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Shift in Style: The change in the way words are used in a piece of literature.

Plot Against America examples: The first example can be found on page 96. The majority of the story is written in the narrative form with sophisticated diction . However on page 96, Roth has a conversation with his brother which lasts until page 100. His style of writing takes a twist with the use of basic words thourghout the entire conversation. This is a change in style because the author uses different words to show that he still is a child in the book regardless of the sophisticated narrative. This draws the reader's attention to the overall sense of growing up throughout the book. It is easy to overlook that he's still a kid but this shift in style reminds the reader that he is actually still young.

Furthermore, Roth utilizes a change in style at the end of the novel which accompanies the change in perspective. The novel transitions from the narrative to a Newsreel Theater and the diction is changed to represent this. This is done in the novel to make the newsreel more effective and to remind the reader that is not the narrative of Roth. This sort of opinion lacking diction is used throughout the newsreel so the reader can obtain a grip of what is really happening in the country and how it's going to affect the family. The major difference between the two dictions used is the narrative has a lot more opinionated words while the newsreel utilizes words that reflect the need for politcal correctness.

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We chose this video clip of a Palin interview because it shows a shift in her language which is related to the shift in her mood. At the beginning of the interview she is calm and relaxed and so is her diction. The interviewer then picks apart her argument and she gets upset and embarassed and this is reflected in her new diction. She begins using bigger words and more descriptive words to explain in depth her side of the argument. She also complicates it to make it seem that she had no choice at the time and her diction becomes more intricate to distract the viewer from what she's actually saying.

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