Diction

elevated and poetic diction, a carefully crafted work of art was born, and King was able to effectively appeal to his audience and encourage Americans to fight for equality…

typically perceived as patriotic, ironically, became dull and futile. In this passage from “A Separate Peace,” John Knowles displays the uniqueness of the era by characterizing America as depressing through the use of contrasting syntax, foreboding diction, and dull imagery. Throughout the passage, Knowles asserts multiple juxtapositions to emphasize the common perception of happiness in America with its harsh reality. Knowles…

Diction and syntax are quite similar; diction is the choice and use of words, while syntax is how they are arranged. Throughout her essay, Woolf’s diction is determined and strong sounding. She sounds sure of herself and well educated on the question at hand; if women during this time period were even capable of matching Shakespeare’s…

country was a collective society, where the council chooses how you live your life. This society worshiped the word “WE” because no one believes in individuality and how everyone is equal. In this Novella, Rand illustrates powerful symbolism and diction in order to zealously assert that collectivist society makes people lose sight of their individuality and their future. Rand expresses the word symbolism to interact a word with a bigger meaning. The word LIGHT symbolizes Anthem. Light symbolizes…

essentially built on a foundation of the endless fundamental literary devices such as diction, detail, imagery, syntax, and tone. Literary devices such as these develop and mold the story into a personal and unique way that reflects the author. These five elements throughout the novels Their Eyes Were Watching God written by Zora Neale Hurston and Beloved written by Toni Morrison contrast each other distinctly. Diction is the literary device that gives the author the opportunity to set the…

Life, death, and reincarnation are the recurring theme of the most notable poem “I felt a Funeral, in my Brain” by Emily Dickinson. Throughout the poem Dickinson traces her descent sanity into madness which has made the poem terrifying for both the speaker and the reader. At the beginning of the poem, Dickinson has express her feeling of grief and pain through the use of an extended metaphor, “felt a funeral in the brain” and in rest of the poem, she lives a life, passes away, and reborn again…

T.S. Elliot uses diction and a depressing and regretful tone to express the meaning of this poem. In “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”, he shows meaning by using Prufrock as a man who is upset and regrets what he has done with his life. T.S. Elliot’s word choices show that J. Alfred Prufrock is a lonely old man who regrets the things he has not done in life. He believes he should have done more with his life. Throughout the poem, T.S. Eliot uses diction. A really good example is, “A…

Author of The Importance of being Earnest, Oscar Wilde, utilizes dialogue, diction and irony to illustrate the play’s protagonist, Jack Worthing, who in turn illuminates the script’s theme that behavior deemed appropriate by society may conflict with moral decency. The dialogue from the interrogation of Jack by Lady Bracknell, his love’s mother, reveals that he is a character of high class and puts up a front in order to make a good impression in the face of others, as after the meeting, he…

his uncle, life is too much for Hamlet to handle at once. As the character hamlet evolves from the beginning of the play we see how his decision are made through an unhealthy state of mind. Throughout the tragedy, Hamlet, Shakespeare uses strong diction and imagery to highlight Hamlets’ strategies for revenge. So, these key elements of Hamlet are important because they provide creative explanations to Hamlets intentions as well as providing a clear transition of events and together, these areas…

The concrete diction creates a sense of realism for the readers while the connotation diction allows the readers to use personal experience to interpret the scene themselves. Concrete diction uses specific description of the mansion, the tomb in which Madeline is in, the madness Roderick experiences as he believes to hear her struggling alive, but connotative diction expresses this is such a way that each reader will experience the scene…