Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Style mapping


Blood Meridian                           Star Dust                           Crescendo
Connotative                              Low                                     Elevated
Figurative                                  Common                            Elegance
Poetic                                         Boring                                Figurative            
Bright word usage                   familiar                               Metaphoric

"Blood Meridian" by Cormac McCarthy is a very connotative and figurative piece. The piece is calm and almost poetic. "...and dark falls here like a thunderclap and a cold wind sets the weeds to gnashing." "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman is a low and common piece. Talking solely about a small town called Wall. "The town of Wall stands today as it has stood for six hundred years..." And Crescendo has very high language. Becca Fitzpatrick uses elegant and elevated words and grammar. "We waited until Scott had angled himself behind the steering wheel and backed out of the parking space before we exited the building."

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