2.23 Diction Exercise

(a)
1. Cruddy
2.evil
3.kill
4.weird
5.mercy
6.swear
7.bubbles
8.Dark

(b)
1. Elevation: Low (cheap, inadequate, low-grade)
2. Connotation: Literal (definite, simple, regular)
3. Sound: Harsh (craggy,unrelenting, dissonant)
4. Concreteness: Concrete (conglomerated, solidified, calcified)

(c)
{Roberta's craggy and cheap language in Lynda Barry's "Cruddy"} depicts { her jaded frustration toward her younger sibling.}