Isn't winter great? It's the most wonderful time of the year according to Garrison Keillor! Without winter, we would have one less reason to have a sense of purpose. Keillor's gratitude for winter and belief that it could be worse gave him reason to write "Isn't Winter Great" using his infamous diction, humor and similes.
Clearly, Keillor is a very good friend of diction. His love of diction is understandable as it shapes his reader's perceptions. To illustrate, imagine these words in your head, "mucus freeze, blizzards raged, cold dark dawn, and trudged forth." When one reads those words that Keillor chose, it paints an image in your head. What kind of image? This image is filled with freezing cold, short dark days, and being exhausted of…show more content… Humor adds pizazz as it breaks monotony, boredom and tedium while relaxing the audience's nerves. In this case Keilor uses humor in this line,"Sneeze three times in a row, and you’ll be set upon by burly EMTs who will lash you to a gurney, take your blood pressure, start an IV, and blow your nose." It was just a simple set of sneezes! Equally important is this line, "So we huddled by the highway, praying for the bus to come, while coyotes slunk around eyeballing us for signs of sleepiness." Imagining this occuring over a measly winter morning is ridiculous, isn't it? Last up in Keillor's literary line is similies!
Besides diction and humor, Keillor also fancies similies. Similies create comparisions which conjure up strongly suggestive imagery and adds more flavor to the text. For instance Keilor uses two similes in this line, "The tree branches glitter like diamonds, and icicles hung like Sidewinder missiles from the eaves." Each example gets Keillor's point across by showing how icy cold it is and despite it's brutal chilliness, it can still be beautiful. Keillor chose a lovely literary line, don't you think?
Consequencely, Keillor's gratitude for winter and belief that it could be worse gave him reason to write "Isn't Winter Great". This essay was very whimsical, used diction, humor and similes perfectly all while making a strong point. We shouldn't take winter so seriously and lighten up a
