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Please break your essay up into the following component parts, highlighting the various parts of each paragraph as follows:

Thesis: dark blue Topic sentence: red Opinion/analysis: light blue Supporting detail:purple Commentary: green Transitions: pink

Introduction: Places can be seen differently by people; while some may find a place to be beautiful others may think the opposite. In the openeing of Truman Capote's //In Cold Blood// Capote's shows his view of Holocomb, Kansas. Capote conveys his view of Holocomb, Kansas as a lonesome and unimportant place with his use of imagery, diction, and tone.

Body Paragraphs: In the opening of //In Cold Blood// Capote's view of Holcomb, Kansas being a lonesome and unimportant town is seen through his use of imagery. Capote begins by creating an image to the reader of Holocomb being a very unimportant town in which there isn't anything exciting or beautiful about it. This is seen when he creates an image of Holocomb being "simply an aimless congregation of buildings" and when he describes it as being a "lonesome area". Capote's view is seen through this because he creates an image of this very simple ordinary town that like any other has buildings but he also adds how he sees this town as being lonely. His view can also be seen when he goes on and creates an image of Colorado being a nice place. The image of Colorado being a nice place is seen when Capote describes it as being a place that has "blue skies" and views that are "awesomly extensive." While he begins by creating the image of the unimportant and lonesome area, Holocomb, he then wonders off to describe what he views to be nicer place, Colorado. His view is seen through this because while both places may have similar characteristic the " blue skies" of Colorado are nice enough for him to view Holocomb diffrently; he sort of shows through this what place he prefers more. Capote not only uses imagery to show his view on Holocomb but other means as well. Capote's view on Holocomb can also be seen through the use of diction he uses to describe the town. With the diction Capote uses to describe the town the reader can clearly see that he views the town as being unimportant and lonesome. The diction Capote uses to describe the streets of Holocomb show his view of the town because he descries the streets as being " unamed, unshaded, unpaved." These three words he uses to descibe the streets show how he sees this town as being unimportant because these words describe what hasn't been done and he probably mentioned this to show how he thinks that the people too don't care becasue they haven't taken the time to name, pave, and shade their streets. Through diction Capote is also able to convey his view of the town because he uses words that describe a very lonesome boring place that many wouldn't be interested to visit. Capote uses words such as"dry","lonesome" "flaking", "old" and "direst mud" to descibe how he sees this town. The diction that Capote uses seems to be very negative which helps add proof to how he sees this town to be.He doesn't add words that would make the town seem a little better which help the reader see how Capote views Holocomb. Capote's view on Holocomb is not only seen through the use of imagery and diction but in other ways as well. The tone Capote uses in the opening of In Cold Blood conveys his view on Holocomb, Kansas. Capote's tone while describing Holocomb shows how he viewd the town to be unimportant and lonesome.

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