Diction; Language (3) Lexical fields (2) Dialect Transferred epithets (2)

Innocent (child) - 'da', 'bad bits' Brutal (father) - 'I'd better be dead' Colloquial - 'God's truth', 'sweating blood doing it' Religious - 'Jesus Christ', 'flesh', 'crucifix', 'devil' (cultural background) Family environment - 'mantlepiece', 'apron', 'floorboard' (concrete nouns) Irish - 'dance for the Queen's men', 'mammy, mammy' 'dangerous moon', 'clenched face like a big fist'