Enhanced Vocabulary In "Divrgent"

                I am reading the book “Divergent” by Veronica Roth. I have really enjoyed the book so far and I can’t put it down. The thing that I have enjoyed the most about this book is the elevated diction and vocabulary that Roth uses. The vocabulary used in this book really enhances the imagery. The reader is able to picture what is going on in their head much easier. In this post I will be showing some examples of how the elevated vocabulary enhances the imagery in the book.

                One example of elevated vocabulary is, “I grin at the sight of Uriah’s disheveled hair… (Roth, 215)” The elevated vocabulary in this sentence is “Disheveled.” This word really enhances the imagery in the sentence and the reader is able to picture Uriah’s hair. Another example of elevated vocabulary is, “… touching the horizon, devoid of life (Roth, 217).” The word “devoid” in this sentence really helps to enhance the imagery by showing the reader the emotion that is being felt by the characters at that time. You can catch the readers attention, you can keep them interested, you can paint an image in their head, you can make them feel emotion, and you can make your writing more enjoyable.

                The use of elevated vocabulary helps to enhance your writing and should always be used in books, and blogs, and narratives, and articles, and columns, and pretty much any writing you can think of. I hope to use this strategy in my own writing that way I can intrigue the reader and enhance my imagery. I left an article about ennhancing vocabulary below:

http://www.ascd.org/research-a-topic/building-academic-vocabulary-2.aspx

This link gives many useful tips in enhancing your vocabulary and how enhancing your vocabulary can help you. There are several links within this link that will take you to web pages that can help.

Authors Writing Techniques: Suspense

         

I am reading “Divergent” by Veronica Roth and I am very pleased with what I have read so far. Roth uses many good strategies to engage the reader in the story. But by far the most prevalent of these is suspense. Roth includes a lot of suspense in order to engage the reader and keep them reading. At the end of every chapter there is a line that makes you want to keep reading on. This works on me and I find myself not being able to put the book down. I just want to find out what will happen next.

            

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          One example of how Roth uses suspense at the end of a chapter is in chapter seventeen when she says, “It’s the first time I have been really eager to be one of them. Which means I have to survive the next stage of initiation (Roth226).” So at first when you read the first sentence your like, OK, she wants to be Dauntless, but then when you read the last line, a bunch of questions pop up in your head. Like: What’s that supposed to mean? What is the next stage of initiation? Will she survive? What will happen next? Will people find out she is divergent? All of the questions make the reader want to keep reading the story to find out what happens next.

            

          This is a very good strategy and I hope to use it in my writing. I know that I struggle sometimes at intriguing the reader and I really think that a little bit of suspense might fix my problem I encourage everyone who is writing a story or narrative to build suspense and leave cliffhangers at the end of chapters/paragraphs. I will keep everyone updated on more suspenseful things that if find throughout the book, and how the keep the reader intrigued and asking for more.