BINGO

Rule 4: 'The narrator describes his parents as "quite touchy," before going right back and calling them "nice."'

Headlines

Rule 3: "Writing with such a low, familiar diction emphasizes how some teenagers truly feel about their home life and their story."

Laughapalooza 

Rule 6: 'As the passage goes on, the author uses phrases like "He's got a lot of dough" and "they're also touchy as hell" to make it feel as though the narrator is just another regular kid who is telling you a story.'

 JimmehFTW

Rule 9: "This gives the impression of a fancy an intimidating lobby."

To Kill A Mockingjay

Best: In the opening page of Catcher in the Rye, J. D. Salinger underscores the teenage angst bursting though the young, yet disillusioned, Holden Caulfield. Lowbrow words like "lousy,"
"crap," "stuff,' "hell," "crumby," and "damn" accentuate Holden's anger as he rambles the opening of his story. Furthermore, sentence fragments, such as, "One of those little English jobs that can do around two hundred miles an hour," destroy any last vestige of formality, further developing the aura of simply telling a story to a friend. Despite a Dickens allusion, the majority of the passage is purely denotative, lacking symbolism. This expository passage helps develop Holden's past. Although the majority of this passage is about Holden's family and past, the majority of the character development shines through Salinger's diction and style.