Harry Potter and The Order of The Phoenix by J.K. Rowling

 

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Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling

"WHOOSH. With a clattering, a whirring of wings, and a soft fall of dust, a fourth owl came shooting out of the kitchen fireplace."

The passage begins with an onomatopoeia of whoosh, brings something flying into the room before the reader even knows what it is. Even the italics of whoosh imply a forward movement. From there, it uses similar onomatopoeias such as clattering, summing up a messy entrance, whirring of wings invokes a similar feeling as whoosh, except this time explains that it's the noise of wings. This works together to evokes the imagery of a bird flying in before the reader even gets to the word "owl". It becomes subordinating style as Rowling doesn't introduce the main clause of the owl coming out of the fireplace until the end. The owl enters before we even know there's an owl.