The topic sentence is usually always in the first sentence of a paragraph. If you are meaning the book or any representations of the novel
        
                    
             
        
        
        
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Creative writing is any writing that goes outside the bounds of normal professional, journalistic, academic, or technical forms of literature, typically identified by an emphasis on narrative craft, character development, and the use of literary tropes or with various traditions of poetry and poetics. 
 
        
             
        
        
        
Enjambment - the sentences do not finish with the end of the line.
Simile - "like a slackened drum"
Maybe even hyperbole, since it is an exaggeration. 
        
                    
             
        
        
        
The difference between "lie" and "lay", is that lay is to place something in a position of use, and lie is to, be still or to be kept in a specified place. 
Example for lay: "it is recommended to have your tile laid by professionals" 
Example for lie: "The dress lay still on the bed "<span>
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