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Examples Of Colloquial Language In A White Heron

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Oftentimes big vocabulary and no humor in stories can make it difficult for readers to engage and understand a story. The stories “Life on the Mississippi,” “The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County,” and “A White Heron,” written in the late 1800s, make it easier for an audience to read their stories by using colloquial language, symbolism, and figurative language. Mark Twain and Sarah Orne Jewett as well as other American authors, entertain their readers by using colloquial language, symbolism, and figurative language. Colloquial language, symbolism, and figurative language often relieve readers of having to worry about not understanding a story due to complex structure or vocabulary that is difficult to understand. A colloquial language is a form of informal speech or phrases and non-academic writing. In other words, colloquial language is non-professional everyday speech. Colloquial language is to be used around familiar people such as friends and family, due to informality. An example of colloquial language in Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain would be “And he was always talking about “St. Looey” like …show more content…

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