The central writing strategy used in the sixth paragraph on page 23 in the novel Waiting by Ha Jin is description. The sentence, “He dreaded its severe winters and the north winds that came from Siberia with clouds of dust,” shows this exceptionally well. No other strategies were used. Narrative establishes the last paragraph on page 28. The predominant indications of this are the sentences, “Her face was smeared with sweat and tears. As she dove for …showed first 75 words of 494 total…

…showed last 75 words of 494 total…novel have been analyzed above, although many other strategies were used throughout the rest of the book. One of these is the explicit use of analogy, which is found in the eighth paragraph on page 146; “—the officer’s hand was so powerful that it felt like a vise gripping her fingers.” Strategy analyses, along with the quoted examples, will hopefully give valuable insight into how some writing strategies are used by Ha Jin in Waiting.