Descriptive Techniques Used to Create Memorable Characters: An Assessment of Four Stories.
This paper assesses the writing techniques that are found in the short descriptive essays of "Po- Po" by Eric Liu, "Caught in the Widow's Web" by Gordon Grice, "Nameless, Tennessee" by William Least Heat Moon, and "The Inheritance of Tools" by Scott Russell Sanders. Through describing these techniques, the reader is made aware of the variety of literary devices that are used to form a cohesive story. An emphasis on characterization - or the techniques that the authors use to convey the natures of their characters - is the descriptive technique that is investigated in this paper. 4 pgs. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
