Practice Diction Analysis...

In This excerpt from The Mezzanine has a precise a dignified suggestiveness ad refinement. Nicholson Baker describes The businesslike movements of the "black rubber handrails" and meticulous "brushed-steel side-panels." The rushed feeling of urgency when he starts to step on the elevator depicts the harsh sounds of rush hour in a mall on Christmas eve. The breezy feeling of ease when he notices the "Long glossy highlights" in the the cracks that hang among escalators. His clam, but intense attention to detail leaves readers intimidated yet expectant for the forth coming of his next step.