Authors write using sentence structure and word classes to create setting and character in their stories; this essay will analyze and evaluate the differences between environment and character in two stories. It's The Life of a Bear and the brief second life of Bree Tanner. This essay will also discuss how accents and dialect have changed on the BBC since the 1980s and in previous years, using evidence and references. As well as researching and referencing how social attitudes towards standard and non-standard English have changed by media influences. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on "Why Violent Video Games Shouldn't Be Banned"? Get an Original Essay To make a story seem interesting and hold the reader's attention, authors must use impactful writing to create an environment that is suitable for children to understand but still effective enough for a child to use their own imagination while reading the story, for example; “He liked breakfast, but not when it was so messy.” (It's A Bear's Life, 2005) This is a simple short sentence that lets the reader know that breakfast is set, presumably in the kitchen, but that the place is in disarray. This phrase used can also be relatable and create memories for children as they can remember a time when they could have had breakfast with their teddy bear and perhaps made it dirty. The use of small sentences is also found in children's books. “He liked to play, but not when it hurt.” (It's A Bear's Life, 2005) This makes reading easier for children. Children's storybooks also contain many onomatopoeias such as "Bang!" and "Crash!" to create the sound whether it is read aloud or not. Exaggerating words and short sentences makes it easier for children to understand their meaning while still having fun. The phrase "And it's still cornflakes... Bears don't even like cornflakes!" (It's A Bear's Life, 2005) shows the exaggeration of the incorrect use of capital letters in the sentence, this could mean that the bear is not happy and rather annoyed by the fact that cornflakes are put on him. Another way to create the environment is through the senses, such as smell; “He woke up to a delicious smell wafting from the train window.” This indicates that the bear smells something, using its sense of smell. “Mmm… darling! PANCAKES and honey!” (It's A Bear's Life, 2005.) This indicates the smell of the bear, but the writer exaggerated the word "pancakes" to show that the bear loves that food more than the other. Creating a character in a children's book can be easy since most children's stories are illustrated with pictures. Children can see that the bear is brown or that the boy has brown hair, it is not necessary to mention this in the story if it is shown in the pictures. “There were bears everywhere, big bears, little bears, tall bears and bald bears” (It's A Bear's Life, 2005) this describes all the different bears you see in the hotel, but they are accompanied by pictures. “Parker suddenly felt quite shy.” (It's A Bear's Life, 2005) this is creating character, telling the reader that Parker is a character from the sky. This may also make the bear more recognizable as some children may also be shy. “No two writers approach things exactly the same way. We are all inspired and motivated in different ways." –Stephenie Meyer. Most stories for adults do not contain illustrations and images, but only words. This allows the writer to add more detail when creating character development and environment, using verbs and adverbs todescribe their characters and even the smallest of objects in such detail. “They all wore long, dark cloaks with deep hoods.” (The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner, 2010) this simple phrase describes the clothes of a couple of vampires. The author creates an evocative scene by using disturbing words such as dark cloaks, a piece of clothing that we don't often see in today's society, but also the word "dark", while describing an item of clothing, could also describe the environment. “The sun was rising quickly. The black pines showed hints of evergreen. (The Short Second Life, 2010) this also describes the environment but this time it is daytime, we know this because the author wrote 'the sun was rising quickly.' And he used softer words like 'hints of evergreen' to describe the new day, where the characters are no longer in a dark scene. Using a collection of verbs and adverbs to describe the setting is common in books for adults as they can expand their writing as it will be more understood than if a child read it. “The blood was warm and sweet. It put out the fire in my throat, calmed the nagging, itchy emptiness in my stomach. This phrase describes how the character, a vampire, feels when his hunger is quenched by the blood he is drinking. "The blood was warm and sweet." The author describes the taste of blood to the reader, by doing this he can give an idea of what the blood might taste like to the reader, or insert him into the story as if he had tasted the blood. Verbs like "fire," "annoying," and "itchy" are used to describe how the character felt before drinking the blood. In 1981, BBC television broadcast the wedding of Prince Charles and Princess Diana. The language used is old-fashioned English, very precise or correct. Almost like the Queen's dialect, we call this Received Pronunciation. He has no accent but the audience still knows it's a British accent. In 1947 Queen Elizabeth II was married and the BBC broadcast the event. Here we hear an even more precise pronunciation than forty years ago. This was in black and white while Princess Diana's wedding was shown in colour, another generational and technological shift. In 2011, when Princess Kate got married, the BBC broadcast the event again. Although it is a new era and generation for TV and radio, we still hear Received Pronunciation but it has more of an accent with it. From a foreign perspective, some may think that England has an accent, it could more than likely be Received Pronunciation or the way the Queen speaks, which is not true. There is a verity of accents across England, to name a few; Liverpool has the 'Scouse' accent and Yorkshire is known for having the 'Geordie' accent. This is due to settlers from other countries such as Italy and the Romans, France, Scandinavia and the Vikings, that we have different accents and dialogues. The English language is made up of many words borrowed from different languages. The Romans invaded Britain first, borrowing words such as "cheese", "butter", "pound", "wall" and "road" among many others. Some Latin words were originally borrowed from Greek, which shows that ancient languages also borrowed from each other. A few years later, the Vikings invaded Britain, borrowing words like "mace", "plunder" and "slaughter". Words for animals were borrowed from the Old Norse language such as "bug", "bull" and "reindeer". The English language has borrowed many more verbs and adjectives from Norwegian than any other foreign language. A few decades after the English language was introduced by William Shakespeare, a play writer who invented many of his own words, some of which we use..
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