Monday, February 28, 2011

228 diction excersise

a) old, fine-toothed, tangle, chits, maiden, shame, scrapped, alone

b) Medium diction
Elevation- plain, detached, simple, abrupt
Concrete- definite, absolute, literal

c)Gwendolyn Brook's Sadie and Maud's sequential structure creates a realistic atmosphere while comparing two sisters in a polarizing manner, describing Sadie as scrapping life with a fine-toothed comb, and her sister Maud, who simply went to college, ending up alone, leading to an ending with a dark undertone of demise.

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