In “The Sound of Thunder”Radbury uses negative diction to convey an intense tone to the readers, to show the intensity of the dinosaurs actions. The author describes the Tyrannosaurus by using words like, “terrible” to describe his scream and “Monster” to describe his actions. The diction was used to describe how vicious the Tyrannosaurus was, and to create an intensity in the scene. The diction made a lot of difference by making the Tyrannosaurus sound much more terrifying; similarly Eckels killing a butterfly made a huge difference to his world. Using words like “beast” to describe his features made the scene more intense. Instead of using Tyrannosaurus the author used beast to create a greater impact. The author’s choice of diction made
