospital with Ponyboy and Two-bit and the nurse told Johnny that his mother came to see him. He refused and on the way out his

The author’s most successful writing strategies were visualization and description. Gibbs writes that, “Old women press

One difference is the appeal and image of the characters. For example, in the book Andy has blond hair and lives with her boyfriend named Alex Fineman. Later in the story, Alex breaks up with Andy. In contrast, Andy has brown hair in the movie. Also the boyfriend’s name is Nate Cooper, instead of Alex Fineman. Another difference in characters is

State the key features each author uses to convey to the reader (in similar/different ways)