Amanda Enayati’s article about analyzing stress effectively conveys the potential dangerous outcomes through the use of diction, imagery, details and language. A strong use of diction and sophisticated language with words and phrases such as “emotional contagion” and “synthetic cry” gives readers imagery as they read. For example, when the author explains how infants are capable of vocal and infant mimicry you can picture a baby imitating those who they are surrounded by.These details leads us to the basic question ”what causes stress?” This question is delved into topics such as what we watch tv to who we hang around with and how that affects us. Details such as staying away from negativity gives us a broader view on how to remove stress from our lives.
Diction is used to explain what how to avoid stress and how we control staying away from those “very toxic” people that we meet. The author also describes strategies we could “inoculate to our toxic environment”. This gives us multiple perceptions of how we are “masters of our inner worlds”, and how plummeting our blame on others for how we feel is a wrong approach to take when we avoid stress. Just these few phrases through diction tells us how to perceive the author’s ideas and controls how we read the article. This also binds in with our own emotions, making the tops more interesting and relate-able as we read.This diction gave me an image of myself in a busy environment controlling those around me, and staying away from that which can penetrate my emotions. Imagery is also conveyed through diction such as “find a relaxation method the same way you find an exercise routine”, a visual representation on how to calm yourself. I especially get a clearer understanding of finding a relaxation method when i read the line “practice it daily”, then I get an honest gist of what I can control.
Details such as an explanation of how humans are empathetic and we can “catch” whatever those around us feel gives us a clearer understanding of how we are empathetic. This metaphor gives us a visual of what “catch” can mean, and makes it seem like emotions are viral. All of these details allows the language to flow smoothly throughout the article and gives us a clearer understanding of what the article is trying to convey.
Great job explaining how each of the pieces of the literature help you to know how to remove stress from your life. You thoroughly analyze each piece. One thing I would recommend is trying to keep each piece of DIDLS separate. Analyzing them piece by piece makes it a bit easier for the reader to organize in his/her head. I know that it is difficult to separate imagery from diction, because usually imagery arises from diction.
ReplyDeleteI can tell that you understand what the parts of DIDLS mean. That especially shows because you analyzed diction by word by word, not by a whole sentences.
I enjoyed your strong opening statement. It helped to draw me into the piece and read more. You seem to have a good handle on diction, imagery, details, and language and how they intertwine and relate to each other. The part where you mentioned how diction helped create an image was a good example of how the literary techniques are connected. I did notice your essay just ends after you talk about details. A conclusion paragraph would be nice to help wrap up what you are talking about. Also I could not find the link to the essay you were writing about. Could you post it? The article you discussed sounded very useful.
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