Style

The elements of style Cade Bambara used were allusion and dialect. In the story- " Raymond's run", Squeaky had made many allusions based on how people looked. For example, she had falsely assumed the Gretchen cannot beat her at the race due to the fact that she 1) had short legs 2) have freckles( this is soooo laughable)...etc. She also assumed that( I'm not sure whither this is true or not, but she did made an allusion here) her classmate who is smart( thought Squeaky refused to admit that) is a fake who pretends that everything comes easy for her. Who knows? Maybe she is one of those lucky girls who has everything planned out smoothly before her, unlike the rest of us who has to work at least twice as hard to get what she can easily get for free. I think Squeaky is jealous of that. Another element of literature Cade Bambara used in the story was the the element of dialect. Squeaky and her friends used many dialect from their habitat( I'm not really sure if this word " habitat" is appropriate in here, but due to the time being, I'll just leave it like that). " play the dozens" is an excellent example of a dialect which Squeaky used to refer to mean trading insults. Writers also used elements such as symbols, figures of speech...etc. The different styles of writing is what makes each unique.