Emmy Laybourne: The Power Of Words

By choosing strong and well-thought out words, it allows the readers to better pay attention to detail and recollect more material. Influential diction causes the readers to become reeled in and intrigued in the novel. The narrator writes, “You’d fine the high school phenoms running circles around the overweight has-beens, guys who’d effortlessly played above-the-rim years ago now trying to catch their breath and salvage what was left of their once-stylish games” (Moore 44). Using words like ‘phenoms’ and ‘has-beens’ causes the author and the reader to relate. The narrator creates a connection between himself and his audience by using words his readers can understand and empathize with. Wes says, “You’d find the drug dealers there...smelling like a fresh haircut and with gear on that was too fine for sweating in” (Moore 44). Moore uses imagery and tugs at our senses to allow his audience to better picture the situation he is explaining and describing. Imagery, along with strong diction, generates a more engaging novel. The storyteller’s sentence structure varies from short to long. This allows the reader to stay interested and keeps the author’s sentences flowing easily. Wes Moore, the narrator, is guilty of inspiring and influential diction and

These words also epitomize the writing style that Ha Jin commands so well. His tendency to describe a situation, emotion, or even in detailing an object, is rooted in a simplicity that stays to the point. However this simplicity is deceiving. When taken in as a whole, these straightforward descriptions effectually take on a very extensive

Loaded words influence the audience by eliciting an emotional response beyond their literal meaning. In order to promote the theme, loaded words aid imagery that draws the reader’s attention. The author, Bel Dao, uses loaded words in his poem “Language” to support the imagery that emphasizes the theme of nature. “... the beast on the cliff / run past, trampling the flowers / a dandelion grows secretly”(Dao p.146). However, loaded words can develop the theme of nature and in turn aid in developing the deeper meaning of a story or a poem. Shu Ting uses the theme of nature, which is developed with loaded words, to

Words have powerful effect over everything. They can enhance your vocabulary, portray your feelings, and could even communicate with others. Words are used in everyday life, whether it’s in media or just talking to friends. Some terms have heavier meanings than others, while others impact us in some sort of way. For instance, Monument 14 by Emmy Laybourne, was filled with intense and vivid words that helped illustrated her novel. Laybourne’s writing style helped brought the story to life with her words. In her futuristic novel, she used distinct terms that grabbed the reader’s attention. These words have powerful meanings that helped the reader to understand the characters’ situation better.

The stylistic choices of symbols and setting description are crucial to the engagement of the reader and ultimately the expression of the main theme. The message of each story is enhanced by little details like symbols and setting that add layers to the story and make it more interesting. The use of setting to display the characters emotions reflects how humans are influenced by their emotions, while the use of symbols reflects how there is often a deeper meaning or a hidden message behind common things, such as names or games. The authors’ stylistic choices of symbols and setting enhance their stories and help the reader further grasp the message. and settings are all three common things that most everyone has, plays or sees.

Along with syntax, diction is a key component to the development of tone and ultimately theme. Jackson uses a mixture of informal and formal language to hook the reader into her story. The informal language presents itself in the dialogue within the story and the formal language presents itself through the descriptions of the story, most of which are abstract. Though abstract, they have a very concrete

Language can mean life or death of an individual; it can have restorative or destructive powers. The novel explores the destructive powers of language.

One way we achieve this is by creating a free, dynamic, and culturally relevant community festival highlighting the power of words - written, performed, and sung – with the overall goal of inspiring and enhancing the creative life of attendees. The Celebrating Words Festival, which will now be entering its twelfth year of existence, creates

How an author uses language in a story is more important than you would think. Edgar Allen Poe shows a great example of this in his story The Fall of the House of Usher. His use of diction, the words he uses to paint a picture in the minds of his readers, the detail included and his use of figurative language all contribute to making a good first impression to characterize the rest of the story. In this story, Poe uses very specific detail which directly relates to how well his writing provokes an image in the reader’s mind.

Is every word doing new work? (…) Are you hanging onto something useless just because you think it’s beautiful (404)?.” I have always believed that more is better and I have always thought it was important to adorn my writing. In contrast, Zinsser strongly believes that each word used should serve a purpose and those that don’t, should be eliminated and not kept simply for their beauty. Zinsser stresses the value of simplicity because of the clarity it offers. Whereas when one starts adding magnified or unnecessary words it leads to the questioning of the writing’s

Figurative language makes the text more enjoyable, I will be listing a few examples from the novel

Carl Sandburg; a 20th century American Poet, once defined poetry as “…the opening and closing of a door, leaving those who look through to guess about what is seen during that moment.” Sandburg attempts to suggest that an experience can be expressed by a poet via the way language is used. Many writers are influenced heavily by the political, social, and environmental situations that they’ve experienced, which may need to be known to the reader to fully understand what the writer is trying to communicate through their works.

Why has the love of reading diminished over the years? Is it the reader’s lack of concentration? Or are there too many other entertainments to distract them? While these all play a part, the biggest reason is because writers have lost the art of using effective words. I used to not think twice about the words I used. But after reading five articles about writing, I saw how much of an effect word choice has on the reader. Five of the most important ways are using words with purpose, words with voice, simple words, imaginative words, and concrete words.

Literary techniques help readers to understand and simplify different illustrations of writing. I will untangle the methods of literature used in “You Fit Into Me,” a poem by Margaret Atwood, “Memento,” a film directed by Christopher Nolan, and “Hotline Bling”, a song by award winning artist Aubrey Graham otherwise known as Drake. These well-known pieces of work all reveal similar literary tactics. No matter the form of writing, you can always find small, intricate details. Details such as symbolism and foreshadowing.

There is a magic that exists in this world. We use it every day, but we tend to overlook it. This magic that I’m talking about is the use of words. Words are very powerful. They can build up nations or tear empires down. The power of words is prevalent in Isabel Allende’s short story, “Two Words.” She is able to convey her message that words have a magical power to them through literary devices. I believe that the strongest of these literary devices is Allende’s use of imagery, specifically imagery that conveys the character’s personalities, the feelings between Belisa Crepusculario and the Colonel, and the sense of mystery behind words.