Author of The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien appreciated language. He was fascinated with the way it worked. His craftsmanship is evident in his use of language throughout his literary work. As a philologist, he knew the historical and cultural power and connotations of words. Tolkien claimed, “it was in fairy stories that I first divined the potency of words.” Dr. Seuss is an author well known for helping children learn to read through carefully structuring the use of words into stories. Similarly The Hobbit is constructed with words and language that cover multiple layers of literary elements. The first level includes puns, sound effects, made-up words, and silly songs. These elements of literature provide appeal to the text, transformation would one may consider dry, boring text into something new or…show more content… For example in the sentence, “There are no words left to express hisstaggerment, since men changed the language that they learned of elves in the days when all the world was wonderful” one may notice that the word ‘staggerment’ can not be found in the dictionary and it a made up word. In Tolkien's world staggerment is defined as "to be shocked; rendered helpless with amazement or the like; astonished." Tolkien put a spin on the word ‘stagger’ by adding the suffix “-ment” to “stagger.” In doing this, the definition becomes the state of being staggered. The second level includes various traditional uses such as riddles, proverbs, language based activities, and make-making runes. These elements of literature allow the reader to interact with the text. Such as in the riddle game that Tolkien includes in The Hobbit. The riddle game is a challenge of wits in knowledge and reasoning. It appears in many famous writings. Within this style of writing the characters take turns asking