Diction In One Writer's Beginnings By Eudora Welty

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In Eudora Welty’s autobiography, One Writer's Beginnings, employs emotional diction and imagery while describing the reading that took place in her childhood. Welty’s purpose is to describe the elder figures in her life that shaped her love of reading and how it impacted her later career. She adopts a sentimental tone while reflecting on Mrs. Calloway’s strict ruling of the library, her mother's fierce attitude, and her motivation to read. Welty begins her tribute by characterizing the strict librarian who commanded the library all by herself. Welty emphasizes her “dragon eyes” that would stare down the girls skirts as they entered the door from the bright outside. She utilizes alliterations by displaying the “big black letters” tacked on