Diction "The Man Who Loved Flowers" Period 3 by Mirela Kucinic

Diction "The Man Who Loved Flowers" Period 3 by Mirela Kucinic https://padlet.com/kucinic/diction3 Find three examples of the effective use of diction. A writer creates certain type of sentences and chooses vocabulary for a specific purpose, either to create suspense or an image in the reader's mind. Does King use repetition to paint a picture in your mind? Short sentence to create suspense? en-us 2017-03-07 02:12:14 UTC 2019-02-22 04:50:22 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/76849225/3c7e2413dc71d3c99d6a8850f766a821b93ef574/96bd9b7ff4f0494bc9dae7dae45412fb.jpg Patrick: https://padlet.com/kucinic/diction3/wish/159312559 I'm using the "he swung the hammer" as my example... dibs☺️]]> 2017-03-10 16:17:42 UTC https://padlet.com/kucinic/diction3/wish/159312559 Chante: https://padlet.com/kucinic/diction3/wish/159413481 "The air was soft and beautiful, the sky was darkening by slow degrees from blue to the calm and lovely violet of dusk. There are people who love the city, and this is the one of the nights that made them love it. Everyone standing in the doorways of the delicatessens and and dry-cleaning shops and restaurants seemed to be smiling. An old lady pushing two bags of groceries in an old baby pram grinned at the young man and hailed him: "Hey, beautiful!" The young man gave her a half-smile and raised his hand in a wave." (452)

Explanation:

This example demonstrates effective diction, because the choice of words create a warm, happy atmosphere.

Significance:

Atmosphere:

Stephen King writes it this way to deceive readers into think that nothing bad will happen. When he says "There are people who love the city, and this is the one of the nights that made them love it." He makes the story sound like a love story with a happy ending, although it's more of

tragedy story. This makes the story more scary, because you don't expect the unexpected. The choice of words he uses such as "soft", "beautiful", and "lovely" are all positive words which create a atmosphere that is calm and soothing. The weather is nice and everyone seems happy, because they're smiling. When the lady says "Hey beautiful!", she's in a good mood. It seems more realistic for a scary story to start off this way, because you would never expect someone apart of society to be a murderer.

]]> 2017-03-11 03:43:13 UTC https://padlet.com/kucinic/diction3/wish/159413481 Alexia: https://padlet.com/kucinic/diction3/wish/161681840 Quote:
"The Radio poured out bad news that no one listened to: a hammer murder was still on the loose; JFK had declared that the situation in a little Asian country called Vietnam ("Vitenum" the guy reading the news called it) would bear watching; an unidentified women had been pulled from the East River; a grand jury had failed to indict a crime overload in the current city administration's war on heroin; the Russians had exploded a nuclear device. None of it seemed real, none of it seemed to matter." (pg. 453)

Explanation:
The quote that I've chosen is a good example of diction because it demonstrates how the choice of his words can change the scene from a happy and friendly setting to a sad and depressing mood which also foreshadows what is going to happen next.

Significance: Foreshadowing
In The Man Who Loves Flowers the beginning of the story starts off with a happy and joyful atmosphere which leads readers to believe that the chapter will end in a romantic and benevolent way, but it doesn't. (Ex: "The air was soft and beautiful, the sky was darkening by slow degrees from blue to the calm and lovely violet dusk. There are people who love the city, and this was one of those nights that made them love it."- Page 452.) The breaking point of the story which foreshadows what's going to happen next, would be when the news was being played from the radio. The reason why the happy mood of the story got splintered and didn't completely get shattered or dimmed was because no one was paying attention to it. (Ex: "The radio pored out bad news that no one listened to." - Page 453.) Stephen King then briefly switches the story back to a happy mood and then shocks readers with a heart wrenching plot twist that will leave eyebrows furrowed before ending off the chapter and leaving you with a series of questions and an unsettling mood.

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" "My young friend," the flower vendor said , as the man in the grey suit came back, running his eyes over the stock in the handcart. The vendor was maybe sixty-eight, wearing a torn grey knitted sweater and a soft cap in spite of the warmth of the evening. His face was a map of wrinkles, his eyes were deep in pouches, and a cigarette jittered between his fingers. But he also remembered how it was to be young in the spring- young and so much love that you practically zoomed everywhere. The vendors face was normally sour, but now he smiled a little, just as the old women pushing the groceries had,because this guy was such an obvious case. He brushed pretzel crumbs from the front of his baggy sweater and thought: If this kid were sick, they'd have him in intensive care right now."

Explanation:
This quote is an excellent example of diction because of the choice of words Stephen King decided to use. His writing paints a perfect picture in your head.

Significane:
Imagery:
Stephen Kings is an amazing writer to paint a picture in your mind by only using words. In the story The Man Who Loved Flowers Kings choice of words is perfect to create a picture in your mind of the old man behind the flower stand. "The vendor was maybe sixty-eight, wearing a torn grey knitted sweater and a soft cap in spite of the warmth of the evening. His face was a map of wrinkles, his eyes were deep in pouches, and a cigarette jittered between his fingers." Stephen Kings creates imagery by describing the old man so good by telling us roughy his age , the details in his wrinkly face, and eyes with big deep pouches under them and also describing what he is wearing, a grey knitted sweater that has a tear in it and a soft cap. Stephen King also gives some foreshadowing in his text. " He brushed pretzel crumbs from the front of his baggy sweater and thought: If this kid were sick, they'd have him in intensive care right now." This is foreshadowing that the young man in the grey suit is actually sick. We find out later in the book the young man is mentally ill and is killing women with hammers that he thinks is his dead girlfriend Norma.

]]> 2017-03-22 01:01:58 UTC https://padlet.com/kucinic/diction3/wish/161688769 Denielle https://padlet.com/kucinic/diction3/wish/161843273
Quote

"She backed away, her face round white blur, her mouth an opening O of terror, and she wasn't Norma, Norma was dead for ten years, and it didn't matter because she was going to scream and he swung the hammer to stop the scream, to kill the scream. As he swung the hammer the spill of flowers dell out of his hand, the spill spilled and broke open, spilled red, white, and yellow tea roses beside the dented trash can where the cats made alien love in the dark, screaming in love, screaming, screaming..."

Explanation:

This is diction - Stephen King uses Sharpe's words to describe an atmosphere. The atmosphere is feeling trapped and dark. Which he creates a clear image for the reader.

Significant:

I think what Stephen king was portraying a romantic story about young love but will shows the evil side that humans have within them. In the beginning of the story he is using diction because the are a lot of sharpe words.

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