Rain Go Away Mood

Janet Todd once stated, “Actions speak louder than words, but words spurs action.” By using descriptive verbs, the author helps paint an image in motion in the reader's mind and helps them to see the same vision as the author. In the story “Rain Rain, go Away” by Issac Asimov, the author uses descriptive verbs and purposeful word choices to develop the mood, tone, and characters in the story. In “Rain, Rain, Go Away,” the author uses descriptive verbs to develop the characters and tone. In the story, the author describes the motion by saying “The Sakkaros tumbled out, faces drawn with tension, muttering thanks, and started off toward their long front walk at a dead run.” This helps the reader visualize the Sakkaros running out with tension and they are so drained out with the term, “dead run.” In addition to descriptive verbs, the author also plugs in the story, “All three shriveled, collapsing within their clothes,

The author wrote, “The drive back seemed to stretch interminably.” He uses the word interminably to show that the drive back was prolonged and it was dry and not very enjoyable. Another purposeful word choice in a sentence the author wrote was “And while the Wright’s sat there, transfixed with horror…” The author uses the word “Transfixed” to emphasize how the Wright’s were terrified. He wasn’t just scared, he had a great amount of fear on him. Finally, the author uses purposeful word choice when he wrote, “When the excitement was over and the pitcher was trying to regain his composure, George…” Author uses the word “composure” to describe how the pitcher was regain his state of calmness. Author uses this to show the reader how the pitcher was pretty stressed out before regaining his composure. By using purposeful word choices, the author was better able to demonstrate the mood of the story and create an interesting and intense story with uncommon