High or formal diction

contains language that creates an elevated tone. High or formal diction is free of slang, idioms, colloquialisms, and contractions. If often contains polysyllabic words, sophisticated syntax, and elegant word choice.

uses standard language and vocabulary without elaborate words and may include contractions.

Informal or low dictions

is the language of everyday use. It is relaxed and conversational. It often includes common and simple words, idioms, slang,jargon, and contractions.

refers to recently coined words often used in informal situations. Slang words often come and go quickly, pushing in and out of usage within months or years

expressions are nonstandard, often regional, ways of using language appropriate to informal or conversational speech and writing. The characteritics "ayah" of Maine or the Southern word "y'all" are examples

consists of words and expressions characteristic of a particular trade, profession, or pursuit. Some examples are "cuddy", "mizzen", and "binnacle"

is a nonstandard subgroup of a language with its own vocabulary and grammatical features. Writers often use regional dialects or dialects that reveal a person's economic or social class.

consists of specific words that describe physical qualities or conditions. example: "The tears came fast, and she held her face in her hands"

refers to language that denotes ideas, emotions, conditions, or concepts that are intangible. Examples: impenetrable, incredible, inscrutable,inconceivable and unfathomable.

is the exact, literal definition of a word independent of any emotional association or secondary meaning.

is the implicit rather than explicit meaning of a word and consists of the suggestions, associations, and emotional overtones attached to a word.

the use of language to evoke a picture or a concrete sensation of a person, a thing, a place, or an experience

dealing with the touch, warmth/cold, texture of feeling

dealing with taste, ingestion, eating, drinking

dealing with hearing, sounds,noises, listening

dealing with smelling, our nose

the logical sequence of connected ideas,claims, and evidence that leads an audience that leads an audience from a central thesis or premise to a final conclusion

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Term	Definition
High or formal diction	contains language that creates an elevated tone. High or formal diction is free of slang, idioms, colloquialisms, and contractions. If often contains polysyllabic words, sophisticated syntax, and elegant word choice.
Neutral diction	uses standard language and vocabulary without elaborate words and may include contractions.
Informal or low dictions	is the language of everyday use. It is relaxed and conversational. It often includes common and simple words, idioms, slang,jargon, and contractions.
Slang	refers to recently coined words often used in informal situations. Slang words often come and go quickly, pushing in and out of usage within months or years
Colloquial	expressions are nonstandard, often regional, ways of using language appropriate to informal or conversational speech and writing. The characteritics "ayah" of Maine or the Southern word "y'all" are examples
jargon	consists of words and expressions characteristic of a particular trade, profession, or pursuit. Some examples are "cuddy", "mizzen", and "binnacle"
dialect	is a nonstandard subgroup of a language with its own vocabulary and grammatical features. Writers often use regional dialects or dialects that reveal a person's economic or social class.
concrete diction	consists of specific words that describe physical qualities or conditions. example: "The tears came fast, and she held her face in her hands"
abstract diction	refers to language that denotes ideas, emotions, conditions, or concepts that are intangible. Examples: impenetrable, incredible, inscrutable,inconceivable and unfathomable.
denotation	is the exact, literal definition of a word independent of any emotional association or secondary meaning.
connotation	is the implicit rather than explicit meaning of a word and consists of the suggestions, associations, and emotional overtones attached to a word.
Imagery	the use of language to evoke a picture or a concrete sensation of a person, a thing, a place, or an experience
visual	dealing with sight, seeings
tactile	dealing with the touch, warmth/cold, texture of feeling
gustatory	dealing with taste, ingestion, eating, drinking
auditory	dealing with hearing, sounds,noises, listening
olfactory	dealing with smelling, our nose
line of reasoning	the logical sequence of connected ideas,claims, and evidence that leads an audience that leads an audience from a central thesis or premise to a final conclusion

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