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How Word Choice, Word Selection, Or Language Can Help The Story.

Published on Nov 25, 2015

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HOW DOES WORD CHOICE AFFECT THE STORY?

Maria Oster 4th hour
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LANGUAGE:

  • The author spells words wrong, to emphasize the accent of the characters.
  • Words like: master, going, and abolitionist are spelt marster, gwine, and 'litionist
  • When upper class whites would talk the author used proper spelling.
  • When a slave or white worker talks they don't use proper spelling.
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ONOMATOPOEIA:

A name of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it.
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EXAMPLES:

  • "Humph," said Big Missy.
  • "Every time one goes 'boom' she jumps and runs back and forth-
  • through the house just a farting, poot-poot-poot."
  • "Well!" huffed the old Doc and left.
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METAPHOR:

Comparing two things without using "like" or "as"
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EXAMPLES:

  • "I feel like something has got my heart in an iron grip and it's-
  • squeezing the very life out of me."
  • "--intended to make Georgia howl"
  • "I wants me a farm so bad I can taste it."
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STRONG ACTION VERBS:

Verbs that describe action and things taking place.
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EXAMPLES:

  • "-and polished with such loving care and with such
  • interest and fine craftsman ship that that Vyry marvelled."
  • "Grimes was harassed and nonplussed"
  • "As he plunged it into the Negro's groin--"
  • "Is you punishing us, and is I just ungrateful?"
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SIMILE:

Comparing two unlike things often introduced by "like" or "as"
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EXAMPLES:

  • "Them younguns is growing like weeds."
  • "-and she kept sinking down in the fire and blackness until every light-
  • went out like a candle and she fainted."
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HYPERBOLE:

Extravagant exaggeration.
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EXAMPLES:

  • "It cut the air and her flesh and cried "zing" and Vyry saw stars-
  • that were red and black and silver.
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CONNOTATION:

The suggestion of a meaning of a word apart from what it explicitly names.
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HOW PREVIOUS EXAMPLES MADE NOVEL FUN TO READ:

  • Also, even the slaves would refer to themselves as "niggers",-
  • nigras, niggahs, etc.
  • It seems like a common word to say, even children say it.
  • The word is an example of connotations because used in-
  • Both a neutral/positive way and a negative way.
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HOW PREVIOUS EXAMPLES MADE NOVEL FUN TO READ:

  • The word choice the author used made the story interesting-
  • because it put a good mental image in your head, and was also-
  • accurate since people did speak that way during that time period.
  • For example; the word Nigger is spelt multiple different ways depending-
  • on who's talking. Blacks spell it:Niggah or nigra(s). Whites: Nigger, nigra(s).
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HOW PREVIOUS EXAMPLES MADE NOVEL FUN TO READ:

  • Many of the metaphors explained conflicts the characters were going through.
  • An example is when Johnny was dying (Marster John and Big Missy's child) -
  • Big Missy said " I feel like something has got my heart in an iron grip and is-
  • squeezing the very life out if me."
  • Which means she's heartbroken that her beloved child is dying.
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HOW PREVIOUS EXAMPLES MADE NOVEL FUN TO READ:

  • The different Onomatopoeia's also strengthen the-
  • novel.
  • They also can tell how the character perceives things.
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HOW PREVIOUS EXAMPLES MADE NOVEL FUN TO READ:

  • Action verbs improves the novel by making it more exciting-
  • to read.
  • When you use exciting and big words like: seeping, marveling, etc-
  • it gives the reader a better feel of what the characters are feeling.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY:

Maria Oster