In Momaday's essay he uses personification to describe the knoll that is rising out of the plain when he says "a single knoll rises out of the plain in Oklahoma"(Momaday ). ... Brown also uses alliteration in his writing; "Arapahos roamed restlessly,"(Brown68) and "that summer it seemed"(Brown68). ... The grasshoppers seem very lively and colorful which is a great additive to make the land in his essay seem colorful. ... You also get an image of the land turning to a desert type land when he poses that the sun is baking the "dry earth drier"(Brown68). ... Throughout the essays th...

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