The following are some basic elements of style that we examine to characterize an author's writing. Diction:Choice of Words Although words are usually meaningful only in the context of other words,stylistic analysis begins with the attempt to identify and understand the type and quality of the individual words that comprise an author's basic vocabulary.When used to connection with characterization,words are the vehicles by which a character's ideas, attitudes,and values are expressed.Words convey the details of outer appearance and inner state of mind.In dialogue they reflect the speaker's intelligence and sophistication,general level of conscious awareness,and socioeconomic, geographical,and educational background.When used to describe incidents,words help to convey the narrator's (or the author's)attitude toward those events and the characters involves in them.When used to describe setting,words help to create and sustain an appropriate atmosphere. The analysis of diction includes the following considerations:the denotative (or dictionary)meaning of words,as opposed to their connotative meaning (the idea associated or suggested by them);their degree of concreteness or abstractness,their degree of allusiveness;the parts if speech they represent;their length and construction; the level of usage they reflect (standard or nonstandard;formal,informal,or colloquial);the imagery(details of sensory experience)they contain;the figurative devices (simile,metaphor,personification)they embody;their rhythm and sound patterns (alliteration,assonance,consonance,onomatopoeia).In studying fiction,we also need to pay close attention to the use of repetition:the way the key words recur in a given passage or series of passages in such a way as to call special attention to themselves. Syntax:Construction of Sentences When we examine style at the level of syntax,we are attempting to analyze the ways the author arranges words into phrases,clauses,and finally whole sentences toThe following are some basic elements of style that we examine to characterize an author’s writing. Diction: Choice of Words Although words are usually meaningful only in the context of other words, stylistic analysis begins with the attempt to identify and understand the type and quality of the individual words that comprise an author’s basic vocabulary. When used to connection with characterization, words are the vehicles by which a character’s ideas, attitudes, and values are expressed. Words convey the details of outer appearance and inner state of mind. In dialogue they reflect the speaker’s intelligence and sophistication, general level of conscious awareness, and socioeconomic, geographical, and educational background. When used to describe incidents, words help to convey the narrator’s (or the author’s) attitude toward those events and the characters involves in them. When used to describe setting, words help to create and sustain an appropriate atmosphere. The analysis of diction includes the following considerations: the denotative (or dictionary) meaning of words, as opposed to their connotative meaning (the idea associated or suggested by them); their degree of concreteness or abstractness; their degree of allusiveness; the parts if speech they represent; their length and construction; the level of usage they reflect (standard or nonstandard; formal, informal, or colloquial); the imagery(details of sensory experience) they contain; the figurative devices (simile, metaphor, personification)they embody; their rhythm and sound patterns (alliteration, assonance, consonance, onomatopoeia). In studying fiction, we also need to pay close attention to the use of repetition: the way the key words recur in a given passage or series of passages in such a way as to call special attention to themselves. Syntax: Construction of Sentences When we examine style at the level of syntax, we are attempting to analyze the ways the author arranges words into phrases, clauses, and finally whole sentences to