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The negative connotation of his words is straightforward.
outspoken silence broke rule number 3

"At almost one o'clock I entered the lobby of the building where I worked...".
lori broke rule number 8

The crisp words that are used in Catcher in the Rye depict that his emotions are like a closed box, not wanting to deal with issues that seem non-important to him.
read between the blogs broke rule number 6

At the same time, he uses a figurative type of language when describing objects such as the lobby.
mariah broke rule number 6



In the beginning of Catcher in the Rye, JD Salinger’s literal, blunt diction expresses Holden’s attitude towards his life and his surroundings. While describing his “touchy as hell”, he empathizes how emotional his parents can be. Mentioning his childhood as a “lousy childhood.” The negative connotation of his words is straightforward, making his word choice easily believed by others. Speaking of his brother, Holden says where D.B. lives “isn’t too far from this crumby place.” Though Holden is capable of positive emotions shown by his compassion for his brother.

Practice Diction Analysis

Practice Diction Analysis

In this excerpt from Catcher in the Rye JD Salinger’s down to earth, more or less common diction portrays a numb apathy toward everything in this passage. Salinger first describes the parents as “touchy as hell”. The diction throughout the excerpt is a bit rough around the edges. Salinger uses common words and even slang some slang like dough to try and communicate his story. This lower diction gives the reader the idea that the author is trying to reach out to the everyday person. He also describes the parents as “nice” the italics lead you to believe this statement was a completely sarcastic comment. This character doesn’t actually believe that his parents are “nice” he is just saying it to please his parents.

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Almost There

Its the end of the quarter which means only one thing to me, and that is that i'm three more quarters away from finally graduating and moving on to bigger and better things. Just to look back on this quarter I am pleasantly surprised how well I've been keeping up on my reading for this class. At times it was a bit of a struggle, especially when school started and I still had my lazy attitude from summer, but reading has almost become routine for me now. I'm not saying I would rather read a book than watch a good movie or some TV, but I don't dread it anymore. The books that I have read this first quarter have been surprisingly good. The one book I have enjoyed reading the most so far has been Lightning by Dean Koontz. It was an exciting fast paced book that kept me engaged the entire time I was reading. I struggled a bit was some of the slower moving books. I need something that can grab my attention and hold it and the types of books that have that section of pages where it's just boring detail after boring detail are a struggle to read.

TED

Recently on stumble upon, the greatest website ever, I have been watching more and more TED videos. These things are amazing not only are they really interesting and hard to stop watching but you actually learn something from it. Recently I watched an old TED video about a photographers trip to Korea to take pictures. While in Korea he meets and old grandmother and her granddaughter. He spends a few weeks taking pictures of the granddaughter to get life from the point of view of this little girl. As time goes n the grandmother asks this man to take the girl home with him to America. I dont want to ruin the video if someone wants to watch it so i'll leave you there but i will suggest that you visit this web site and watch some of the videos

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Cherry Blossom Avenue

I wish I lived on this street!