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Different authors use different styles of writing to express the ideas. The style of writing is what paints the picture of the story. In the story So This Was Adolescence, by Annie Dillard, there are two major traditional writing styles exhibited. The first st ....

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.... in books split wood,” which would symbolize her longing for an escape from her monotony. The second style is visualization. Dillard utilizes this style well. When reading such lines as “I was a boulder blocking my own path,” and “ ...a live wire...shooting out sparks..,” the reader can visualize her as the boulder or the live wire out of control. This style makes the story easier to follow and lets you feel as the character does, like you were there with them. When Dillard describes herself “--whipping the bed with a belt, like a creature demented!!” you almost become afraid, like there was a monster in the room with you. Vi ....