In Neil Gaiman’s Stardust the tone is an elegant and elevated because of the great descriptions. Stardust is also more of a connotation having a poetic theme to it as well as being very lyrical about it. The story is also musical instead of being harsh, Stardust just seems like it would be a song. Next excerpt is from Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian to contrast with Stardust McCarthy’s story has a more blunt and coarse tone in the story. McCarthy’s story is also Denotative having a more straightforward look to it, using more literal sayings instead of being all poetic about it. The only thing that Stardust and Blood Meridian have in common is that they are both musical. Blood Meridian despite it having a low elevation and being denotative, it still has a musical flow to it when you read the excerpt. The last excerpt I chose is from the first page of the book called IT by Stephen King. This first page definitely has a very blunt and common elevation to it, along with being literal and precise during this first page. There is nothing melodious to this excerpt it has a gritty tone to it and as you keep reading it, it seems more and more intriguing.
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