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Bryson Use Hyperbole To Exaggerate The Skunk's

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Bill Bryson engages the reader with a variety of structural and language techniques such as short paragraphs, which allow Bryson to build suspense and to allow each paragraph to tell a separate section of the story, which enables flashbacks and off-topic conversation. He also uses hyperbole to exaggerate the skunk’s capabilities. Bryson uses short paragraphs by splitting each part of the text up into different sections, each of which connect, but do not necessarily relate. It also allows Bryson to incorporate flashbacks and information paragraphs, such as the paragraph about him moving to his new house and the paragraph about the time his friend’s house and furniture was all sprayed by a skunk. This interests the reader because it allows the
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