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Term | Definition |
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diction | word choice |
concrete diction | words that specifically name or describe things or persons |
abstract diction | words that express general ideas or concepts |
poetic diction | strictly speaking, poetic diction means any language deemed suitable for verse; elevated language |
allusion | a brief, sometimes indirect, reference in a text to a place, person, or thing; a literary shorthand to enrich the meaning of a text; a common body of knowledge between reader and writer |
low diction, vulgate | the language of the common people; unschooled, everyday speech |
colloquial English | the casual or informal but correct language of ordinary native speakers |
middle diction | the ordinary speech of educated native speakers |
high diction | the heightened, impersonal language of educated persons, usually only written, although possibly spoken on dignified occasions |
dialect | a particular variety of language spoken by an identifiable regional group or social class |
denotation | the literal, dictionary meaning |
connotation | an association or additional meaning of the word, image, or phrase may carry apart from the literal denotation or dictionary definition |
suggestion | the power of a word to imply unspoken associations, in addition to its literal meaning |