Thesaurus+Abuse

Stephanie Meyer also seems to try a great deal of utilizing the thesaurus in the inner monologue of Bella Swan. This is not a bad thing in

and of itself, but Stephanie Meyer seems to make a point to exhaust the thesaurus. As most of //Twilight's// audience appears to fall under

the age demographic of between ten and eighteen, most readers won't understand what these words will mean. Because of this, readers

will either dismiss the word, maybe even the sentence it's used in, and possibly miss an important detail; or spend a significant

amount of time attempting to figure out what the word means, wasting time and disrupting the flow of the story.

Stephanie Meyer used the thesaurus a significant number of times while writing Twilight. Here are a few examples:

"But it was sure to be awkward with Charlie. Neither of us was what anyone would call ** verbose **, and I didn't know what there was to say regardless."

"I felt his eyes on my face but I couldn't look at him yet, afraid he might read the **chagrin** in my eyes."

"It was a disconcerting picture; something about the wolf's **plaintive** posture made him look **forlorn**."

"....and the **raucous** laughter started again behind me."

"I could see a few of the kids in class eyeing me **furtively**."