Terry Tempest Williams; Reading Like a Writer

-Find specific examples of absract and concrete language. What are the effects?

I found an example in the book using specific details; on page 740, she explains an experiement she recalled doing at the school she attended. The description was full of detail and is important to the text because it shows an analogy of the cup and water she did her experiment with to relate to the Great Salt Lake. The author gives a lot of good examples using abstract and detailed sentences. For example, when she is talking about the birds with their prey before them she says, "Adult burrowing owls will stand on top of the mound with their prey before them, usually small rodents, birds, or insects. The entrance is littered with bones and feathers. I recall finding a swatch of yellow feathers like a doormat across the threshold-meadowlark, maybe. These small owls pursue their prey religiously at dusk."I chose this paragraph to represent good absract ideas. It is a very detailed sentence, and paints a picture for the reader's mind.