One can describe events in a simplistic style, without any figurative language or writing devices, or one can choose to fill their work with fancy words that catch the reader's attention. ... Therefore, without these details, the reader does not know how the girl looks or what the boy sees in this girl. ... If one reads the poem as a story, paying attention to the punctuation, it makes perfect sense and flows. ... In keeping with the main idea of the story, the boy picks up the girl and they walk down the street, and of course there are several things they pass along the way, which do no...

• Word Count: 1527
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Now the father told the girl to jump down the steps [ ]"Jump, Izzy, jump" [ ]"Papa's got you Papa"ll catch you... "[ ] Finally the child gathers up her courage and jumps [ ] the child falls of course [ ]"Papa, why didn't you catch me, Papa?"... Their attention seemed to affect him as naturally as sunshine - and he never talked too much." (11) Unlike the way she wrote about her mother, Dad seemed almost invisible. Even her writing shows how insignificant her father's role was to her. ... She made her readers take pity on the child and scorn the man that hurt her. ...

• Word Count: 1263
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School