2.23 Diction Exercise

A)

1. Cruddy
2. Evil
3. Kill
4. Swear
5. Bubbles
6. Dark
7. Mercy
8. Weird

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

C)
[Roberta's craggy and cheap language in Linda Berry's "Cruddy"] depicts [her jaded frustration toward her younger sibling.]