Style
The Wizard of Oz
by L. Frank Baum

The Wizard of Oz: Style 1 key example

Chapter 8: The Deadly Poppy Field
Explanation and Analysis:

Baum uses a writing style that makes the book suited to reading aloud, especially to children. His descriptions are vivid, the action of each short chapter is exciting, and Baum uses repetition on both the sentence and narrative level to help anchor readers' and listeners' attention. One passage that exemplifies all these features is in Chapter 8, when Dorothy lies down in the field of poppies:

Now it is well known that when there are many of these flowers together their odour is so powerful that anyone who breathes it falls asleep, and if the sleeper is not carried away from the scent of the flowers he sleeps on and on for ever. But Dorothy did not know this, nor could she get away from the bright red flowers that were everywhere about; so presently her eyes grew heavy and she felt she must sit down to rest and to sleep.