I Need My Monster By Amanda Noll

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I need my monster, by Amanda Noll, is a fiction story about a boy named Ethan trying to find a new monster since his usual monster named Gabe was on a trip to go fishing. The author uses concrete language and sensory detail to describe Ethan’s experience. On pages 4-24, of I Need My Monster, Amanda Noll’s description of the sounds and sights of the monsters helps the reader understand what their personality or looks are like. Amanda Noll shows the personality of the monsters through the use of concrete language and sensory details. Noll describes the sound of Gabe as, “His nose whistling.”; Noll describes how much Ethan misses Gabe by showing that, “I missed his ragged breathing.” These pieces of text evidence help us understand how Gabe sounds.