The words the writer chooses to convey a particular meaning

High of Formal Diction

Language that creates an elevated tone. High or formal diction is free of slang, idioms. colloquialisms, and contractions.

Standard language and vocabulary without elaborate words and may include contractions.

Informal or Low Diction

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

Recently coined words often used in informal situations.

Expressions are nonstandard, often regional, ways of using language appropriate to informal or conversational speech and writing.

Consists of words and expressions characteristic of a particular trade, profession, or pursuit.

Nonstandard subgroup of a language with its own vocabulary and grammatical features.

Consists of specific words that describe physical qualities or conditions.

Refers to language that denotes ideas, emotions, conditions, or concepts that are intangible.

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.

An effective line of reasoning builds a deliberate, cohesive progression that seamlessly connects a thesis to its supporting evidence and final insight, keeping the overall argument interesting and unified.

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Line Of Reasoning

Term	Definition
Diction	The words the writer chooses to convey a particular meaning
High of Formal Diction	Language that creates an elevated tone. High or formal diction is free of slang, idioms. colloquialisms, and contractions.
Neutral Diction	Standard language and vocabulary without elaborate words and may include contractions.
Informal or Low Diction	The language of everyday use. It is relaxed and conversational. It often includes common and simple words, idioms, slang, jargon, and contractions.
Slang	Recently coined words often used in informal situations.
Colloquial	Expressions are nonstandard, often regional, ways of using language appropriate to informal or conversational speech and writing.
Jargon	Consists of words and expressions characteristic of a particular trade, profession, or pursuit.
Dialect	Nonstandard subgroup of a language with its own vocabulary and grammatical features.
Concrete diction	Consists of specific words that describe physical qualities or conditions.
Abstract diction	Refers to language that denotes ideas, emotions, conditions, or concepts that are intangible.
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, seeing.
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	An effective line of reasoning builds a deliberate, cohesive progression that seamlessly connects a thesis to its supporting evidence and final insight, keeping the overall argument interesting and unified.

Created by: ViktorG

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