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Examples Of Diction In An Evening In Guanima

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In the heart of the statuesque islands of The Bahamas is an island with a hill called "Como Hill", shaped like a boot and famous for it 's rich treasured folklore where humans have animal attributes and iguanas walk on two feet.The book An Evening in Guanima by Patricia Glinton-Meicholas is comprised of a collection of folk stories that illustrate magic drums, witches, tricksters, heroes and simply obedient and disobedient children that have broken the barriers of logic presenting whimsical occurrences to teach some sort of life lesson. The book is composed of thirteen stories that all end in a dramatic manner leaving behind a lesson to be learnt. With the use of diction, characterization and foil, adage and foreshadowing, and binary opposites in the stories “Miss Annie” and “The Gaulin Wife”, Glinton teaches the important lesson that Bahamian men should not take their wives for granted.
Glinton 's effective use of diction in the stories "Miss Annie" and "The Gaulin Wife" helps to make clear the message that Bahamian men should avoid neglecting their wives. Glinton uses a particular choice and use of words and phrases that are frequently used throughout The Bahamian islands adding to the authenticity of the stories. Colloquialism and dialect are the most prominent forms of diction presented in the stories. Examples of diction presented in "Miss Annie" are "...don '…" which in standard English means "don 't" and the connotative phrase "As he was not a man to ask the price

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