A policeman picks up one of the smooth vinyl shards and rubs his thumb across the grooves.
The author uses vivid words like "smooth vinyl shards" to create a more descriptive feeling for the reader.
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- Aug 2020
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our rooms are in the basement separated by one thin wall. My bed is against the wall and at night I can hear him listening to his music.
We can see that although they are separated they are close. The wall is keeping them apart but they are still right next to each other.
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I know he’s sharing things with me that he can’t say out loud. He talks less than he used to.
This directly tells us how much he has changed. He went from sharing things out-loud to being more reserved and secretive.
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I lie on my back, hands laced behind my head and eyes closed because I know that’s exactly what he’s doing.
This sentence gives the reader a sense of how close the siblings are. The connection they have without even needing to see each other. The author uses a vivid verb, the verb "laced" creates a more descriptive experience.
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The music is hard and heavy with lyrics like poetry; he calls it heavy metal.
The author compares how the music feels so that the reader can in a way hear the music through the words.
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