Punctuation And Formattting In 'Completely Normal Chaos'
The Author of “Completely Normal Chaos” uses different types of punctuation and formatting to portray the characters as real. One tool he used is hyphens to signal cutting oneself or someone else off. For example “ ‘Well, she wants to know—’
‘Dennis, are you aggravating the situation?’ ” this makes the character seem more real to the audience reading this passage. The author also utilizes italics to a character's emphasis on words as in paragraph ten “ ‘Sam, can’t you do something about them?’ ”. The author shows the characters’ personality better than if he just used regular sentences and
‘Dennis, are you aggravating the situation?’ ” this makes the character seem more real to the audience reading this passage. The author also utilizes italics to a character's emphasis on words as in paragraph ten “ ‘Sam, can’t you do something about them?’ ”. The author shows the characters’ personality better than if he just used regular sentences and