Wednesday, February 23, 2011

2.23 Diction Exercise

A.
crap
goddamn
lousy
brother-D.B.
nice
Secret Goldfish
hell
David Copperfield
B.
Level of Formality: informal, slang
Connotation: keep it interesting and easily readable, adds a vulgarity to talk in the casual style
Concreteness: harsh sound, wrong condition
C.
The vulgar comments made by Holden are completely absurd. He curses throughout poem with a frivolous manner. I feel that most of his ridicule is in such a ribald manner that it has no significance.

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