Style Mapping

A passage from "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman in short can be described as dry. The passage is very denotative, straight forward and elevated. The author simply describes the setting of a town called Wall. The diction is fragile and overlaps a light use of figuratuve language. The passage includes mildy sweet language such as "granite amidtst a small forest woodland." In contrast a passage from the novel "West Side Story" by Arthur Laurents is much more relaxed and vulgar. The diction used is middle diction, not very denotative or connatative. The passage has very common language such as "stink bomb" and "bodega." The sound of the passage is plain yet plays with a sense of excitement.