Diction

she is not a models size she is still beautiful in her own way. Maya Angelou uses diction, tone, and her personal experience to convey beauty and confidence. Maya Angelou had a troubling childhood, her personal experience contributed to the theme of the poem. Lyman B. Hagen notices that “her poems are entertainments derived from personal experiences.” At the age of three Maya and her brother were sent to…

cricket, and how people specifically behave at the games. O’Neill uses an exciting tone to arouse his audience to be as mentally involved with the sort as the spectators were at the time. The audience of this excerpt is sports fans; O’Neill uses the diction he does to reach out to these audience members and, in turn, they are the ones that are the most intrigued by the excerpt. This also shows that O’Neill’s purpose in writing this excerpt is to excite the audience of sports fans with the game…

Shakespeare is to this day known for his great literature, due to his large use of literary devices. In the play Macbeth, written by William Shakespeare, imagery and diction are the two most widely used literary devices in the play. Imagery is a form of a literary device that creates a vivid image in the reader's mind. Diction, on the other hand, is the detailed selection of specific words and phrases to demonstrate a specific meaning or hidden message. The use of animal imagery showcases the…

The abilities of diction to portray a leader. Throughout various great works of literature the language used to describe the hero or heroine is a formidable tool. To have the ability to describe a person, place, or object with purpose, clarity and poise can transport the reader into a new realm of understanding. What once was just paper with words written on it now becomes a vivid and colorful work of art in the mind’s eye. Homer was able to show that Odysseus is a competent leader through the…

his magical powers in a short excerpt from Ray Bradbury’s novel Dandelion Wine. Bradbury paints a wizard-like portrait of the young boy by employing mystical diction and equally important comparisons to establish a rampantly magical atmosphere throughout the passage. Bradbury lays the foundation for magic through copious use of magical diction, word choice that reinforces the atmosphere. Lines 35-39 are especially significant because they mention young Douglas racing up “dark spiral stairs” in a…

Edgar Allen Poe, the author of "The Cask of Amontillado," uses diction to create a dark tone in the story. This can be first seen towards the end of the first paragraph where the narrator states, "I must not only punish but punish with impunity." This quote sets a dark tone because it tells the reader that the narrator is going to kill someone and that they will do so in a way were they cannot face consequences, as told by the definition of impunity. Another example of the dark tone is again by…

the vital essence of the choices one must make in life's journey and includes an ironic twist of the tendency to struggle with making said choices in life. Frost employs the metaphor of two roads whilst inventing a negative tone through the use of diction and pathos to express the theme that one's choices in life are not always as clean-cut and concrete as other's might think and that in reality they are filled with moments of…

also enables the reader to be able to figure out the meaning. However, it also suggests Sophocles’ view on the plot of Antigone. Furthermore, through diction from the characters it is evident that Sophocles believes that Antigone is right. In the beginning of play Sophocles uses Antigone to introduce the problem. Sophocles uses descriptive diction with negative connotation for example “martial law”, which…

Gatsby’s chance encounter with Daisy will change everything he had planned out for his life, “At his lip’s touch she blossomed for him like a flower and the incarnation was complete.” (111) The use of the American Dream image, foreshadowing and diction create the “American classic”, The Great Gatsby. The Great Gatsby, is a novel about the American Dream and it really captures this ideal all the way through the book. Jay Gatsby’s history starts with him…

their own survival. In the novel The Road, author Cormac McCarthy utilized forthright diction and significant details to epitomize an apologetic tone when discussing the loss of innocence through one’s lifetime, proving that despite mankind being innately innocent, greed overpowers and induces humanity to eventually lose their purity. Throughout the entire novel, Cormac McCarthy…