... of scarlet fever and in a week she lay dead." Elizabeth puts the child's death very bluntly "In a week she lay dead". This makes it sound more dramatic. The writer uses emotive language to make us feel sympathy for the child and Helen, she puts, "she sat holding the poor wee lassie's hand and looking in her pretty, pale, dead face, without so ... to show his eternal repentance. Elizabeth Gaskell puts a lot of emotion into the story, "The Half-Brothers". Elizabeth Gaskell makes a direct appeal to the readers" emotions by using a lot of emotive language e.g. "god forgive me". I would say ...

• Word Count: 1890
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

... of Joe's prattling being like a constant noise in the background. This distances us from our previous attachment with Joe as we feel less sympathy towards him than if he used emotive language in his own words: "Joe is so astonished" has less impact on the reader as it comes across less personal and much less dramatic. Joe's thoughts let us get to ... ...

• Word Count: 1489
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... relating to relating to the subject and his family emigrating to Australia for safety. This period must have been a trialing time for the subject as can be seen in the emotive language used in the line " the only way that we could ever see each other again was to emigrate to Australia." Even though this period must have been a very challenging time ... ...

• Word Count: 1267
• Approx Pages: 5