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Effectively, his deliberate use of syntax creates a structure in his essay which immerses the reader into the passage and allows his message to be conveyed. Often in the essay, he adopts compound-complex sentence structures to maximize his level of description and to fully establish the imagery he intends to create. Moreover, when he establishes depictions of action, motion, and speed, he creates considerably longer compound-complex sentences; using five or more clauses and at least one dash to thoroughly depict action, to eliminate any sense of pause, and to fully intrigue his readers. Such a usage of syntax is also parallel to when he writes that “...it was filled with motion, speed.” His lack of “and” but rather the word “speed” preceding a comma further represents the elimination of a sense of pause and his use of syntax in order to create a sense of speed and intensity. In the last paragraph, he continues his extensive use of compound-complex sentences and he suddenly slows down and ends his final part on shorter complex sentences.

The semi colon at the end of the line is there to allow the reader a

The syntax is used to produce a tense and suspenseful mood. The short, sharp sentences composed by Silvey create a jolting, erratic rhythm, generating tension in the gut of the reader and combining with feelings of discomfort and suspense. As they “shuffle into Mad Jack Lionel’s lounge. There’s a rifle mounted on the wall. [Charlie] step[s] back.” (p. 302) and so the passage continues, using choppy sentence structure. This jerky method of language crafting intensifies the mood of suspense; catching the reader of guard and retaining their interest with the string of disjointed phrases. Each sentence seems to be unrelated to each other, adding to the tension and not allowing the reader to ignore the

On page fifty-five Dick believes,“Parry was that rarity,“a natural killer”-absolutely sane, but conscienceless, and capable of dealing, with or without motive, the coldest-blooded deathblows. It was Dick’s theory that such a gift could, under his supervision, be profitably exploited.” (Capote 55). Capote uses parenthesis by including the words under his supervision. Capote did not need to include these words however by adding them it reinforces the idea that Dick was the one who molded Parry into a killer. It reinforces the idea that Parry was only capable of becoming a killer through Dick’s supervision. Capote makes a point of saying that it was Dick’s supervision that changed parry. This leads the reader to believe that Parry was an innocent victim of Dick. The only way that Perry could become a killer was with Dick’s help and influence on Perry.

there is no need or use of this punctuation. This style is very apparent in this quote as the man

In the novel, “ Like Water For Chocolate” by Laura Esquivel, Esquivel demonstrates how she’s sufficient in her tone of writing and portraying the reader's attention by grasping their emotions. She uses nostalgic, imagery, and Syntax. Nostalgic is a tone in the passage when she misses Nacha causing a rush of emotions. Tita becomes carried away with what she missed having with Nacha presuming she would never have lost her this soon. The author applies syntax by using continuous commas on “Nacha! The smell: her noodle soup, her chiliaques, her champurrado, her molcajete sauce, her bread with cream, all were far away in a distant past” (Esquivel 167). The use of continuous commas contending that the coordinating conjunction is adequate separation, some writers leave out the comma in a sentence with short, balanced independent clauses.

It becomes apparent that the use of parenthesis is used as to show thoughts because the wound dresser wouldn’t particularly announce something welcoming death while attending various patients on the verge of dying. Furthermore, the use of the exclamation mark reflects how defeated the narrator is after

Nancy Morgan Hart (c. 1735–1830) was a rebel of the Revolutionary War noted for her exploits against Loyalists in the northeast Georgia backcountry. She is characterized as a tough, resourceful frontier woman who repeatedly outsmarted Tory soldiers and also killed some outright as she held them out at gunpoint.

Punctuation in the form of commas and dashes is used to slow the pacing of the story and create suspense or an unresolved tone. Poe uses these dashes in “The Tell-Tale Heart” to emphasize the narrator’s madness, allowing the reader to hear and understand the fragmentation of the narrator’s thoughts on a much closer level. This is exemplified in one passage, where the narrator states “TRUE! -- nervous -- very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad? The disease had sharpened my senses -- not destroyed -- not dulled them.” This adds to a jolting tone to the passage, as the narrator begins feverently, represented by exclamation points, then suddenly pauses for extended stretches, then starts again. The long pauses between statements caused by multiple dashes in a row evoke this aforementioned madness, due to the fact that, by normal standards, a “sane” person would not speak with such a disjointed

This example is effective in emphasizing the importance of this chapter. The chapter is called “The Answer” because in this chapter, Smith and Hickock finally reveal their crime. In another example, "The furniture of the den, a cement-floored room that ran the length of the house, consisted almost entirely of examples of his carpentry (shelves, tables, stools, a ping-pong table) and Nancy's needlework (chintz slip covers that rejuvenated a decrepit couch, curtain, pillows bearing legends: Happy? and You Don't Have To Be Crazy To Live Here But It Helps)" (38) Capote uses parenthetical phrases in order to develop his character’s behaviors or lifestyles. This sentence structure brings outside information that is not necessarily needed, but it adds somewhat of a comical tone. The development of The Clutters is vital because the entire novel revolves around their murder. The reader can sympathize for this family because they did not deserve their tragic deaths. The final example, "And myself... In Juneau, my father as making bootleg hooch" (273) is written in Perry's letter of confessions. He went off to describe himself as who truly was. Within the letter, his use of contradictions over contradictions shows his doubt and hesitation. Perry did not feel comfortable revealing that not only he did engage in illegal activities, but his father did as well. The details also shows pain due to the fact that Perry lost most of his family at a young age.

As Nancy Mairs explain how her choice of word "cripple" is what she has named herself. By Nancy choosing such word that cause people to wince when heard reveals a unintentional tone. Her unintentional aggressive tone comes up when she mentions things like "Perhaps i want them to wince. i want them to see me as a good tough customer." This direct quote gave off a very unintentional aggression tone because she is using such a word as "cripple" to describe her, when the word itself makes people wince. She is making people see her as a though customer with how she uses such a word with a negative connotation. Mairs doesn't seem as she waned to be aggressive, but it was very blunt. Cripple has synonyms that Mairs mentioned, which were "handicapped"

Also, the dashes put an exclamation point in how horrid of an idea it is to correlate the murder to her. In the end however, Brigid is the one who killed Mr. Archer, but fails to pin it on Mr. Thursby. Spade’s instinct that she “couldn’t be trusted” (Hammett 46) is true because she is able to bluntly lie without any regard for others.

Quotation marks are the grammar resource that Philbrick uses in chapter 3 to represent in a very natural way the characters’ emotions and expressions. He uses quotations to play with the reader’s imagination and transport us into a different world where we can appreciate a better view of this whaling experience. He mixes quotations with some other punctuation marks, such as exclamation points or question marks so that he can help the reader to understand in a better way what is happening aboard The Essex. It is what happens when he emphasizes in expressions like: “There she blows!”

Joan Didion uses parenthesis as a way to add qualifying information to a more impactful statement, which causes the reader to dismiss the parenthetical statement and focus on the first clause which Didion has chosen as a greater statement. For example, when Didion is relaying the conversation about John’s autopsy, she writes this statement, “Doctors themselves, according to many studies (for example Katz, J. L., and Gardner, R., “The Intern’s Dilemma: The Request for Autopsy Consent,” Psychiatry in Medicine 3:197—203, 1972), experience considerable anxiety about making the request,” (21). In this section, Didion wants the reader to feel the importance of her decision to allow the autopsy. She chose to do so by including how hard it must have

Nancy is about to print a very controversial story about missing funds from the city treasury.