Roald Dahl has a humorous writing style for children. He
is very creative, using unique adjectives in his descriptive writing. Dahl uses figures
of speech in his writing:
readability="8">He uses specific names and figures of speech
which compliments the different character in his or her personality and features. Such
as Augustus Gloop to name a fat and greedy boy in the story Charlie and the
Chocolate Factory. These exaggerate the characters traits as such making them
seem either more evil or a better
hero.Also, Dahl makes the
characters come alive on every page. He can create characters that are enjoyable and
humorous:readability="9">Roald Dahl's has a creative and humorous style
when it comes to writing children's books such as James and the giant peach or The
Twits. With lots of sound words, interesting adjectives and humorous poems, it makes his
books an interesting and enjoyable experience for young
readers.Roald Dahl is more
than humorous. He uses certain characters to teach a lesson about how the other children
are not being respectful and obedient. He puts a twist on his words and arranges the
sentence structure to a point of wackiness at times:readability="11">He also loves to twist words and play around
with the sentence structure such as using "Vitches" in dialogs instead of witches to
portray the high pitch, screeching voice of the witches. His humorous poems, which sound
sadistic at times, are mostly found in children’s books. This adds a touch of wackiness
to the stories. Such can be found in Charlie and the Chocolate
Factory when he uses them to make fun of the characters when they meet with
different accidents.Dahl
uses various literary devices to create vivid images and sounds for his his characters
and readers. Through personification, Dahl creates human-like animals. These animals
have a mind of their own and can speak like a real
human.Many children and adults will be reading books by
Dahl for enjoyment for years to come. Charlie and the Chocolate
Factory is one book that will remembered and cherished for years to
come:The
book is especially effective when read aloud and is frequently used by teachers who read
to their classes. This is partially due to Dahl's playful use of language, featuring
rhymes, puns, and hyperbole.
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