Wednesday, October 19, 2011

style mapping

The language I observed in Stardust has high elevated descriptiveness. " The houses of Wall are sqaure and old, built of grey stone, with dark slate roofs and high chimneys." This excerpt uses words that most people can relate to yet also has a poise about it. The descriptive words help set a good sense of imagery. It is very easy to picture what is being described. The excerpt of Blood Meridian has a medium level of poetic fanciness. "Now come days of begging, days of theft. Days of riding where there rode no soul save he." There is a good sense of imagry in this as well along with personification. From Alice Seabold's book Lucky there is low and vulgar when describing events that happened throughout the book. It is also blunt and straightforward when giving you details. The author also uses familiar tactics to try and relate to her audiance.

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