Ambrose Bierce's An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge

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In Ambrose Bierce’s “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge,” the auditory and visual imagery keep the reader in suspens, which improves the story. Because Bierce uses such descriptive language when describing Peyton, the reader can easily imagine the character performing the actions illustrated by the author. He describes him as having, “a straight nose, firm mouth, broad forehead, from which his long dark hair was combed straight black, falling behind his ears to the collar of his wee fitting frock coat.” (Bierce). In addition to using imagery, Bierce also includs vivid word choice. There is evidence of Bierce’s imagestic diction when he says, “with a supreme and crowning agony his lungs engulfed a great draught of air, which instantly he

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