Yesenia Padilla Does specific diction a writer uses in his/her book make you more or less interested? In the book Black Boy Richard Wright uses phenomenal diction to lure you in. Throughout Richard Wright’s book Black Boy, Wright used descriptive words to show about us his passion for writing during hard times for African Americans. The technique in diction in his book gave a fire to his writing as well as giving us a view of how a colored man grew up during the civil rights movement. How does Wright show us his use of passionate writing you may ask. In his story write shows us the difficult times, the times he was known as a liar a copier. Of course he was telling the truth u can see his frustration in his text, “ “where