Part one of term paper
Annie Dillard writes about the natural world and has won a Pulitzer Prize for her first book, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek. Annie Dillard's style is very descriptive. Dillard uses similes to show her fear of the flood. She also uses diction to show her excitement about the flood. In "Flood", an excerpt from Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, Annie Dil ...

Part two of term paper
... ugly, like a black snake caught in a kitchen drawer" (314). Her fear gets worse when she describes what the flooded creek sounds like. "It sounded like the run-together whaps of a helicopter's propeller after the engine is off" (314). Then as she stood on the bridge she describes the creek as "It smashed under the bridge like a fist, but there is no end to its force" (315) Dillard uses similes to tell the reader of her fear. Dillard uses diction to show her excitement about the flood. Action ver ...