Literary elements used in a novel can either confuse a reader or cause the reader to have interest in the novel. An author tries to convey his plots through great explanations, which actually cause the reader to feel they are in the situation of the character. These elements can range from allusions to other literary works to the imagery the author uses to describe the settings. In Great Expectations, the author, Charles Dickens, uses imagery, diction, and tone in such a way the reader realizes the exact setting and feeling the author has to his writing, however, these literary elements confuses many people.
             The author uses diction, tone, and imagery to help the reader envision the setting and understand the feelings of the author towards his writing. Imagery is the words or phrases a writer selects to create a certain picture in the reader's mind. The writer bases this literary element on the reader's five senses. Dickens uses imagery in the first page of Great Expectations by describing the area around the graveyard where Pip is standing and looking at his parent's grave-sight. He states, "The dark flat wilderness beyond the churchyard, intersected with dikes and mounds and gates, with scattered cattle feeding on it, was the marshes; and that the low leaden line beyond was the river; and that the distant savage lair from which the wind was rushing was the sea." This excerpt describes exactly what Pip is looking at around the graveyard. Diction is the author's choice of words based on their correctness, clearness, or effectiveness. The author bases diction on the language used in his lifetime, therefore, when the book is read in another decade, it sometimes is not understood. An example of diction would be "Pray don't do it, sir." This example of diction is called archaic diction because some of the words, such as "pray," are not used in today's society. In the...