“The two capital secrets in the art of prose composition are these: first the philosophy of transition and connection; or the art by which one step in an evolution of thought is made to arise out of another: all fluent and effective composition depends on the connecti...
Think ofaural imageryas the relationship between a word or phrase’s sound and its definition. For example, the word ‘boom’, as in the loud reverberation of a noise, also reflects the billowing heaviness of an explosion or a large object hitting the ground. it’s the reason little birds...