Sentences that use color words, size words and specific describing words help to create scenes in stories. In “The Landlady,” Dahl describes how “Each word was like a large black eye staring at him.” In other words, the character feels as if the words were “Holding him hostage” by forcing him to stay where he was. Similarly, Poe describes “I undid it just so much that a thin ray fell upon the vulture eye.” That is to say, the narrator feels disturbed and annoyed of the old man’s evil eye. Thus, by including details of figurative language, Poe and Dahl convey
Sentences that use color words, size words and specific describing words help to create scenes in stories. In “The Landlady,” Dahl describes how “Each word was like a large black eye staring at him.” In other words, the character feels as if the words were “Holding him hostage” by forcing him to stay where he was. Similarly, Poe describes “I undid it just so much that a thin ray fell upon the vulture eye.” That is to say, the narrator feels disturbed and annoyed of the old man’s evil eye. Thus, by including details of figurative language, Poe and Dahl convey