The Structure Of Texts In Long Why Down By Jason Reynolds

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In the book, "Long Why Down by Jason Reynolds shows us that the structure of texts can often impact the meaning. Some of the ways it incorporates this by 'sperating sentences, repeating words, and in a way talking to the reader. The first way this author uses structure to affect the meaning Is by separating words and sentences One of the ways this shows meaning is by portraying certain emotions such as contusion, anger awe, etc. In the book, the sentences are usually scattered and separated when the character is overwhelmed with many emotions. An example of this is in page 246, this shows that he is very confused in ways that simply saying it cannot express. It shows that his thoughts were so jumbled that he literally could not think straight,