Throughout the book Uglies, there are many important lines intended for the audience to dig deeper into. Many of them are a variety of short and long sentences. One specific line in the chapter Waiting for David, is when the author is describing a scene and says, "The world burst into flames" (70). The author uses this short sentence structure to express the situation in which Shay throws a "sparkler". This short sentence structure allows the reader to have a different view on the situation at hand.
In this sentence, the author uses a hyperbole to over-exaggerate the situation. Hyperboles can help the piece sound more interesting just by making the sentence not sound as familiar to the reader. Also, by using a short sentence structure, the author is drawing more attention towards the sentence. These short sentences get right to the point, making them quick and easy to comprehend. The author uses casual diction in this sentence, to get directly to the point without using to complicated word choice.
Although the author uses a lot of casual diction within this piece, he could have used some elevated diction to make the text a bit more complicated. On dictionary.com, I found that the author could have changed the term, "bursts" into "erupts" or "gusts". This would have allowed the reader to consider the words being used.
Below is a link of a variety of other words the author could have incorporated within their piece.
http://thesaurus.com/browse/burst
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