Style Mapping

Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy features middle diction language. There are precise elements but also picuturesque elements. This excerpt features many different words and styles of languague used. Another example of Style Mapping is an excerpt from "The Mud Below" by Annie Proulx has denotative low language. she used harsher words such as, thrashed, hurry, taught and slack. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins would be classified as middle. The popular fiction novel features suspenseful and relaxed language.