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Too Impressionable By Mrs. Calloway

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Welty’s language conveys the intensity and value of the experiences of reading and books had later impacted her craft as a writer of fiction. Welty’s use of casual diction translates her childhood memories well. In the text, Mrs. Calloway and gave her permission to let young Welty read anything she desired, with the exception of Elsie Dinsmore. This autobiography is relatively easy to understand with few sophisticated words and phrases. For example, when Welty’s mother explains that she believes that the story is “too impressionable” for her, she says, “ ‘Impressionable’ was a new word. I never hear it yet without the image that comes with falling straight off the piano

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