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Ray Bradbury's Use Of Language Techniques In The Veldt

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Ray Bradbury focused on multiple craft moves throughout this dystopian short story, “The Veldt”, to ameliorate it and make it more exciting. Some examples of craft moves that Ray Bradbury continues to use throughout the passage is personification, suspense, descriptive language, dialogue, and imagery. Bradbury uses all of these craft moves to emphasize that too much technology is bad and it can ruin your lives. The Hadleys gave their children a room that could turn into anything you could imagine. The kids thought of lions and Africa and the technology in the story killed the parents, and the worst part is the kids did it on purpose. The craft moves also help the reader get a better understanding of the story. I definitely was more intrigued. …show more content…

Suspense helps the reader really want to know what happens next, and they become entertained and intrigued. An example in the story of this craft move is when it directly states, “And suddenly they realized why those screams sounded so familiar. (Bradbury 10). This was, in my opinion, the best sentence in the story. It made me want to read more. The craft move of suspense helped it be the best sentence in the story because the readers were engaged and couldn’t wait to find out what was going to happen next. It may be the most useful craft move there is, and Bradbury portrays it very well. It shows that technology could ruin their lives, and anyone …show more content…

It makes the readers want to read more and feel happy and satisfied. Bradbury has many different parts in the story where he uses imagery, but the best example that pops into my head is when it states, “The hot straw smell of lion grass, the cool green smell of the hidden water.” (Bradbury 1). This writing helps the reader get a better understanding of what is happening because they paint a picture in their head. This writing by Ray Bradbury appeals to the reader’s senses by using imagery very well in his short

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