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Figurative Language In The Treasure Of Lemon Brown

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As Ellen Goodman once said “when we describe what the other person is really like I supposes we often picture what we want we look through the prism of our need”. By using descriptive writing it 's easier for the reader to put themselves in the story. In the story the “Treasures Of Lemon Brown” Walter Dean Myers uses both descriptive adjectives and figurative language to help develop the tone in the story and help the readers visualize the settling the characters and the mood. In the story the “Treasures Of Lemon Brown” Walter Dean Myers uses both descriptive adjectives to help develop the tone in the story. The small pale green kitchen Graffiti scarred building grim shadow.Helps to visualize and infer that he lives in a small apt and it
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