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=word choice, A study of _____ is the analysis of how a writer uses language for a distinct purpose and effect, including word choice and figures of speech Diction
e.g. bug, folks, job, kid, boss, get across Informal Diction (Personal Writing)
e.g. germ, relatives, position, child, superior, communicate Formal Diction (Academic or Literary writing)
conversational dialect Colloquial Words
Highly informal slang
the special language of a profession or group (lawyer talk, technical talk) Jargon
look, walk, sit, cry, throw, dog, boy general way to characterize diction
gaze, stride, slump, weep, hurl, black Labrador retriever, tall boy Specific ways to characterize Diction
single syllable words monosyllabic words
more than one syllable in the words Polysyllabic words the greater the number of polysyllabic words, the more complex the passage.
dictionary meaning (wedding dress, law officer, public servant) Denotative words
emotional meaning (wedding gown, cop, bureaucrat) Connotative words
harsh sounding words (maggot) Cacophonous words
pleasant sounding words (butterfly) Euphonious words
not material; representing a thought (pleasant tasting) Abstract words
real or actual; specific, not general (sour tasting) Concrete Words
=sentence structure- syntax controls verbal pacing and focus. Syntax
Created by: katiebrown39
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