“When they heard Box 342 rung, however, they assumed the fire was out of their territory and unhitched the horses. Only two fire companies were not fooled by the misleading alarm.”
Onomatopoeia is literary device that copies natural sounds.
A simile is a comparison between two things using as or like.
Metaphor is a direct comparison between two things without the use of ‘as’ or ‘like’
He reads, educates himself
Sentence structure affects the tone of a written work because of the way you put words in a sentence. As human, we tend to get offensive easily. Of course, you won't be able to please everybody, but using simple sentence structure, you give off a great vibe.
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