I.

The excerpt begins by offering a broad, undescriptive setting in the

lane that splits off from the main road. In the next line Faulkner writes that
the character slows enough to take in his surrounding, and as a result the
author is able to be subjective when describing what the character sees
instead of the common pattern of objectively describing the scene without
taking the characters experience into account. After smoothing the setting
into place, Faulkner adds deliberate commas in the last sentence to to create
contrast from the fast-paced beginning sentence. This is easy to see if the
last sentence is rewritten as, I slowed still more. My shadow paced me and
dragged its head through the weed-obscured fence; the syntax in this
version fluidly moves the sentence along but fails to point out the important
descriptive words like dragged and pacing that are needed to effectively
imitate the mood the way Faulkner intended.

II.
The narrator hears the voices of her father and sister, and the barking of a dog, which
interestingly contradicts the beginning imagery. The clanking of boots walk steadily across the
porch, which for an unexplained reason this elicits fear and sets the mood. However, the
narrator continues after this to portray the calm olfactory images of musky odor of pinks and
the auditory hum of the bees. This combination of descriptive imagery gives a changing mood
in each sentence that makes the reader interpret the passage in different ways as it develops.
III.
Morrison uses words inside quotations throughout the excerpts that act as the same words that
the narrators mother sings. She incorporates them into her writing by talking about her wanting
to hear sound of her mothers voice even if the words she was speaking radiated pain and
suffering. Using the quotes show the reader the narrator is definitely moved by what her mother
says and is keen to how they make her feel. By describing the specific way the voice strips
away the burden that goes along with pain, she is able to decide that pain can be sweet.
IV.
The speaker describes the woman in the poem with gracefulness as she stands above him and
seems to float down to the square below. Her face is calm and expressionless, which he shows
by saying, Nothing upon her face. His tone is revealed in the last line by repeating the word
perfectly with beautiful and ignorant to make a comparison that says the woman is unknowing of

her elegance. By saying this, the writer supports his tone of reverence in the woman and the
speakers admiration.
V.
Wiesel utilizes expert use of diction and syntax to portray hopelessness and blunt truths that
depict the narrators sullen experience as a concentration camp prisoner. Wiesel begins by
shortly writing, We received no food. By saying this, he immediately portrays an absence of an
essential part of life; where then he goes on to say food was replaced by nothing but frozen
water. Using specific diction such as orphans causes the reader to stereotypically conjure
images of individuals with no home, and the downcast emotions that accompany those
thoughts. Wiesel is intelligent in his use of word choice such as bodies instead of using
something like dead people in order to avoid giving any individuality in each separate corpse.
This continues when he uses orphans where in abandoned people could also be used; by
saying orphans the reader internally interpretes ideas such as abandonment as they read.
Wiesel goes back to syntax to describe the prisoners using succinct sentences that offers no
further descriptions. This contrasts the way he writes about the scenes in the excerpt or even
the presence of elements such as snow.

VI.
Poe uses specific adjectives to give life and depth to this writing and the subject or action he describes
in the excerpt. By saying, these syllables passed my lips he allows personification in syllables as
objects that move about without permission of his mouth. He also adds to an interesting syntax by
using commas and dashes to separate his thoughts and make every description equal gravity to its
meaning. When he writes, I became aware of a distinct, hollow, metallic, Poe successfully makes
each adjective its own ability to stand alone but instead is grouped together to create a single crisp
image for the reader. Dashes are used to allow the reader inside the thoughts of the speaker in the
excerpt; an example being, Long -- long -- long where Poe lets the reader know the extent of time
the speaker is referring to in the quotation. Finally, Poe makes use of word color in his writing. An
example is found where Poe refers to a rigid posture as stony. By adding additional colorful
description throughout his writing images becomes clear in the minds of his readers.

VII.
By using varying syntax, Carol Ann Duffy changes the pace of the poem that impacts the reader. This
is seen when Duffy writes, There is not work net. You want him to fall, dont you? (Duffy 1). The

reader finds out the information that the subject in the poem has no net to catch himself in the simple
sentence. In the next sentence, Duffy adds a comma as a way to make us question if we truly do wish
to find out what will happen if the man falls. She purposely uses fall to make imply death will follow,
and others like tightrope to force the reader to make an image solely from word without description.
By using specific forms of syntax in her writing, Duffy is able to create a vivid image with view,
carefully placed words.

VIII.
Use of punctuation to impact meaning and syntax is noticeable in the first sentence when it uses
dashes to describe time. The writer comments through the dashes that even though time is present in
everything we do there is much ambiguity about its composition. The author uses multiple sentence
starts to make the reader involved such as when she writes, No... (Barnes 1). This way the reader is
intrigued to continue reading to discover her reasoning behind her claim. By using multiple commas in
some sentences Barnes changes pace and makes the sentence clear, like when she says, No, I mean
ordinary, everyday time, which clocks and watches assure us passes regularly: tick-tock, click-clock
(Barnes 1).

IX.

Woodson uses rhetorical questions in the beginning of the excerpt when talking about how
music could have saved them. By saying, would we have lifted our heads... (Woodson), the
reader does not need a response to know this would be the impact of jazz and other music. The
tone shows remembrance and a touch of regret and desire when speaking about the melody
created and not knowing how jazz changed her until it was gone. When talking about this
Woodson includes people to create individual stories and past stories of those jazz impacted.

X.
The imagery shows Ophelia pulling down the fantastic garlands of plants as seen when Shakespeare
writes, an envious sliver broke, When down her weedy trophies and herself Fell in the weeping brook
(Shakespeare). She is envious and as a result becomes insane and begins to chant hymns while mixed
with a strong imagery of mermaids. It would weaken the line to change the imagery to Which time
she sang like a flawed recording because then the reader loses the image of her chanting which
makes it seem like she is attempting to conquer up something bad. The imagery used is able to give a
clear idea of the insanity that she experiences as she falls to a muddy death.

XI.
The sentence structure is unique in this passage in that it uses a run-on sentence to create a lapse in
time were the reader experiences the drawn out time that passes by without any action or excitement.
By using "you" the author draws the reader into the passage to create direct links between the words
he/she writes and the emotions felt by the reader. The use of "it was" creates a sense of the past
were the author comments on the pain and boredom the subject of the writing felt during those days.
A lack of periods replaced by commas causes a feeling of endless or slow time that seems to never
change while the reader helplessly moves through the paragraph waiting for a pause or change. It
leaves the reader feeling lost, similar to the man the Adams writes about in the passage.