Summary Of Diction By Stephen King

The diction used throughout the book was only moderately challenging but not difficult to read. Although I had to look for the definitions of some words, it did not affect my enjoyment of the book. The author used creative language and imagery: “By 7:00 the panoply of colors on the horizon shrunk to a bitter orange line on the western horizon, as if furnace fires had been banked beyond the edge of the world.” (King 523) Stephen King creates a beautiful image in the reader’s mind. He uses a simile to reinforce the description of the sunset also. Despite this, I had to research the definitions of some words, for example, “panoply” from the given quote. The word is defined as an impressive display of an object. Other words such as “pique,” “converged,”