Wednesday, February 23, 2011

2.23 Diction Exercise

A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
a.) channels, Troops, dusty, marching, rich, orchards, bare, artillery, motor-tractors

b.) Formality: Unadorned, Simple
Connotation: Serious, Literal
Sound: Hushed, Voiceless
Concreteness: Delicate, Tangible

c.) The delicately hushed diction of Ernest Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms creates a frighteningly eerie scene of war.

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