Short sentences would create a fast pace
Parables were commonplace in Chaucer's time, and audiences would have found them familiar.
Parables resembled the teachings of Jesus, with which most audiences in Chaucer's time were familiar.
B. They employ figurative language
Both of these excerpts engage the reader by making the text come alive. The first employs a metaphor when it says "<span>In other words, he took the tortillas out of his poetry, which is to say he took the soul out of his poetry". This metaphor is comparing the heritage in his friend's writing to a tortilla which then he extends into comparing to their souls.
The second piece employs imagery and personification when he describes "</span><span>the tall American trees were dangling their thick branches right down over his head", showing that the trees are coming alive to show his friend that they are part of his heritage.</span>
