Wednesday, February 23, 2011

2.23 Diction Exercise

a.) dark slate
treacherously
stocky
taciturn
hewn
sharply
amidst
lean

b.) Elevation: Intelligible and unequivocal
Connotation: Literal and methodical
Sound: Monotone and dryness
Concreteness: Objective and definite

c.) Neil Gaiman's diction in "Stardust" is intelligibly methodical with objective dryness conveying the seriousness of the informative passage.

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