The Impact of Diction and Syntax on Mood
Assignment
Active
Analyzing Diction
She thumbed through her pile of papers as we drove
down the Mayor Magrath Highway and onto Highway 3.
Occasionally she would hold up a paper and shake it
excitedly in front of me as if she expected me to drive and
read at the same time.
"Now look at this one," she said. "Here's a man who was
looking for the source of the problem in the use of
language. You know those prisons they sent us to? The
government called them 'Interior Housing Projects!"
-Obasan,
Joy Kogawa
What mood does the phrase "Interior Housing Projects"
create?
Osad and gloomy
Ocareful and patient
angry and frustrated
Orushed and energetic