Captivating Word Usage

     I have done it. I have finally done it. I'm reading Divergent! Boy am I glad I have too. I know some of my friends would be proud of me and now they can stop badgering me to read it. I haven't seen the movie yet, I wanted to read the book first. I like to get all the details of the story and then I can better understand the movie. Plus I rather read the book and know the ending of the movie instead of watch the movie and know the ending of the book. Does that make sense? Well I guess as long as I know what I mean I'm good. Anyway, the point is I have started Divergent and so far I love it!

   
      First off can I just ask where on Earth these authors get inspiration to write books like this? I mean Veronica Roth has to have a pretty imaginative mind. And a great vocabulary might I add. One thing that has really stood out to me is her word usage. I am only 60 pages in and yet I have found a bunch of examples of unique words. Here are just a couple that lept to me off of the page:

"We don't need stoplights, either, but in some places thay dangle precariously over the road like they might crash down any minute" (Roth 24).

Precariously means exposed to or invloving danger. Using the word dangerously or unsteadily has been over done and people are used to seeing these words. Using a word not as familiar intrigues the reader. It also really demonstrates the state of the old stoplights. We fully understand how unsafe they seem.

"The reason for simplicity isn't disdain for uniqueness, as the other factions have sometimes interpreted it" (Roth 27).

Disdain means to think unworthy of notice. This word shows how some of the other factions think Abnegation live simply because they don't like individuality. I really like this word and haven't  heard it a whole lot. Again Roth uses her great vocabulary to enhance her writing.

"He and I have been exchanging looks for the past year as Susan and Caleb flirt in the tentative way known only to the Abnegtion" (Roth 29).

Tentative means uncertain or hesitant. This word is a little more familiar than the others I have shown. However it still is a great word to describe the shy sort of flirting going on between Susan and Caleb.

     You can see from these examples what a great vocabulary Veronica Roth has. She uses very nice elevated diction that gives her writing a sense of sophistication. I can't wait to keep reading and see what new words I can discover!