2-23 Diction Exercise

Part A- cruddy, bubbles, kill, take-backs, mercy, concentrate, shut up, bash

Part B-
1. formality=low- abrupt, tense, homespun, dull, chatty, vulgar
2.connotation=poetic-figurative, obscure, grotesque, symbolic
3.sound=cacophonous- discordant, jarring, caterwaul

Part C- Lynda Barry's homespun, jarring diction depicts the bleak, disheartnenment felt by Roberta Rohberson.