ACT247H1 Study Guide - Preterm Birth
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He was an odd-looking little mortal, with an unusually big of them were reach-me- downs from baptist families, and because his mother was so unhandy they always had holes in them and were raveled at the edges and ill-buttoned. He had a lot of curly brown hair, because his mother kept begging amasa demptster to put off the terrible day when paul would go to myron papple for the usual boy"s scalping. His eyes seemed big in his little face, and certainly they were unusually wide apart, and looked dark because his thin skin was so white. (davis 33) The tool that was being used in this selection from the novel is vivid description because the author uses precise language to explain how paul physically appeared. As a group we have decided that the author used vivid description to help the reader get an idea of how the baby physically appears.
