Arrangement A dedications page, acknowledgements, and a table of contents form the preface of Teen Angst? The remainder of the text is split into five categories of stories based on the time frame they fall into: Jr. High, then Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, and Senior Year. The final couple pages of the book serve as in index to help readers find particular incidents he describes. For example, “Jesus commitment 194-195” (page 230).
Contents Overview The first collection of stories in Part One, “Jr. High”, portray the things that prepared young Vizzini for his - arguably more significant - time in high school that follows. Most notably, this section tells how he chose Stuyvesant High, as well as how he went through the admission processes and testing. However, Part One isn’t totally uptight: it also shares stories on his early addiction to television and video games and a family trip to an obnoxious rural state fair. These experiences lead into
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Style/tone: Vizzini’s sentences are generally simple and not very complex, which often accentuates his humor. In addition, he often inserts humorous comments into his original writings, making Teen Angst? an overall very casual text that easily appeals to his targeted age range.
Delivery: The contrast of a bright yellow background with red text and the featuring of a vibrant teal backpack make for a wonderfully kitschy appearance. This helps create the overall playful aura of awkward adolescence Vizzini intended, and aids in catching the eye of the youth he is selling