Every good writer has their own special secret, but all the greatest writers have the same secret. They all share the secret of using very strong rhetorical devices. In this short passage of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings's novel The Yearling, that is known for winning a Pulitzer Prize, she uses powerful rhetorical devices, but the most fervid devices that were found in the passage was syntax, figurative language, and sensory details. With using those rhetorical devices it paved the way for her winning the Pulitzer Prize.
Rawling used syntax, figurative language, and sensory detail in this passage. Syntax is the arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language. She intertwined this in her work in many places and this was a very strong component for her novel. For example on page 7 in paragraph 2 she used a very detailed syntax example. As stated in the passage “He stopped short.” This 3 word sentence has a very stable syntax. This is helping to explain that the character is much like the actions. By creating a 3 word sentence it is helping stop the sentence
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Starting off on page 6 in paragraph 3 Rawling uses a great metaphor. It reads “Drops of silver slipping “ instead of just saying the drops of water she adds more feeling and texture into the word by explaining it as sliver. Continuing on she goes on to have a simile explaining what the water sounded like in the same sentence reading “The water made a sound like kittens lapping” this once again adds feeling into the reading. Rawling also uses an example of figurative language by including hyperboles, for example on page 6, “the flutter-mill might turn forever.” forever is impossible for a slutter mill to turn so it just adds more exaggeration to the text. Syntax and figurative language is just two of the great things Rawling included in her writing, but she also added in sensory