On Bird, Bird-Watching and Jazz HW
Ellison claimed that mimic thrushes like catbirds and mockingbirds are geniuses and the con men of the bird species with many great characteristics. Charlie Parker is like the mimic thrushes because he takes tunes which he copies and switches up.
The first sentence is cumulative because it mentions the subject and verb then the additional details. The choice works well with the point Ellison is making because Ellison is trying to persuade people quickly and to the point. This straightforwardness is good when trying to make a point rather than keeping one in suspense.
Inflating and impaling are two strong action verbs in the paragraph. They specifically describe what the subject of the sentence is doing. The
