Audubon And Annie Dillard

In writing, there are many different ways to recount an experience, place, or thing. For example, one might describe an experience they had thirty years ago. This is much like the two passages, by two different authors, written to describe a large flock of birds in flight. The first passage is an excerpt from Ornithological Biographies, by John James Audubon, while the second passage is an excerpt from Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard. Both passages have their similarities when describing a large flock of birds, but they also have their differences.
Similarly, both passages, by John James Audubon and Annie Dillard, recounted an experience each author had in the past. Each story gives an overall view on the same topic. For example,
One of the most important reasons they were different was the way they proclaimed their stories. To achieve the differences, each author used different rhetorical devices. First, John James Audubon used a rhetorical device to describe the action and multitude of the birds. He states, “In a short time finding the task which I had undertaken impracticable, as the birds poured in in countless multitudes.” This quote from the first passage is an example of an exaggeration because birds cannot actually pour into something. On the other hand, Anne Dillard uses different examples of rhetorical devices. She states, “The flight extended like a fluttering banner, and unfurled oriflamme, in either direction as far as I could see.” This is an example of a simile. Dillard compares an eye to the shape of the flock. Another example of a rhetorical device she stated was an example of personification and a simile at the same time. Dillard states, “Over my head I heard a second of beaten air, like a million shook rugs, a muffled whuff.” In this sentence, she uses a simile to compare the flapping of wings to the sound of someone shaking rugs. At the same time, this is also an example of personification because air cannot be beaten. In the end, both passages are very different because of the rhetorical devices that were used.
With different authors, it is not very often that two different passages or pieces of literary work are surprisingly similar. In fact, the passages by John James Audubon and Annie Dillard, Ornithological Biographies and Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, look very similar at first glance. On the other hand, after looking deeper into the passages, it is evident that both authors used different techniques to share their experiences, differentiating the two. In conclusion, the passages are both similar and different from each