II．Writing Features

Writing Techniques

1. symbol

e.g. the club chair, the girl

2. comparison and contrast

e.g. Reading for pleasure, spurred on by some interior compulsion, became as suspect as getting on the subway to ride aimlessly from place to place. (para. 12)

e.g. I vs. others

3. simile and metaphor

e.g. My perfect island.

Structure of the Text

1. Between paragraphs

By the time I became an adult, I realized that while my satisfaction in the sheer act of reading had not abated in the least, the world was often as hostile, or as blind, to that joy… (para. 10)

A transitional sentence: summary of the previous part + leading to new idea

2. Within paragraph

my home, my sustenance, my great invincible companion→most undersung, at least publicly→I did not read from a sense of superiority, or advancement, or even learning.