Vocabulary: Uglies

      In Uglies by Scott Westerfled, there is a variety of elevated diction being used. This elevated diction allows the reader to go more in depth with the passage without the author directly stating some of the words. It allows the reader to consider what is being written.
      Examples:

• "Her paranoia made a lot more sense now"(112). Paranoia means, a baseless or excessive suspicion of the motives of others. Westerfeld uses this to go more into detail with the topic, without actually going there himself.

• "The new uglies screamed in unison, scattering away from the flailing body plummeting towards them"(80). Plummeting means, to  fall, dive, drop, swoop. Westerfeld uses this word to make the act of falling more interesting then just using the word "falling" and it makes the reader more interested in what is occurring.